A visit from a praying mantis.

This pretty little lady paid me a visit while I was on my computer, the other night.  She just flew up and clung to the side of my monitor.  She is brown and about four inches long.

Because mantis are so sensitive to visual stimuli I covered the flash on my camera with my finger to keep from freaking her out.  It was the flash shining through my finger that made the picture red.

According to my shaman literature, Mantis comes to you when you need to practice just sitting still.  This is true.  My attention span has been rather short lately.

A Red Dragon

I recently saw a red dragon flying over my house.  It coalesced from all those specs of light which dance around ones vision.  She was big, about the size of a jumbo jet, and was a fiery red color.
I asked this shaman I know about it, giving only a partial description of what I saw and she finished the describtion for me.  Apparently Red Dragons are fierce and protective.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?