Garden Dragon

As we went out for our morning walk a dragonfly landed nearby.
I only had one chance to take a photo as it soon flew away.



Pretty sure it is a Common Darter.

Last night was the first time there was a decent Sunset for ages.



Too good to miss.

Monday Mystery

Last week's close view



was correctly identified as part of



a Horse Chestnut seed case (conker) by Adrian, the Veg Artist and Ragged Robin.
Well done.


Here is a clue to one of today's chores



What was I doing?

Please leave any guesses in the comments.
They will be revealed, along with the answer, next Monday.

Vibrance

A couple of recent photos where I have increased the vibrance to bring out the colours.

A rainbow:



Bumble bee on red Sunflower:



On a different subject - the latest proof that the world is gripped by total madness.
Found on social media:

“Full stop is 'intimidating' to young people who interpret it as a sign of anger, linguists say.”

As one person commented:

For goodness sake... no one show them an exclamation mark!

Bye Bye Storm Francis

This is what the storm looked like from NOAA 15 the evening before landfall:



I couldn't get a picture on the day as my weather satellite receiving aerial isn't totally waterproof.

Statistics recorded by my weather station:



First the rain arrived. When that stopped it was followed by the strong gusty wind. As that started to die down more rain followed. I recorded about 0.9 inches of rain in total. Not too bad. I've known far worse.

Penny spent much of the day asking to go in the garden, poking her head out of the back door, turning straight round and going back to bed to cross her legs.

Did manage our two walks. The morning one during a lull in the rain. After tea it was dry so we went down the lane. As the wind was howling straight along the lane, funnelled between buildings and hedges, it was a case of heads down and lean into the wind on the way back.

Minimal damage here. My plastic garden table was flipped upside down. Better that being blown away. Unfortunately I lost my tallest Sunflower. It had grown over 7 ft high and looked sturdy but a gust snapped the stem at ground level.

Not had to chance to look round the village as yet.

Monday Mystery

Last week's photo



was a bit trickier to identify.

It was a close view of



a roll of kitchen towels / tissues.
Spot on was The Veg Artist - well done.

Maybe this week's close view will be easier to identify:



Please leave any guesses in the answers.
They will be revealed, along with the answer, next Monday.

An Elephant on the Path

On our morning walkies I spotted a movement on the footpath



The larva of an Elephant Hawkmoth.



Surprisingly large at about 70mm long when fully extended.

Monday Mystery

Another good set of guesses for last week's mystery object



which was part of



my favourite Summer footwear.
Well done to Adrian, Dave, the Veg Artist, Traveller, Ellen D, Kris and Ragged Robin.
I think that shoe was listed as a moccasin though boat shoe or loafer would be a better description.

This week's may take a bit more thinking about



This is a microscopic view of ...... what?

Please leave any guesses in the comments.
They will be revealed, along with the answer, next Monday.