Silent Wings on Dragonfly Island
Collaboration between dragonflylady44 and idealjapan. Dragonflies speak through friendship. Enjoy this wonderful diversity of dragonflies from Japan. Many thanks go to idealjapan for sharing your gift with the world.Language barriers and miles of oceans cannot prevent friendship. God bless all.
Recycled Glass Dragonfly Installation
Cindy Ann Coldiron Destination, 2010 Kiln cast recycled glass Residing in a circle that is intersected by three paths, in Destination by Cindy Ann Coldiron (b. 19xx) the dragonflies are all flying towards their goal of the center concrete and glass “pond.” Dragonflies symbolize renewal, change and activity and each of the three paths lead to different destinations in the park. Since the dragonfly lives a short life, it knows it must live its life to the fullest. in the shortest time. This destination for them is a pond but for each of us, it is something different. The number 40 signifies maturity and completion of a test or trial. Coldiron created each dragonfly for this “green” project using 40 hand sculpted clay models that were cast in plaster and silica. After removal of the clay, the mold was filled with discarded bottle, window or plate glass. Colorants were added using frits and enamels along with a special glow powder for some of the molds. The molds were kiln fired at over 1550 degrees Fahrenheit. After cooling, the glass was cold worked with a wet tile saw and sandblasted. Metal Work Design by Arlington County. For additional information on public art: www.arlingtonarts.org For additional information on Cindy Ann Coldiron: artist-cindyann.tripod.com
Everyone’s Talking – War Pt.1 (Lyrics)
Video featuring War Pt.1 from the album Dragonflies by Everyone’s Talking. www.EveryonesTalking.net
Triple Rainbow? – Miaoli Travels Part 6/7
I took a holiday to Miaoli County in Taiwan. I saw many awesome things. I recorded and put the best into this series 7 part series for you guys! In this part I find a broken bridge, see a rice field, visit Sky City, see some dragonflies, and perhaps a triple rainbow. Please rate, comment and subscribe! Twitter: www.twitter.com
Eddi Reader at the Ireby Festival
Eddi Reader Dragonflies
Dragonfly Chinese Painting 1/2
Chinese painting lectures from China’s public TV channel for beginners learning brush painting – Dragonflies Chinese paintings from Google images.google.com Butterflies, crickets, dragonflies, grass and etc library.thinkquest.org Dragonfly and other insects are a subset of Chinese flower and bird painting. Brushstrokes of Chinese calligraphy are recommended. English annotations have been added for this video.
Let’s Play Might and Magic 7 — Zomg shopping? (03)
Whereupon I run through a whole bunch of dragonflies and hand over two more items for the scavenger hunt. I also do some shopping and preparing for the upcoming dungeon crawl. (NOTE: Turns out Camstudio hates the fog effects in the MM7 engine, so there’s a good chunk of ghosting in the middle of the video. Sorry about that, I’ll try to avoid it in the future… IIRC there are very few places where you can’t avoid it.)
Dragonfly in my house
We had another uninvited visitor this weekend…a Dragonfly. A dragonfly is a type of insect with two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies are valuable predators that eat mosquitoes, and other small insects like flies, bees, ants and butterflies. They are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands because their larvae, known as “nymphs”, are aquatic. It is said in some Native American beliefs that dragonflies are a symbol of renewal after a time of great hardship. In some parts of the world it is considered lucky to have a dragonfly land on you, even to the point of yielding seven years of good luck. In Japan dragonflies are symbols of courage, strength, and happiness. In the United States dragonflies and damselflies are sought out as a hobby similar to birding and butterflying, known as oding, from the dragonfly’s Latin species name, odonata. Oding is especially popular in Texas, where 225 out of a total of 457 known species of odonates in the world have been observed. (Info from Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.org No dragonflies were harmed during the making of this vid…Scott is an experienced dragonfly whisperer… late summers eve dragonfly whisks in door with flutter sounds
Tiny Perfect Predators part 3
A Discovery documentary from 1999. Fascinating insight into the world of dragonflies and mantids, the tiny, perfect predators. tiny perfect predators
Swarming Dragon Flies
For the past several weeks, thousands of dragonflies are swarming all over the neighborhood. You can see them when you look up the block. There are thousands of them in our yard near sunset.
