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October 7th, 2010.
I also included my entry written with this photo originally from my old Flickr account.
If you're interested in the details to this photo.. please read. One of my favorite macro/insect photos I've taken.
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Rest in Peace, Sad Dragonfly.
>For those of you who do not know much about dragonflies here is my "Sad Dragonfly" story from today & a few facts. ♥ I love dragonflies... & well, bugs!
>When I found him he was struggling, sad, & broken.. literally.
He had just gotten in a fight with another male dragonfly, probably over a mate or lunch. When male dragonflies fight usually it is until the death, they grab the other's wings & twist - & rip them off.
>Dragonflies have 6 legs, but they cannot walk. They can only fly or land. Strange. However, when dragonflies fight & lose- they can no longer survive.
I found "The Sad Dragonfly" today in my field. I was trying to figure out what was wrong with him, and then I saw his wings had been torn. He couldn't walk, so he was just kind of flapping his wings & not moving very far. Then I remembered that dragonflies cannot walk, and I felt the need to step in.
When I see an insect suffering/dying typically I move it to a safe place, that way it is not put through any more pain. [I can't imagine leaving an insect on the ground helpless to be eaten alive by ants or a bird.. Even if that is Mother Nature's way- not when I can help it.]
So I brought him inside, I fed him insects & tonight he died.
He had so much energy- you'd think he would be fine, but he knew he couldn't go on & he let go.
As if a pandemic were not enough, a mad ruler starts another war, sending not only the attacked country but also his own to ruin. Unbelievably sad times.
Forsythia is pure joy. There is not an ounce, not a glimmer of sadness or even knowledge in forsythia. Pure, undiluted, untouched joy. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Sadness is what it seems this guy feels inside him while he is taking some rest in front of a convenience store where he sought a temporary shelter during a slight rain.
Beside him are two pieces of furniture - a 4-inch thick foam bed and a foldable metal tube reclining chair - which, according to him, he is selling.
Upon my further query, he also said that he is a member of a group of mobile vendors from a neighboring province and each member is assigned to cover a certain section of a village.
He started working as soon as his team arrived at the town proper of Subic this morning, but unfortunately for this 36-year-old man, until now (it's already late in the afternoon) he hasn't sold any of his goods yet.
Captured at a village adjacent to the said town proper. Subic is in Zambales province, Philippines.
These tulips have been allowed to feel as miserable as I have been the last few days - but I am feeling vaguely human again this morning, and they, ai am sad to say, will be confined to the compost!