Abandoned: the word speaks of the ghosts of things, memories, people, activities, better times, and not a little sadness. A few weeks ago, my husband found this cicada exoskeleton still clinging to our garden fence, after its living contents had taken flight. So perfect in form and function, yet used no more.
Abandoned Cicada Exoskeleton
My five favourite interpretations from this week’s WPC:
Puncta Lucis
(Evokes wonderful images of mad-haired, smoking hacks, clacking away to meet their deadlines.)
On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea
(Who lived here? Where did they go? Why?)
Chronicles of Illusions
(A star that should have been.)
Picture the Pretty
(The tragic truth of many lives.)
365 Days of Thank You
(Reminds me of my first day of school, around 44 years ago, and the fact that BM tried to kiss me in the sandpit after the parents had left, haha.)
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what a great shot…love this one, really love it BB
Thanks, Jo.
yes a great shot, nice shiny surface to create the shadow, well done!
Thanks, Christine. I can’t get my new camera to take macro shots, so I used my iPhone.
sometimes those macro settings are tricky, mine comes and goes, so I always have to take a few in case one works 🙂
Great capture . . . of a creepy critter. 😯
Thanks, Nancy. The abandoned shell is rather creepy, but I think cicadas are quite beautiful.
I thought your first sentence was the beginning of a poem when I got in my email – sounds wonderful. Cicada exoskeletons’s are amazing – imagine if we could do that 😉
Thanks, Gabe. Finding it near impossible to write poetry at the moment 😦
Yes, it would be awesome to shed the outer skin every once in a while, although cicadas don’t live for very long once they’ve emerged in all their beauty.
You could try to extend the words (just very evocative as a beginning)
Abandoned
the word speaks of the ghosts of things,
memories, people, activities, better times,
and not a little sadness.
Super duper interpretation!!
Thanks, Madelaine.
Love your interpretation of the theme. The insect’s shell looks so intact yet so fragile. You must’ve been very careful when you were transporting it from the garden fence 🙂
Thanks, Mabel. The little claws on the feet were stuck fast to the fence. Fragile, but tough 🙂 Quite remarkable.
Nice photo, super crisp, and a good take on the challenge.
Thanks, Mr Gentleduck. (Just love your name :-))
Tilly hasn’t looked yet haha!
No, she pressed DELETE in her inbox, haha
A totally unique interpretation!
The challenge to do this is fun, Gilly. Thanks!
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I think Nature is an Artist extraordinaire bb, such perfection… and now, used and left to shock Tilly!! 😉 … xPenx
It is, Pen – so many bizarre designs, particularly under the sea 🙂 Gotta always warn Tilly about the creepy-crawlies, hehe. Thanks.
Creepy capture…yes…just a turn of a previous phrase but for me more representative. 🙂
Thanks, Charles 😀
A great take on the challenge!
Thanks, TRS 😀
Fantastic pic for ‘abandoned’ – WOW I love it! 😀
Thanks, Dianne 😀 Don’t we have a lot of strange critters in this country?! Glad we don’t get any Harolds down this way, though, haha
You’re very lucky you don’t get Harolds! 😉
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Oh my god! Its awesome.. I love the detail…
Thanks, Noe 🙂
My goodness! That is one scary looking dead bug… Phew!
Its shell does look pretty creepy, Elizabeth, but the emerged cicada is actually quite beautiful
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Beautiful – but then I think alligator faces are beautiful, too (since I live inland I have that luxury).
The ancient face of an alligator is so prehistoric – love their eyes. too 🙂
Great photo of an empty bug body. 🙂 Wouldn’t it be interesting if people could do this?
I mean, what if we were walking down the street and come across the abandoned body of someone we know? What would we say? “Oh yeah….George used to live in there. Still looks like him, but not.”
Yep. Kind of creepy.
hee hee