Escaping the stay at home blues with a visit to the winged beauties of summers past.
Relief on the Wing for the Stay at Home Blues
January 16th, 2021 Comments Off on Relief on the Wing for the Stay at Home Blues
Tags: Baltimore Checkerspot · butterflies · Common Buckeye · dragonflies · Great-spanged Fritillary · Twin-spotted Spiketail · Wandering Glider
Spiketails: Angel Wings of Gossamer Up Close and Personal
May 9th, 2020 Comments Off on Spiketails: Angel Wings of Gossamer Up Close and Personal
The latest in up Up Close and Personal series of post – focusing on hard to find Spiketails as we begin to see light at the end of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Tags: Arrowhead Spiketail · COVID-19 · Delta-Spotted Spiketail · dragonfly · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Twin-spotted Spiketail
Conjuring the Dragons of Summer To Tame the Chill of February
February 18th, 2017 16 Comments
Escaping the chill of February by anticipating the dragons of lazy, hazy summer days.
Tags: American Emerald · dragonflies · Lilypad Clubtail · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Twin-spotted Spiketail
Winged Children of the Goddess June
June 7th, 2015 Comments Off on Winged Children of the Goddess June
A pair of colourful and striking winged dragons declare that June is full-blown summer no matter what the calendar may say.
Tags: Aldo Leopold · dragonfly · June summer · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Rusty Snaketail · Twin-spotted Spiketail