June 24, 2008

summertime in the fields

as i was dozing off last night, and saying goodbye to yesterdays dirt i remembered this beautiful thing my dad told me once as a little girl. he said "all dragonflies return to the lake where they were first born to touch down one more time again before they die." i don't know if he made that up to charm me (since he is known to have been a tall tale teller), or if it is just some rare jewel of a fact that he read once in a dusty encyclopedia.. either way i treasure it.


under my sheets, alone in my bed, drifting farther and farther away from every breach of peace, i imagined him, like a shining dragonfly. regal and handsome in the light. visiting me one more time.

this polaroid was taken a month ago at horseshoe lake. it reminds me of summer, and the beautiful stories we make - like the dragonfly. it reminds me of my longing for love and angst for freedom. it reminds me of youth.

3 comments:

  1. Beautiful image Colie!

    Hey... you changed your blog format! It looks great.

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  2. thank you thank you :)!!!!
    it feel better this way.
    i'm glad you like it too.

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  3. It's so funny.that you say how you are hating your day job right now. I actually look at your images on Flickr most mornings as they get me through my painfull job. It's interesting that I look at your images and see this sunny ideal life that gets me through my bland days

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