A Flash

Traveled to Ireland this spring...

Thought I'd share.

rain and cloud days, always

and ocean breezes biting

and everything is green.

Irish doors

beauty in stone and glass

grace...

art, thought on walls in Belfast

and Galway

everywhere.

great institutions, overcome by vines

ruins, worn by time.

she stands protecting

holding out her hands.

Come.

Love and Buzzing

there is an abundance of love on the lake

and buzzing

...

the 

dragonflies 

are 

mating

Everywhere, they 

flit 

and 

flirt

and 

dive

and 

rocket

and 

roller coaster 

along

like 

arial acrobats!

I discover that they are

like ghosts that can't 

     be

- photographed -

...

a few pose for me

I press down on the shutters

only to find they are no

longer in the picture

funny, huh?

Mr. and Mrs. Mallard 

drop in for a visit

they don't see what all the fuss is about ...

they have a much more relaxed

relationship

they nibble on plants

because they like

to stay trim

and the dragonflies whirl around me like I fascinate them as much as they - me, before another dragonfly far more interesting than 

a photo-snapping person 

once again distracts them 

and 

they're off.

Ah, summer love.