http://digitalgarbage.net dumpster-diving for bits about law, info, tech, and culture Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://digitalgarbage.net/2009/08/03/the-patient-dragonfly/ http://digitalgarbage.net/2009/08/03/the-patient-dragonfly/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:50:41 +0000 Ira Nathenson http://digitalgarbage.net/?p=1388 Continue reading →]]> As readers of my site know, I love photography.  Weston, where I live, was part of the Everglades not too many years ago, and a 10-minute bike ride will get me to one of the last great frontiers of American wildlife.  Sometimes that wildlife can be found in your very own back yard.  A few days ago, I was sitting out back looking at my daughter’s garden.  All of a sudden, a beautiful dragonfly sat right in front of me on a branch of my daughter’s tomato plant.   It sat very calmly while staring at me and studying my face.  Although my slightest facial twitch would elicit a reaction from the dragonfly, it remained still.  Wanting the picture, I ran back into the house to get my camera.  Amazingly, the dragonfly was still there and sat patiently to have his portrait taken.  I never realized until then what beautiful and colorful creatures they are.

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