A butterfly in my kitchen—that’s a surprise. It would have had to flutter up a lot of stairs and down a lot of hallways to get here from outside. I suspect it actually came in with some kale. I think it’s a cabbage white butterfly, a sweet little agricultural pest that arrived on this side of the Atlantic in the 19th century and has been eating its way through cabbages and their relatives ever since. I captured it in a plastic container and walked it down the stairs to freedom.
Photo: Helen Fields