Saturday, April 05, 2008

With gauzy wings and gleaming bodies...

“Clouds of insects danced and buzzed in the golden autumn light, and the air was full of the piping of the song-birds. Long, glinting dragonflies shot across the path, or hung tremulous with gauzy wings and gleaming bodies.” - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
There's something so quintessentially summer-y about dragonflies...just the sight of one makes you feel like you're skipping through a meadow...like a girl in a 70's shampoo commercial...a field full of them and you get positively light-hearted.

Which must explain why I'm coveting this dragonfly brooch from Miu Miu...well, that and the stylized, 1930's-esque design...
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3 comments:

  1. Elizabeth12:39 AM

    It's a beautiful brooch, and that was a very evocative piece of verse. Thank you for sharing it. I really need to read some Doyle.

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  2. WendyB4:51 PM

    I like dragonflies in jewelry but not in real life. They always seem to fly too close to my hair. Ew.

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  3. afrogshop12:22 PM

    There's no doubt, the dude is absolutely right.

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