Summer Patrol

SUMMER PATROL OF A SUMMER EVENING IN THE COOLING OF TWILIGHT, I WAS CONTEMPLATING THE COMPLETION OF MY LONG-AWAITED CABIN. WHILE ADMIRING CLOUD PATTERNS, I NOTICED A CONSTANT HUM AND FLASHES OF FLORESCENT BLUE AS DRAGONFLIES FLEW BY IN A FORMATION MADE BY NATURES DREAM. I WONDERED…WERE THEY HEADED FOR THEIR ROOSTING PLACE OR A NIGHTLY MEETING TO FEAST TOGETHER ON THE UNUSUAL PRESENCE OF MOSQUITO’S IN THIS HIGH DESERT VALLEY? THE RUN-OFF LAKE SHRINKS INWARD, ALMOST A MIRAGE. IT SEEMED TO ME AS IF THE DRAGONFLIES WERE ON PATROL…BITTY GUARDIANS IN THEIR REALITY. THEIR SHIMMERING IRIDESCENCE A BECON IN THE TWILIGHT MONSOON SKIES.