My Uncle Mike and Nancy! at the Columbus Arts Festival.  This is their second appearance on my blog, the first being when they visited me out at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse a few years ago.

Columbus Arts Festival Returns to the Scioto Riverfront 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stalking the Damselflies in the creek....

 

 

The pictures above are more of the emerging summer backyard.  Below are pictures of my attempts to photograph a group of  Damselflies in the creek here where I grew up, Big Run Park, Columbus, Ohio.
The past few days have me realizing AGAIN that I am extremely nature starved and can't do this take-care-of both -parents at -the same -time thing if I can't somehow get into the woods a little everyweek.
So yesterday I went down into the creek behind my old elementary school and suddenly was surrounded by hundreds of these emerald green and electric turquoise blue- Damselflies.
At times they seemed to be performing for the camera, but still hard to get them with my camera.  Right in the middle of the city is this creek and all of these things are still thriving and living, despite all of the increased chaos of urban (un) growth all around them. Um metaphor?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29 years ago...