An Olympic dragonfly.

Pen, ink and watercolor on HandBook Travelogue Sketchbook 8 in x 8 in

 Dragonflies are in the “hood”. I saw so many…. or so I thought.  I came out of the house and there was only one, ONE dragonfly flying the width of my backyard. From left to right and from right to left, eventually flying up and down making sharp and sudden turns. Sometimes suspended in the air, right in front of me, perhaps 2 yards from me, was it watching me? How an insect can coordinate two pairs of wings? Wonderful. Then the sound of a small plane in the background paired the flight of this little guy, like a mini plane, it was so surreal. 

I was having an Olympic event right at home, live, by a common green darner, but no so common, it did so many “flying laps”, possibly more than a hundred, it’s like it was trying to break a world record, but instead it broke of my patience. I eventually came back inside the house and google this little guy. The bright green and blue made it easy. Here I introduce to you Anax junius, and one of the largest dragonflies that exist measuring up to 7 cm long, and of course I did a sketch of it.