Couldn't post this right after the Marie Memorial.

This beauty flew right past my head as I was mowing the lawn this morning. She was easily 5 inches long and I think this means she is a female.  She looked at me and then turned away, dismissively, to hunt

I think this girl was just about the queen predator in my neighbor's yard.

This morning I took Walker down to the Lily Pond in the Amana Colonies, and I stayed to take some shots of this fine misty morning.  It was good to be alive.

Marie Paulina sneaked off Thursday night while no one was looking.  Kevin says she and Shorty and Diana all passed away while attention was diverted.  Not wanting to make a show, he suggested.  Life had long sense become a burden she endured, I think.  She lived to mourn her oldest daughter and bury her husband.  She was, in her time, sharp as a tack, and generous.  She is also where her daugher Diana got her dogged determination, I think.

I thought about Marie and stood by the Lily Pond and was glad she is free, and glad I am, too.