dragonflies

I found this today - it had slipped behind a pile of books on one of the bookshelves. It was painted many many years ago by John, a very dear friend of both of us. He made lots of little treasures like this and sold them at craft fairs after losing his job. He gave this one to us as a Christmas present. It’s about 5 inches across and the black stone is very smooth, shiny and tactile, and the dragonflies are metallic green and shine in the sun. (The blue lights round the edge are a reflection of the fairylights all the way round the edge of the room). We often wonder what happened to John - we last saw him about 8 years ago when he said he was moving to Norfolk and would forward his address - he never did…..