Not cool on a universal scale I guess, or even in any sense that matters in the big scheme of things, but anyhow... I stood on Gustav Adolfs Torg today, it's Culture Festival week in Göteborg right now so the square is filled with food stands from all over Europe mostly (plus one where they sell Australian Kangaroo Burgers, of all things! 
), and it was DAMNED crowded, when I felt a small impact on my chest.
Looking down, I noticed a pretty large dragonfly calmly sitting on my T-shirt, watching me (and most everything else I have to assume) with its compound eyes.
I let it be for a little while, thinking that soon it'll get tired of me and fly off, to continue going about its dragonfly-business, whatever that might be. But it didn't do that, it just sat there. While it was sort of nice wearing a damned cool insect as a sort of badge of honor, I thought I'd better make it reconsider, so I gently prodded it a bit with my finger, but it would have none of it! The dragonfly seemed as content as could be, so I tried picking it up, thinking that would make it feel threatened and leave. I was able to make the thing move most of its legs over to my fingers, but its two front legs were hooked pretty good into the cotton fabric of my tee, and I couldn't make it let go without risking the other legs letting go of my hand instead...
So, gently pinching the dragonfly's upper body, I pulled, and finally the hooks let go of my shirt. I let the dragonfly settle on my hand, it was completely unperturbed and seemed quite calm. Then I realized I was making a huge opportunity literally slip through my fingers, so I fiddled up my iPhone out of my pocket and snapped a couple stills. In retrospect I could have shot some video too, but I was too filled with childish joy to think of that right then, and then, apparently having finished resting, *poof*, it flew off... Leaving me all by myself.
I just finished looking at the pictures. Two or three turned out pretty good I must say.
), and it was DAMNED crowded, when I felt a small impact on my chest.Looking down, I noticed a pretty large dragonfly calmly sitting on my T-shirt, watching me (and most everything else I have to assume) with its compound eyes.
I let it be for a little while, thinking that soon it'll get tired of me and fly off, to continue going about its dragonfly-business, whatever that might be. But it didn't do that, it just sat there. While it was sort of nice wearing a damned cool insect as a sort of badge of honor, I thought I'd better make it reconsider, so I gently prodded it a bit with my finger, but it would have none of it! The dragonfly seemed as content as could be, so I tried picking it up, thinking that would make it feel threatened and leave. I was able to make the thing move most of its legs over to my fingers, but its two front legs were hooked pretty good into the cotton fabric of my tee, and I couldn't make it let go without risking the other legs letting go of my hand instead...
So, gently pinching the dragonfly's upper body, I pulled, and finally the hooks let go of my shirt. I let the dragonfly settle on my hand, it was completely unperturbed and seemed quite calm. Then I realized I was making a huge opportunity literally slip through my fingers, so I fiddled up my iPhone out of my pocket and snapped a couple stills. In retrospect I could have shot some video too, but I was too filled with childish joy to think of that right then, and then, apparently having finished resting, *poof*, it flew off... Leaving me all by myself.
I just finished looking at the pictures. Two or three turned out pretty good I must say.
