One of my FAVORITE movies is Under The Tuscan Sun. A character in the movie tells this really great story about
LADYBUGS.
She says that as a child she used to go out into the yard to look for ladybugs. Despite the fact that she looked and looked, she could never find a single ladybug. Eventually she would give up and fall asleep in the cool grass. Upon awakening, she would find ladybugs crawling all over her! I LOVE the symbolism of this story! I ALWAYS smile now when I find an unexpected ladybug crawling on me and pause to remember sometimes that which I seek so desperately, often comes to me when I give up my search for it. Love it!!!
I found this particular ladybug crawling on me as I was headed off on one of my adventures--which I found entirely appropriate! I captured her and brought her home for some portraits. She was definitely not a cooperative subject! She was a quick little booger and, upon the advice of my dad, I even stuck her in the refrigerator in hopes of slowing her down a bit! That worked a little too good! I thought I killed her! However, as soon as she warmed up, she was speeding around again, being as difficult as ever!
i love that it looks like she is frowning and angry here . . .
and smiling here!
FLY AWAY, FLY AWAY HOME!
No comments:
Post a Comment