Darn!

Darn!

this dragonfly

lifting her wings 

to veil herself ~

so fragile is nature

If I'm right, this is the Darner dragonfly....I wanted a closeup, with its wings spread-out clearly showing the pattern. It was resting so, but the closer I went...it took this veiled posture....Darn!

Because it veiled itself, I'm guessing it's a female Darner.

Dragonfly

You hail from Dream-land, Dragonfly?

A stranger hither? So am I,

And (sooth to say) I wonder why

We either of us came!

                                                         ~ Agnes M.F.R. Darmesteter "To a Dragonfly"

Beautiful Clarity

When the world overpowers and overbears, 

I turn to Nature and its beautiful clarity 

. . . and the mind is refreshed.