Trials & Tribulations of a Southern Gardener: Dog Days of Summer

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Dog Days of Summer

I must have 1,000 dragonflies in my garden. Yesterday I went out to take a few pictures of them, well a few turned into a 125 pictures!!! I narrowed them down for ya'll. Enjoy!

12 comments:

FlowerLady said...: I love dragonflies and have been noticing a lot of them around also. Those are some great shots. DF's love to eat mosquitoes.

Have a great week ~ FlowerLady; June 23, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Darla said...: The heat is not bothering the dragonflies at all! We have tons of them too, love to watch them. Great photos....thinking about having my girls do a rain dance in the yard!!; June 23, 2009 at 11:51 AM
June said...: Oh, they are so beautiful. I once gazed into a dragonfly's eyes for about a half-hour. It was a beautiful day.

I'm sorry about your lack of rain and apologize for being so overly vocal about our floods here. Wish we could even it out somehow! Wishing you rain...; June 23, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Ginger said...: Wow, great pictures!! Do you live near water?; June 23, 2009 at 12:29 PM
Dirt Princess said...: FlowerLady I hope they eat ALL of them!

Darla please have them do a rain dance!!

June don't worry about that, send it my way!!! LOL!!

Ginger I live a mile or so from the river and numerous creeks.; June 23, 2009 at 12:57 PM
gardenerprogress/Catherine said...: They must love your garden, especially to sit and pose for you like that :)
I still haven't seen too many here yet.; June 23, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Carol @ TheWritersPorch said...: Your pictures are awesome! We should meet and do a rain dance but I can't dance with two broke toes! :D KEEP COOL!; June 23, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Florida Sue said...: I am starting to see more in my yard too. There is something almost ethereal about them. I love the picture of the one of the dark fleur de lis. It looks like a church steeple. Very cool!; June 23, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Outside In said...: Such great photos, dragonflies are cool but they don't stay in one place long enough to photograph them.; June 23, 2009 at 5:03 PM
ChrisC and JonJ said...: Yep-we have 'em too.I think they're the only ones happy in these heat and humidity.
Agree with Sue re:the one with the fleur de lis.; June 23, 2009 at 5:13 PM
CiNdEe said...: Wow Great Pictures!!!!
I love dragonflies!!! I wish they would come visit me!!! I have not seen any this year so far!; June 23, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Prospero said...: I rarely see a dragonfly around here. Now I know where they all are! Still, delicate and graceful creatures.; June 23, 2009 at 6:26 PM