Quite a pleasant surprise and honor. Thank you all very much.
If I may reprise part of a comment I made just a few days ago on another of my flora/macro posts:
"I can't begin to express the gratitude for all that I have learned here over the past several months. When I look back on some of the first images that I posted, I am horrified. Well not horrified but you know what I mean. I feel that I have come a long way with the help of way too many folks here to mention. And I feel that I have just begun the journey."