Adult Male Blue Dasher Dragonfly — Image by kenne
What’s this dragonfly doing?
Looks like another insect has been caught in a web,
which has got his attention.
I’m not that much of an insect expert.
— kenne
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Adult Blue Dasher 4 comments
Looks like another insect has been caught in a web,
Dragonfly Art 3 comments
Dragonfly Art — Image by kenne
He stands at the top
Just waiting for the moment
To leave in the wind.
— kenne
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All Souls Dragonfly — Infrared Image by kenne
November in the Sonoran Desert.
Land of indigenous cultures
Whose names are true to nature.
Ghosts whose shadows grow wings
Standing in the graveyard
That has become a holy vortex.
The owls of the night carry
Voices whispering death is alive.
Dragonflies rest on dead stems only
To fly away, circle, and come back
Recognizing all the souls of the dead.
— kenne
(Inspired by lines in Luis Alberto Urrea’s The Tijuana Book of the Dead)
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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/
— kenne
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Black Saddlebag Dragonfly Leave a comment
Black Saddlebag Dragonfly — Image by kenne
Wings and saddlebags
Will travel around the pond
Only to return.
— kenne
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Red (Flame) Skimmer 2 comments
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
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Flame Skimmer Dragonfly — HDR Image by kenne
words
dart around
in my head
like a flame
skimmer
dragonfly
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Flame Skimmer Dragonfly — Image by kenne
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Red Rock Skimmer (October 28, 2021) — Image by kenne
On a cool morning
Sunning on a concrete bridge
Near Sabino Creek.
— kenne
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Neon Skimmer, Male (Sweetwater Wetlands, October 6, 2021) — Image by kenne
“Did you know that at the time of the dinosaurs…
Some dragonflies could be as big as a hawk.”
— Paulette Morin.
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Blue-eyed Darter 3 comments
Blue-eyed Darter, Sweetwater Wetlands (August 6, 2021) — Image by kenne
“May you touch dragonflies and stars, dance with fairies and talk to the moon.”
– Unknown
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Blue Dasher Dragonfly in Flight at Sweetwater Wetlands (10/06/21) — Photo-Artistry by kenne by kenne
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
— Albert Einstein
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Flame Skimmer Art 1 comment
Flame Skimmer — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The dragonfly brings dreams to reality and is the messenger
of wisdom and enlightenment from other realms.
— Unknown
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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
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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
Becoming is Superior to Being 