Ducks & Dragonflies

cool day, only around 80, with refreshing breezes throughout the land.

waded with a friend and our little ones in the river this afternoon, my boy splashing and kicking studiously. tiny benign black flies nearly carpeted the water around us, unfazed by our splashes, moving only if we walked through their gatherings. ducks joined us, preening and letting out quiet "wak-wak"s as they glided by. one stretched her neck out parallel to the water, swinging back and forth, gobbling up the tiny flies.

a pair of mating dragonflies alighted on my boy's forehead, to the innocent delight of my friend's child.