Dragonfly dreams

The divine dragonfly

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.

~ Albert Einstein

Little Red

If I had to pick a favorite insect, I think it would be the dragonfly or damselfly.  I often wonder if they are related to the fae.  Their wings shimmer jewel-like in the sun, and sometimes I swear the little damselflies who live in the woods really are faeries, but our human eyes see them as damselflies.

Perfect balance. (How do they do it??)

Dragonflies remind us that we are light and can reflect the light in powerful ways if we choose to do so.  ‘Let there be light’ is the divine prompting to use the creative imagination as a force within your life.  This is part of what dragonflies and damselflies teach us.

~ Ted Andrews, Animal Speak

Hug

I captured the dragonflies in this post in Ohio at Breezy Acres where they know me and don’t seem to mind posing for a photo or two.  It’s different here at the Wabi-Sabi Ranch.  I do manage to capture one occasionally, but we’re all just getting to know each other so it might be a while before they welcome me into their realm for a photo session or two.

Still life in motion

Life is never quite the way it appears, but it is always filled with light and color.  Dragonfly can help you to see through your illusions and thus allow your own light to shine forth.  Dragonfly brings the brightness of transformation and the wonder of colorful new vision.

~ Ted Andrews, Animal Speak

Ruby

As I look at these images, it occurs to me that I have never bothered to print any of my dragonfly photos for myself.  I would love to somehow incorporate dragonflies into the decor here at the Wabi-Sabi Ranch.

Butterfly wishes

The dragonflies are the last of the images from my visit to the Bogs a week or so ago.  The butterfly brings us back to the Eastern Shore of Maryland.    (In an odd aside, I always want to pronounce that Mary, as in the name Mary, plus land.  I know that’s incorrect.  I do it in my head anyhow.)

Sipping from the raspberry

No post on butterflies and dragonflies would be complete without a few flowers.

The Black-Eyed Susans are just about finished with their season here at the Ranch.  The Queen Anne’s Lace is beginning to turn brown.  There are other flowers popping up here and there.

Cozy

Someday I will learn their names.  And then promptly forget them.  I don’t know why, but names just don’t stick in my head for some reason.  That’s as true for people as it is for flowers.

Summer haze

That’s it for today.  Thank you so much for stopping by.  I went out for a bike ride this morning, braving the heat and the humidity and the insects.  The deer flies don’t seem nearly as numerous.  Perhaps their season is coming to an end.  The heat, however, will continue unabated for at least another week.

Sometimes you’re forced to hang around rather than fly even if you have drawn-in wings.

Be good, be kind, be loving.  Just Be.  🙂

Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth