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Darting Dragonflies, #1.
Hi everyone and welcome to our first post “Darting Dragonflies”! I did want to start this yesterday, but due to those problems on Monday, I lost a lot of pics I had been getting ready for this, and other posts. So, I’m a day late, but hopefully I will be on time each Wednesday for a while talking about dragonflies. When I was a little kid I was actually scared of these critters as they flew around my head and in front of my face. But as I got a bit older I began to really enjoy these acrobatic beauties. There are so many varieties of dragonflies and you likely have many around you that we don’t have here. And many times both male and female look different which adds to confusion in identifying them. Plus there is no book or online site that really includes this area, and that really makes identification difficult. It’s that way with mushrooms too, I need at least 3 different books to identify them all. But today I will just begin by showing two of our dragonflies that I have not been able to identify yet.
So let’s get started with today’s pics…
This beauty was just hanging around here one warm early morning in June last year.
This is a smaller dragonfly and really quite beautifully colored. A lot of people find them quite creepy looking, but hopefully you will all enjoy this series and gain a new appreciation for these amazing insects.
Well, there we have our introduction to this series and there is a lot more coming so please join us each week as we look at them more closely. I hope you all have a great day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
Nature’s Art, #24.
Good morning once again everyone! It’s a cold but sunny morning and actually has that “spring” feel in the air. Pine siskins are now among the daily visitors too. I haven’t seen them all winter, but at least 2 showed up yesterday. Probably more of them but it can be a little hard to tell when there is over 100 birds out there flying back and forth. The gold finches should soon start to get their spring color so that will make it easier to pick out the different birds. I hope all those goldfinches stay around for a while after changing color, it would look fantastic to see several dozen of these bright yellow and black birds. Muffin has been running wild again but has stopped now and she’s once again looking out the window at all those chicken dinners flying around.
And now it’s time to look at our art in nature pics for today, continuing with our look at wild mushrooms…
This mushroom is actually divided into four sections, like a four leaf clover. And it’s sort of like marshmallows stuck together with melted cheese on top. I know, my imagination is a bit weird.
And these mushrooms as they age turn into a cup shape revealing the cool look of the underside of the mushroom. Bonus points if you can spot the not so obvious mushroom in the picture. I would love to hear some answers!
Well, there we have our nature’s art for today. I hope you all have a wonderful sunny day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
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