Dragonfly: aka The Magic of Nature
Recently I was visiting a friend and discovered this upon her windowsill. Isn’t it beautiful?
I have never seen a dragonfly this large up close before, and at first I wasn’t quite sure it was real. My friend is a very “crafty” person, you see, so I wouldn’t 100% put it past her powers to create something at this level of detail.
The more closely I looked, though, the more certain I felt that it was real. The detail and intricacy were just too, you know, real.
My next uncertainty was whether or not the dragonfly was still alive. I think it had been there for a while but I’m glad I ‘prodded’ it very gently, and with something very soft, because it did stir.
I was then able to persuade it onto a piece of cardboard and release it back into the great outdoors, where it took flight in short order.
By far the best fate for a creature of the great outdoors (whatever its subsequent fate.)
Still, I am exceedingly pleased to have had the opportunity to see a dragonfly at such “up close and personal” quarters. And it isn’t “just” beautiful, it’s “bloomin’ marvellous”—and I marvel again every time I reflect upon it. 🙂