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These are the blocks that I was working on collecting orange fabric for. They are 6 inch Churn Dash Blocks.
I can't decide if I want to keep the quilt as Pink, Red, and Orange or also add in the yellow. Any suggestions?
I'm also still thinking about if I want the Orange (and the yellow) to only be the "Churn Dashes" or if I should also use the orange(yellow) as the background too in some blocks. I did two blocks where they were the background. Haven't decided yet!
A juvenile so it doesn't have its namesake color yet. Still, I never looked this good as a juvenile! Photographed in the La Crosse River Marsh.
A long westbound autorack train is running through Chana, Il on the single track Chigago-Twin cities line. The long automotive train is pulled by the Ge #4969 and #7841. (6/18/2016)
While trying to locate a bullfrog that was croaking loudly, I ran across quite a few dragonflies most of which were either pondhawks or blue dashers. I am not great at the identification of dragonflies so let me know if I made a mistake.
Mientras que buscaba una rana toro que croaba alto, se me econtraban varios caballitos del diablo la mayoria de los cuales era o rayadoras azules o rayadoras del este. No soy bueno para identificar los caballitos del diablo de modo que si me equivoco, déjamelo saber.
Lacking variety of species, I've been going for background and perches with skimmers and dashers. To get gray, I've looked for rock rather than water behind the subject (though much of the swamp's water is green). I usually have to go to different parts of the large pond than I would for damselflies, and that was the case here where, after a few years of paying attention, I find that the Blue Dasher loves horsetail grass as a perch. It had been almost 10 days since seeing one, but here he was, spanking new from the looks and color of him.
The blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. It is the only species in the genus Pachydiplax. It is very common and widely distributed through North America, and certainly loves this part of northern California. Blue dashers live near still, calm bodies of water, such as ponds, marshes, slow-moving waterways, and ditches, in warm areas typically at low elevations. The adults roost in trees at night.
These dragonflies, like others of their infraorder, are carnivorous, and are capable of eating hundreds of insects every day, including mosquito and mayfly larvae. The adult dragonfly will eat nearly any flying insect, such as a moth or fly. Nymphs have a diet that includes other aquatic larvae, small fish, and tadpoles.These dragonflies are known to be voracious predators, consuming up to 10% of their body weight each day in food. I know this is some old information, but as old and interesting as Odonates are, I'm limited in information and my personal memory may be reaching the point where I have to pay Mother Nature for a continued subscription (as seems to be the case with everything else nowadays).
A Blue dasher sitting still long enough. One of a few shots taken last June.
Wildwood lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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CN A43531 19 arrives at Brantford with CN 2403, and CN 2128. Before the "dark days" of gevos fully arrived
I went out today looking specifically for a Black Saddlebags Dragonfly in flight. Saw not a one. But there must be 50,000 Blue Dashers and Darners at the lake. Identification was still problematic but ... this is Fred.
Norfolk Southern AC44C6M 4642, accompanied by two Union Pacific GE locomotives, leads an eastbound stack train through Cove, PA, on an April evening in 2023. Originally built in January 1997, NS 4642 was rebuilt at the Juniata Shops in October 2019. The original NS 8114 heritage unit holds on a manifest train, waiting for higher-priority traffic to clear.
A buck decides that two is too crowded in the Madera Open Space, El Cerrito
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For a distribution map, helpful links, and more than 150,000 images by other photographers, see: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59774-Pachydiplax-longipennis
July 17, 2026. Oregon Inlet, Dare County, North Carolina.
A Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis sp.) sitting on a branch. This was taken at the Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, which is a terrific place to see (and photograph) dragonflies and damselflies in Washington, DC.
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Union Pacific C40-8 9033, the once Chicago and North Western 8511, was rolling a similar roster mate westward light engine at Wheaton on the Geneva Sub near sunset in 2007.
Now working for Canadian National as their number 2010, the old standard cab General Electrics were heading for Rochelle to pick up a train.
After a brief respite of two non-dragon/damsel images, we return to a favorite, the male Blue Dasher. Sometimes called a "dragonlet" because of its small size, it's one of the most numerous dragons here. (California only has some 46 species of dragonflies, and I'm still enthralled with them, so bear with me.)
Dashers (sometimes called Chasers in Canada) usually perch with wings extended forward and downward. Skimmers have wings extended out to the sides, and then we get into damsels... Anyway, to get a good shot of the wings, it's best to be above and pointing downward - us, not the dragon.
The season is on the downslope, and will be over in about five weeks. There may be a few male dragonflies patrolling, but they haven't a notion about what happened to the females which have either died of old age (at two weeks to six months) or have fallen prey to herons, flycatchers, fish, frogs (who jump after lying in ambush), and even another dragonfly though that is unusual in adults.
I'll be posting some wildflowers and a few birds that are showing up in between Odonates. The season is short and I have to make the most of these jewels. At the same time, I'd like to further introduce you to my various "swamps" frequented by dragons and arenas (twenty square feet of bubbling, rotting vegetation) by damselflies. So much to see, so little time...
A former Santa Fe Dash 9, now an AC44C4M rebuild, leads Q329 west into Grand Rapids after a period of rain showers.
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A Blue Dasher in subdued light. He would dash in and out to this branch tip. Slow exposure for a moody effect.
Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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The blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. It is common and widely distributed in the United States.[1]
Mature males develop a bluish-white pruinescence on the back of the abdomen and, in western individuals, on the thorax. They display this pruinescence to other males as a threat while defending territories at the edge of the water.[2]
Mature male with blue-white abdomen and thorax
Although the species name longipennis means "long wings", the wings are not substantially longer than those of related species. Females do, however, have a short abdomen that makes the wings appear longer in comparison.[1] The blue dasher grows up to 25–43 mm long. Juvenile males will show female coloration before they turn blue. Females are paired with yellow stripes on the dorsal side of the first 8 abdominal segments, the part of the body that lies between the thorax and the pelvis and encloses the stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, and pancreas; more commonly known as the belly. Females are also reported to turn blue, but at a slower rate then the males
Source: Wikipedia
Blue Dasher at the Ponds in Kardon Park.
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This is the boulder dash. It goes 60 miles per hour, and the biggest drop is 115ft. It is built of only wood, and goes through the mountains/woods of Lake Compounce. It opened at Lake Compounce in 2000 and the park paid 6 million dollars. It won Top Wooden Rollercoaster back in 2004, and has been ranked in the top 5 for 9 years. To see it in action click here.
Mather Regional Park / Sacramento County, California
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