Dragonfly Encounter 3 - Video Clip

...Testing out his wings after the car ride...

(Thanks to David for the video uploading tip...)

Dragonfly Encounters 2

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After the dragonfly gripped onto the sage leaf he stayed real still...remaining like that for the rest of the evening...and well into the next morning. I know...cause I checked every few hours to see if his body...and spirit...were still there...

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In the morning...he had moved the direction of his body slightly but was still hanging on to the same leaf. I didn't know if this was normal dragonfly behavior...or if he was just too injured to move. I noticed an ant crawling up the plant he was settled on...food maybe? I decided to see if he'd like a drink of water so sprinkled some onto the leaf...then watched him scoop the liquid towards his mouth with his legs. That didn't seem to be working too well... so I put some water on a spoon and held it to his head. Sure enough...his head started moving back and forth and it looked like he was drinking.

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When I got home later that evening he was gone...hopefully having recovered enough strength to move on. I prefer to think that the outcome of our encounter was positive and helpful to him...as it was to me........

Dragonfly Encounter


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Dragonfly grasps my finger and I am surprised by the strength...the power...of his legs...hanging on for life. I thought he was dead...when I saw him lying there...in the middle of the road. I stopped the car to pick him up...and approaching closer...I could see his tail was bent in a curve...his wings...were barely moving...
I extended a hand and his legs grabbed on...slowly...black angular limbs curling around my finger...to be carried to safety. As in a dream...I watched him...studied him...his transparent veined wings...black spots on their edges...shimmering iridescent green...black and blue turquoise body and tail so quiet and calm...while his multicoloured head moved back and forth...examining this foreign object extended in friendship... I think he had been stunned...and was injured when I happened by...

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Since he wouldn't let go...I drove the 2 remaining miles home with him twirled around my finger...and I wondered what he thought of being taken for a ride. Little by little...his tail straightened...and his wings began to flutter...slowly at first...then more vigorously...beating beating beating an audible power throughout my skin... I couldn't believe it...I was driving a car with one hand...carrying a dancing dragonfly on the other...

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Dragonfly is still twirling and circling my hand excitedly when I arrive home...but he can't fly yet...and I know it's time to get him onto a plant. He's so beautiful...his coloration so vibrant...his...aura...well...so apparent... I place him near a sage leaf...he loosens the grip on my finger and climbs on...seemingly grateful for the shelter he will have for the night...

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How strange this dance through my fingers...his explorations over under through my hand...so familiar...as if I have held him before... Can it really be that...Dragonfly danced around my hand as if it were a flower...and then let me stroke him in thanks...