Coming Apart

April 12, 2017sandyjwhite About Life, Daily Prompt, Insects, Nature, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Reflection, Words Tags: Daily Prompt 19 Comments

Spinning away day after day
Elaborate mansion in which to stay

Gossamer threads pulled perfectly taut
Await unknown treasure yet to be caught

Slipping into a complacent rut
Invincible feelings begin to well up

Calamity dire unravels the plot
Such be the nature of life’s lot

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Unravel

Camouflaged

October 18, 2016sandyjwhite Daily Prompt, Insects, Nature, Photography, Photos, Words 12 Comments

When I first noticed this, I thought
it was part of the stone work…a
fossil of some sort.

Further investigation revealed it to be
a very well camouflaged egg case of
a praying mantis.

I will be waiting patiently until next
year to hopefully see the little ones
emerge.

Inspired by Daily Prompt: Waiting

Dragonfly Drops By

August 19, 2016sandyjwhite Insects, Nature, Photography, Photos 10 Comments

Using a great tip provided by photographer Belinda Grover
(that dragonflies return repeatedly to rest at the same spot),
I was able to snap this blue beauty as it paused briefly.

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Coming Apart

Spinning away day after day
Elaborate mansion in which to stay

Gossamer threads pulled perfectly taut
Await unknown treasure yet to be caught

Slipping into a complacent rut
Invincible feelings begin to well up

Calamity dire unravels the plot
Such be the nature of life’s lot

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Unravel

Camouflaged

When I first noticed this, I thought
it was part of the stone work…a
fossil of some sort.

Further investigation revealed it to be
a very well camouflaged egg case of
a praying mantis.

I will be waiting patiently until next
year to hopefully see the little ones
emerge.

Inspired by Daily Prompt: Waiting

Dragonfly Drops By

Using a great tip provided by photographer Belinda Grover
(that dragonflies return repeatedly to rest at the same spot),
I was able to snap this blue beauty as it paused briefly.

Spinning away day after day Elaborate mansion in which to stay

Gossamer threads pulled perfectly taut Await unknown treasure yet to be caught

Slipping into a complacent rut Invincible feelings begin to well up

Calamity dire unravels the plot Such be the nature of life’s lot

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Unravel

When I first noticed this, I thought it was part of the stone work…a fossil of some sort.

Further investigation revealed it to be a very well camouflaged egg case of a praying mantis.

I will be waiting patiently until next year to hopefully see the little ones emerge.

Inspired by Daily Prompt: Waiting

Using a great tip provided by photographer Belinda Grover (that dragonflies return repeatedly to rest at the same spot), I was able to snap this blue beauty as it paused briefly.

Spinning away day after day
Elaborate mansion in which to stay

Gossamer threads pulled perfectly taut
Await unknown treasure yet to be caught

Slipping into a complacent rut
Invincible feelings begin to well up

Calamity dire unravels the plot
Such be the nature of life’s lot

When I first noticed this, I thought
it was part of the stone work…a
fossil of some sort.

Further investigation revealed it to be
a very well camouflaged egg case of
a praying mantis.

I will be waiting patiently until next
year to hopefully see the little ones
emerge.

Using a great tip provided by photographer Belinda Grover
(that dragonflies return repeatedly to rest at the same spot),
I was able to snap this blue beauty as it paused briefly.