amazing empty shell

It is probably not often

that you find something like this
because it's easily blown away by the slightest breath of air

I saw it when I had my lunch

while sitting on the steps that lead to the water

at the back of our garden.

This photo doesn't show

how  t h i n  and  t r a n s l u c e n t  it really is

A big dragonfly (I think) struggled from this tight shell that he lived in

as an under-water creature

in the first stage of his life

There is only a small hole between the head and thorax

Wow !

só glad man invented zippers !!! 

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And furthermore :

I started stitching again on the "old" wedding piece

I put a piece of cotton batting behind the protruding top side

(to make it more firm)

and cut it after I secured the outer edge with tiny stitches

(mmmmm ... all thanks to Jude's beginning class)