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Nothing makes me happier than a new mug...and the fact that his tail is striped is just a bonus for today's picture!
Great Pond / Eleuthera Island, The Bahamas
The day that our group visited Great Pond on Eleuthera Island, I saw my first dragonfly in The Bahamas so, of course, I had to spend a little time taking photos of it. Almost immediately a saddlebags came to mind and I was thinking Antillean Saddlebags at the time as that one, among several others, has narrowsaddles as opposed to broadsaddles as in Red Saddlebags . But, when I returned home and began researching images and Dennis Paulson's Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East, the saddlebags that comes closest to this image is a female Vermilion Saddlebags. Yet, this image shows even narrower saddlebags than the photo that is shown in Dennis Paulson's field guide. I have posted this image to Western Odonata this morning hoping for some feedback and confirmation that this is a female Vermilion Saddlebags and if it is, it would, of course, be a lifer ode for me.
Dennis Paulson Dave, the purple I can see on top of the frons and the purplish tinges on the thorax indicate it is an Antillean Saddlebags, Tramea insularis. I hope this is a lifer too!
White Pine Lake, Arnold / Calaveras County, California
On a tip from Leslie Flint, I drove up to White Pine Lake, in Arnold, Calaveras County, CA to see if I could observe and photograph a Great Spreadwing on this warm sunny day of 76 degrees. Leslie found out where to see this species from Steve Rovell and after seeing this species and reporting it in Western Odonata on Facebook, she was advised to report it also to Odonata Central where she found out that her report was the first for Calaveras County. This is one of 3 lifer odes that I saw at White Pine Lake.
LOMO LCA, Fuji Velvia 100F, cross processed
Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport, taken on my way back from my last trip to India
Eyes: .aisling. {Satrinah} DemonEyes RARE
Eyeshadow: [Pink Fuel] Powder Pack SL - Lelutka (March 2018)
Lips: amara beauty - Powder Pack MAR 2018
Mouth: LeLutka Beast Teeth
Hair: [BURLEY]_Stasia_DarkBrowns
Hair 2: /Wasabi Pills/ Reptilia Hair - Browns Pack [discontinued]
Robe: :V.e. Enchanted Berry Key Cloak COMMON
Dress: !dM Sakura - ShibariDress **PEARL DRAGON**
Boots: V/. [Noa]-(Maitreya) - Boots - {Champagne}
Gloves: V/. [Oriana] - Maitreya - {Hands White}
Snakes: .aisling. {ML-Satrinah} Snakes RARE
Face jewerly: .aisling. {Satrinah} Veil&Horns RARE
Horns: .aisling. {Satrinah} Veil&Horns RARE
Skull: #1 RARE Threaded Skull {egosumaii}
Collar/Cape/Fan: aisling: FGC Phryne [discontinued]
Shoulders: . aisling . Tallulah Gacha - PAULDRONS RARE
In Chiang Khan, Thailand, every morning at 6 am, monks walk the street and receive offering (sticky rice, drinks, flowers...) from people
Thirty Strangers - One Question: What makes you happy?
It's blurry ahhh! Serves me right for shooting at f/1.4... I was tempted not to post this one, but I think her wonderful smile makes up for my mistakes. And cupcakes are totally happiness-worthy.