Belphœbe » North with the Spring http://belphoebe.benjaminbruce.com literary tidbits Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:04:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 North with the Spring http://belphoebe.benjaminbruce.com/2007/north-with-the-spring/ http://belphoebe.benjaminbruce.com/2007/north-with-the-spring/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:35:34 +0000 Mashkioya http://belphoebe.benjaminbruce.com/2007/north-with-the-spring/ A painted turtle slipped into the muddy water and, in a glinting flutter of wings, a metallic-blue dragonfly suspended itself for a moment in the sunshine before us, vibrantly alive, a glittering creature worlds away from the faded pinned specimen of the insect box that is a mere reminder of beauty that has vanished, a tarnished relic of something once surpassingly lovely.

Edwin Way Teale, North with the Spring

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