Back when Jamie was a little girl of about five years, she came running into the house after being outside with her Dad. She emphatically declared that she hated flying horses. Not understanding what she meant, I asked if she was referring to the mythical unicorn. "No! I mean flying horses! They're mean and they bite... hard!". After thinking about this, I realized Jamie was talking about horse flies. And yes, they are mean and bite hard. For the longest time, Jamie called horse flies
flying horses and dragon flies were
flying dragons. Hmmmm... not so far fetched. After all, flying ants are aptly called flying ants. Not ant flies. Whatever.
Walking around the pond in Madison Park today, Darlene and I spotted several dragon flies of various colors and size. They enjoy hanging around the waters edge and typically move too fast to photograph. With today's temps in the 90s, creatures big and small moved slower in the midday heat. Dragon flies lighted on sturdy twigs long enough for us to photograph. They made me think of Jamie. Someday she will fondly recall something silly her boys once said. And it will transport her back in time and make her smile. In the meantime, I watched as
flying dragons flitted lazily in the summer sun.
7 comments:
The blue one is really cool.....reminds me of somebody I met in a bar once. Bar fly I think. Or barfly (not an adverb by the way).
OK, obviously my medication is kicking in. Sorry.
I love the flying dragons! They're absolutely beautiful. I think I had my own name for just about everything when I was young. I love that Ayden does the same thing.
Did I tell you I love the new title photography? It's really appealing, calming and so summery! Good job there! And this goes without saying, your photography is outstanding! I bow to you!
WOW!!!! What AMAZING captures of nature, beautiful photography, again, and I love the story behind the "flying dragons". That is great!
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Once again, great job on the photography. Practicing every day is really having a huge impact on your skills. Fabulous.
Debra, You were so lucky to have them slow down long enough to photograph. Also, the colors are wonderful. I do not think I have seen a red one before. Your story about Jamie reminded me of one with Dusty. He came in the house telling me there was a gizzard on the deck. I could not understand what he was talking about. After a close inspection, he was talking about a lizzard. When I would call them a lizzard. He would say that is what I said "gizzard".
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