The Dragonflies' Lair~Thread XLVII

The Poets of The Lair | January 31, 2008 | Soaring Feather

[Soaring Feather]

My Dragon Fly and Me

If I could be a Dragon Fly
and wing my way through the sky
I would never be shy
just me and my Dragon Fly!

By moonlight we ride the wind
chase the comets tail for fun
by day we would hide from the sun
our fragile wings would come undone

On darkest nights we would use
fireflies as our guide
we would dip and we would glide
through the heavens open wide
and scatter diamonds in the night sky
my Dragon Fly and me...

And we would wing past our lovers
silent in the night...
to kiss their face in our flight
much to their surprise and delight
my Dragon Fly and me in sight...

Such a view do we share
away up here in the air
of breezes soft through our hair
my Dragon Fly and me a pair...

bentfeather©
2002

[NY Attitude]

Sounds like you are learning things trhat used to be donew as part of the AIMD process. Most of the US Navy has gone to an “O” to OEM Depot for repairs.

[NY Attitude]

Morning Kathy. Thanks for the wake-up music.

[MEG33]

I just started sausage frying. I am HUNGRY now!

[Soaring Feather]

The ice festival, a few miles away from the snow festival, is anything but dull and colorless. Crowds flocking to the entrance are greeted by dance music booming in the distance, as if at an outdoor pop concert. And bright neon colors shine everywhere, buried within huge blocks of ice forming structures as high as thirty meters, such as this huge structure beyond the entryway. You can just make out people standing atop its blue and red stairway.



The Great Wall doubles as a long ice slide; just sit and go. You can pick up some serious speed and wipe out spectacularly at the bottom if you're wearing a slick coat, but you won't go anywhere if you're wearing corduroy pants.




A view from atop that structure, looking back on a Russian-styled building and a mock Great Wall, both constructed out of ice. Making it to the top of this structure is an accomplishment in itself - imagine walking up a stairway of solid ice for two floors with no handrails. The yellow block wall on the right and the balconywork on the lower left are all ice, with no internal support structure - just lights.




An overview of the ice festival from atop the Great Wall of ice. It's like a Disney theme park, with multiple attractions and food hawkers and kids running around and people lined up for bathrooms. The only differences are that the temperature is about a hundred degrees colder than the typical Disney park, and all the structures are made out of ice rather than plastic - and slipping and falling here doesn't result in tremendous lawsuits





An entire ship constructed of ice, with passengers onboard. Though it might not be seaworthy, the ship would certainly float - after all, it's made of ice. Hundreds of years ago during the Manchu days of ice lantern art, the sculptures were lit only by candles.












There are a couple more pictures, which I neglected to save.

[Soaring Feather]

Psalm 121

1: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2: My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
3: He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4: Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5: The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6: The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7: The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8: The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone.

[Soaring Feather]

WHOA, Meg, fine dinning today! Thanks.

[Soaring Feather]

GM to you Chef Tude!

I am starving, great menu today, thank you.

[Soaring Feather]

Morning Ma, thank you for the Rabble Rousing, earth shaking music. Too, Thanks for the lovely hymns.

[Soaring Feather]

MINE!!!!!!!!!

[MEG33]

;o)

I thought we needed a treat!

[MEG33]

Gorgeous ice festival, Soaring Feather..and I always love the Psalm 121 post.

[Soaring Feather]

Glad you are enjoying the ice festival, it was an email worth sharing.

My favorite Psalm, brought me through rough times.

[tongue-tied]

Yeah, and good stuff too. I never knew the mechs (nose pickers we call 'em) had so much going on.

Variable guide vanes really are something, air start valve operation, anti ice system, etc. really are interesting to me.

And doppler guidance, radios, and radalt type stuff has kept my school buddy (a mech) on his toes.

Both myself and the helos should arrive back in Kabul at about the same time, so we'll be ready for each other. Perhaps BOTH slimmer. LOL

[Soaring Feather]

Oh my something happened to my Psalm frame, things are disappearing. Wonder what caused that.

[tongue-tied]

Good morning Meg!

[tongue-tied]

Whoa! That is SWEET!!

[Soaring Feather]

Yup, sure is! Amazing the talent it takes to build and carve ice.

[MEG33]

Good to “see” you, TT..It was so nice yesterday afternoon I sat out on the patio and birdwatched and enjoyed the warmth. No jacket required.

[MEG33]

It looks good to me!