Addendum: I got a comment below from someone who used to have dragonflies in the yard, but no longer. I did a little searching to see why they might be gone, and I read that dragonflies are connected with death. It seems they show up after someone has died. Well, yesterday afternoon a neighbor called and said that two of our neighbors had died. I find that very strange. Coincidental probably that this is the first dragonfly I've ever seen closeup (and dead), but still makes me shiver just a bit.
It's beautiful, Nan! I've seen very few actual dragonflies in real life. Looks nice on the shelf. :-)
ReplyDeleteThey must just be in certain climates. I didn't know that. When Tom mows, there are tons of them eating the insects the mower kicked up.
DeleteOf course I enlarged the photo to see the book titles! Interesting that quotable Mr. Frost is amongst the cookery books. The dragonfly is beautiful. . .And there are so many varieties of them!
ReplyDeleteLong time reader, first time posting. . .
Thanks so much for leaving a comment!! I'm not sure what you mean about "Mr. Frost"
DeleteThat dragonfly has such a beautiful color. I think I did a post about dragonflies once. If their wings are stretch out, it is a dragonfly. If their wings are ...how would you say it...if their wings are held together behind their backs it is a damselfly. This kind of knowledge does me no good in life, I can assure you! :-)
ReplyDeleteWell, it did do good because I never knew this! I didn't know the difference! Thank you!!
DeleteMatty? I must admit I don't know who Matty is, I must have missed something there on your blog.
ReplyDeleteThe dragonfly's colours are beautiful. We get to see quite a lot of dragonflies in various sizes and colours, they live everywhere with even just a bit of water around, such as garden ponds, and of course they live down by the river and at the lake.
Sorry! He is Margaret's husband, Hazel's daddy. We were all walking around the lawn trying to find a bolt that had come off the lawn mower. Tom was using a metal detector. Heard lots of noise but no bolt. ;<)) Yes, I've always associated them with water, and we don't have any right around the house, but there is the animal's water in the pasture, and a stream out in the field, so they must have come from there.
DeleteThis will last a long time. I had one for several years only I had the female. It died in the back window of our car standing there like it was alive. Amazing creatures.
ReplyDeleteThat's good to know. I had no idea how long it might last.
DeleteMorning Nan.... what a beautiful creature he is - and I'm sure your grandchildren will be fascinated.
ReplyDeleteWell, Hazel was right there and it was a struggle to keep her from touching it!! We wanted to keep it intact. I think the big jar will help.
Deleteamazing how beautiful they are! :) (and I do like your bookshelf too!)
ReplyDeleteThank you. It is part of a cupboard that belonged to my aunt.
DeleteWe used to see these around the house all the time (and we do live near a natural bayou) until a few years ago, but nowadays I seldom spot one flying around the yard. There were days when I would see 8 or 10 flying around together - makes me wonder what kind of natural, or unnatural, enemy has reduced the population in these parts.
ReplyDeleteVery odd. I wonder who you could ask about this.
DeleteYour dragon fly is such a beautiful color. We have big thicker plain color ones that fly around over our lawn. The only water I know of near by is a concrete drainage are that has a bit of water after rains and heavy snow. When I was a child, we used to see all kinds of dragonflies when we went to the river. My Dad called them Snake Doctors, which brought amazing imaginings to my mind back then (and still does).
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your childhood memory. That's a great name, and I wonder what it means!
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