Saturday 6 July 2013

First Dragon of the Season

While walking down the lane yesterday I finally got to see the first dragonfly of the season, a Common Hawker which did at least land a couple of times. The first time Penny managed to scare it away but on the second I managed a few shots though lighting conditions didn't help in showing the wing structure.

Common Hawker

I am always fascinated by the geometrical regularity and beauty of natures' structures as on this Bull Thistle found at the edge of the cricket field.

Bull Thistle

Minnie the Minx Windmill is based on the Beano comic character though to be true she should have red and not yellow on her jumper.

Minnie the Minx

I can't work out whether she is commercially made or home made but given a bit of breeze she does work hard and while she's doing that she can't get up to any mischief.

Have a great weekend observing the wildlife around you.

11 comments:

  1. Dragonflies are always a treat for me too.
    The thistle like many of natures wonders follows a weird mathematical formula. Golden Spiral or some such. I'll look it up.

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    1. Always great to watch dragonflies, Adrian. They seem fairly fearless when they fly so close.

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  2. love my dragonflies - eat up the mosquitoes! thistles are pretty fascinating.

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    1. tWG. It's nice to have useful insects as well as the destructive ones.

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  3. Well done with the Hawker ... I haven't seen one sitting still yet!

    Nature sure produces some fascinating shapes. I guess Minnie has turned a few miles in her life.

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    1. Thank you Frank. It spent most of its time flying up and down the lane but did at least stop a couple of times.

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  4. Nice dragon shot John, I have not seen any of that species so far this year.

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    1. Thank you Roy. That's the only dragonfly I have seen so far.

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  5. this dragonfly
    among the tiger lilies
    a thunder storm

    __Now, in our Cape Cod environs, the Tiger-lilies are in bloom... as are the dragonflies. This haiku, may fit, it may not; a haiku, simply intended to complement, here, your photograph.
    __Sincerely, _m

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    1. Thank you for visiting and leaving your haiku Magyar.

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  6. Hi John, Lovely photo of the dragon. They really are fascinating insects. I don't think I've ever seen that one.

    Minnie is fun :-) We used to have something similar, it was a long while ago but I think it was a couple of figures on a seesaw. The solar butterfly on Friday's video was very effective too.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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