
Hmmm, is resilience bred in the bone?
I have officially made the transition, although it is still officially spring, from spring birdwatching to summer butterfly and dragonfly sleuthing. The unusually cold spring means a late start from these winged wonders of summer.
But among the handful of species active this weekend, I was pleased to spot an Arctic Skipper – a late spring species, about the size of a dime, which will be gone by the time the scorching days of July arrive.
I love these little guys in part because they are quite striking despite their diminutive bodies. But also because they give me reason to stop and wonder at how such a tiny, delicate creature can survive in the big, bad world. It seems rather to defy the odds.
An Artic Skipper hidden in blades of grass – a random act of metaphor to remind me that resilience is bred in the bone of all God’s creatures large and small.
~ Now Available Online from Amazon, Chapters Indigo or Barnes & Noble: Hunting Muskie, Rites of Passage – Stories by Michael Robert Dyet
~ Michael Robert Dyet is also the author of Until the Deep Water Stills – An Internet-enhanced Novel which was a double winner in the Reader Views Literary Awards 2009. Visit Michael’s website at www.mdyetmetaphor.com.
~ Subscribe to Michael’s Metaphors of Life Journal aka That Make Me Go Hmmm at its’ internet home www.mdyetmetaphor.com/blog2. Instructions for subscribing are provided in the Subscribe to this Blog: How To instructions page in the right sidebar. If you’re reading this post on another social networking site, come back regularly to my page for postings once a week.
Tags: Arctic Skipper · metaphor · Michael Robert DyetNo Comments