Dragonfly

It has been 3 straight days that I wasn't able to use my blip journal because of piled up to dos... But today, I cannot afford not to blip anymore. Early this morning, I packed my cam up so I could use it to fill my journal.

It was later this afternoon that I get the chance to take still life...And so, i passionately use my time to get a good angle of the wild flowers.

My attention was however caught by the little beauty fleeting to and fro before my sight while taking those shots at the flowers...

I was held captive by the charm dancing before my eyes and shimmering in the nobleness of the twilight sun... and before I knew it, I had blindly fallen into her trap.

I abandoned the flowers and raised after this beauty.

My heart leaped because everytime I press the button she would fly away. But just when i was about to give up, she dramatically posed with a mastered grace and elegance and unwittingly gave me this angle!

Not bad, its worth my day! :)
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Dragonflies were almost deified as the souls of the dead in Native American culture and heralded as symbols of purity and change, they were symbols of victory, power and prosperity.

The native Burmese (now Myanmar) regularly released dragonfly nymphs into the water surrounding their settlements to control the populations of Yellow Fever causing mosquitoes.

As the dragonfly flies a lot, it needs to both heat up and cool off and hence, the famous Obelisk pose. The muscles that flap its wings need to be warm at all times.

Coming back to the Obelisk, dragonflies bask in the sun as much as possible when they need the heat. And when they need a little breather from the warmth, they position their bodies in such a way that it makes little or no direct contact with the sun?s rays.