Everybody Needs a Rest on Labor Day

Just as I was heading out to the zoo this afternoon, a dragonfly alighted on the railing of our apartment building. Since I had my camera at hand, I took several photos of it. Little did I know that those would be the only pictures I took today…

I had only gotten to the Great Cats exhibit and was alternately watching the tiger pace and making a mental list of the Individuals Most Likely To Be Selected Against (evolutionarily, that is: they’re the ones that roar back at the tiger) when the already ominous sky grew black, and the first drops of rain began to fall—so I rushed back home, hunched shrimplike over my camera bag. I was disappointed to miss most of the zoo, but since I only captured a few images, I’m glad they were of a subject so entirely appropriate to Labor Day.

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