With temps expected to get to 100F (38C) over the next few days, I'll be trying to find cool places to duck into. And I probably won't venture out into the garden during the day... well, maybe for just a peek at the pond. If I sit under the pomegranate bush the heat isn't so bad.
And going out in the garden at twilight after a hot day is one of my favorite things to do.
It's "dragonfly weather" right now and as the sun sinks in the sky the dragonflies begin their evening hunt--darting back and forth in an aerial display forming a canopy 8-12 feet over the garden. "Dragonfly weather" is magical.
Hubby and I were out working in the back garden at twilight today and got to witness the first time the dragonflies have been out en masse. Hubby finished installing a trellis on the fence for some climbing roses I'll be putting into the ground, while I dug a hole and transplanted a rose that was in the wrong spot for us to complete the garden plans we've been working on the past couple of weeks. We've been fighting mosquitos when we go out to work in the evening, but this evening the dragonfly squadron helped considerably. It was wonderful.
So if I have to put up with the mid-day heat to get "dragonfly weather", then so be it.
I love dragonflies and I bet you'll have some lovely photos of them, or perhaps a drawing before too long.
ReplyDeleteHow very fortunate you are to have a massing of those beauties...
ReplyDeleteAnd that photo you took, Cindy, magical, I love the bokeh in the background.
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
Beautiful post and photo Cindy!
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