11 August 2023 (sweet peas)

sweet peas . . .

I disturb the damselflies’

afternoon tryst

6 August 2022 (swim)

swim float

the splash of my dive scatters

the damselflies

1 August 2020 (damselflies)

mating damselflies

the teenager can’t resist

a wisecrack

4 August 2019 (damselfly)

Sometimes when I’m writing outside, the haiku seem to simply present themselves.

today’s muse

blue damselfly pausing

on my laptop

i get it

damselfly landing again

on my laptop

we women

must stick together

blue damselfly

July 8: Damselfly

reminding me
how alone I am
bluet on my bare arm

July 5: Birthday

twelfth birthday
damselflies shifting
from one reed to another

September 21: Blue

Shallow pond: Blue Jay bathing

near a branch full of

small blue damselflies.

 

 

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June 17: Damselfly

We spent this beautiful almost-summer day with my family at my sister and brother-in-law's camp on Crawford Lake.

Hanging out on the dock, my husband spotted a couple of damselflies that had just emerged, still-damp, from their nymph cases. One flew off by the time I came to look at them, but the other still clung to the boat bumper. Since the boat was about to head out for a cruise, I worried the baby damselfly wouldn't be ready to fly in time. I encouraged it to crawl onto my finger, then moved it to a nearby leaf out of the way of people and dog. The next time I passed the leaf, it was gone. I never even saw it open its wings. By the end of the summer, its life will be over. I wish it many more days like this one before that time comes.

So short a lifespan--
damselfly is blessed to hatch
on this perfect day.