Having posted for the Weekly Challenge a day early yesterday in utter panic at 7.17pm when it still hadn’t appeared (because it was Thursday!) , today I nearly missed the Weekly Photo Challenge completely!
I am on massive doses of painkillers at the moment for my Neuralgia (previously diagnosed as Sinusitis) and the letters on the keyboard keep dancing in front of my eyes (and fingers) so I do have some excuse. I’m having one of those lucid half hours in between pain becoming unbearable & having to take painkillers and hence disappearing into a blurry haze, so I thought I’d better post quickly!
Delicate describes perfectly how I am feeling at the moment, but I promise you, you do not want to see a photo of me right now!! 
Instead I’m posting a photograph of a very delicate and lucky Dragon-Fly
Rescued from the Cat
We rescued this delicate creature from our cat Lilly Plankton, who was playing with her happily in the house. We brought the Dragon-fly into the garden & released her onto our Hydrangea bush, high off the ground and away from Lilly.
Rescue 1
Lilly then jumped up onto the wall above the bush and caught the dragon fly again!!
We rescued it again & locked Lilly in the house.
Delicate Dragon Fly
Delicate Wings
After second rescue, making sure Dragon-fly was ok!
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate
December 14, 2012 at 7:23 pm
Very colorful creature.
December 14, 2012 at 8:43 pm
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December 14, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Very delicate and colourful creatures.
December 14, 2012 at 9:57 pm
And lucky!!
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December 15, 2012 at 12:34 am
ohmygod dragonflies! i don’t ever see one anymore!
December 15, 2012 at 8:46 am
You have to live near water, we are lucky we live beside the Thames, a few reservoirs and some lakes. We also have a pond in our garden, so they come visit.
We don’t see the big green ones often, but the smaller iridescent blue and the red ones are very common on warm summer days
December 15, 2012 at 9:58 am
i just miss them.. horrid kids back then used to capture them and cut off their wings. horrible
December 15, 2012 at 10:01 am
Nasty kids!!
December 15, 2012 at 10:08 am
yup, definitely not my playmates ^^
December 15, 2012 at 9:53 pm
December 15, 2012 at 3:31 am
what fabulous images Barbara…and one lucky dragonfly
so sorry to hear you are feeling bad/drugged
hope you get on top of it soon
{{{hugs}}}
December 15, 2012 at 8:43 am
Thank you! I have a picture of the cat with dragonfly in her mouth somewhere… It’s blurry but I must add it to the collection! Luckily she wasn’t hungry!!
It seems I ave Trigeminal Neuralgia which is also known as the ‘suicide illness’ due to the intensity of the pain.
Believe it or not that makes me feel better as I was in such agony I was crying loads and felt like such a complainer. Now I have tablets that are targeted at this pain so I should start to feel better. Seriously I was considering going to hospital to be knocked out until the pan went away. I couldn’t stand it any longer!
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December 15, 2012 at 10:39 am
Wonderful photos. Great color.
You are going through such an ordeal, Barbara, feel better soon.
Blessings ~ Maxi
December 15, 2012 at 9:53 pm
It is a bit! Thank you
December 15, 2012 at 10:52 am
yep,a very brave female southern hawker
December 15, 2012 at 10:43 pm
Wow, A website dedicated to dragonflies! Im scared to post the photo of the ‘dragonfly in cats mouth photo’ now!! although it is very blurred!
December 15, 2012 at 10:46 pm
PS How do you know it’s female?
December 18, 2012 at 3:55 pm
just post it,dragonflies are simply part of the food chain
December 18, 2012 at 4:01 pm
I did as a comment further down, but the image didn’t show up, just a link…. maybe this time I’ll do it right?
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December 15, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Ah, thanks for rescuing the Dragon fly. Delicate indeed. Hope you are feeling better, you are delicate too. Take care.
December 15, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Indeed I am! In fact I have just published a second entry in the delicate category about me, as I feel very delicate right now! At least a little on the mend now since my lovely doctor saw me
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December 16, 2012 at 12:56 am
Here is the naughty cat: http://wp.me/aB27X-uV
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December 23, 2012 at 12:09 am
Gorgeous dragonfly… Feel better!
December 23, 2012 at 1:05 am
Thank you! As my mum says, every day in every way I am getting better & better
April 16, 2013 at 5:18 pm
These are great pictures. That must be Puff the magic dragonfly.
April 16, 2013 at 9:01 pm
Puff the very lucky dragonfly!