All Souls Dragonfly — Infrared Image by kenne
— kenne
(Inspired by lines in Luis Alberto Urrea’s The Tijuana Book of the Dead)
Filigree Skimmer in Desert Grass (October 5, 2022) — Image by kenne
We have been experiencing cool mornings here in the desert, so I decided to go to Sabino Canyon.
I don’t usually expect to see dragonflies, at least that provide photo-ops. I spotted a black dragonfly
about 12 yards away not far away from Sabino Creek. I wasn’t sure what kind it was, since I had not
seen a black dragonfly before. As dragonflies will do, it kept moving farther away. As a result, this
was the best shot I could get of my first Filigree Skimmer photograph.
The Filigree Skimmer (Pseudoleon superbus) is a dragonfly of the southwestern United States and Mexico.
In the U.S. it is found in south and west Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The species usually perches on the ground
or on rocks in and near stream beds. It is a striking species as it flies up and down a stream bed in front of an observer.
— Source: http://greglasley.com/
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Black Saddlebag Dragonfly — Image by kenne
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Red (Flame) skimmer (Libellula saturata) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock:
each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing,
only when everything is in place does the door open.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
Flame Skimmer Dragonfly — HDR Image by kenne
words
dart around
in my head
like a flame
skimmer
dragonfly
Flame Skimmer Dragonfly — Image by kenne
Red Rock Skimmer (October 28, 2021) — Image by kenne
— kenne
Neon Skimmer, Male (Sweetwater Wetlands, October 6, 2021) — Image by kenne
— Paulette Morin.
Blue-eyed Darter, Sweetwater Wetlands (August 6, 2021) — Image by kenne
– Unknown
Blue Dasher Dragonfly in Flight at Sweetwater Wetlands (10/06/21) — Photo-Artistry by kenne by kenne
— Albert Einstein
Flame Skimmer — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— Unknown
Dragonfly On Point — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Late August,
Aging colors change
In desert wetlands
Pensive like a sharp turn.
And yet,
What persistence
Balanced as perchance?
Flying for meters
Only to go back
To the same point.
— kenne
Dragonfly: On the Road, Charleston, South Carolina (August 12, 2021) — Image by kenne
spotted at a far
zooming in on the moment
captured in my time
— kenne
Black Saddlebag Dragonfly — Image by kenne
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Blue Dasher Dragonfly — Image by kenne
The Dragonfly
Today I saw the dragonfly
Come from the wells where he did lie.
An inner impulse rent the veil
Of his old husk: from head to tail
Came out clear plates of sapphire mail.
He dried his wings: like gauze they grew;
Thro’ crofts and pastures wet with dew
A living flash of light he flew.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Becoming is Superior to Being 