Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Twelve-spotted Skimmer Male

The 12-spotted Skimmer is quite common at Gorman.  They like to find a perch, returning to it periodically.  That behavior helps me.

Twelve-spotted Skimmer Female

I think the above female is a young one.  The mature ones have black spots on their wings but no or very faint white spots. 

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Fluorite

Fluorite

I purchased some micro photography mineral samples from Don Smoley last June at the rock and mineral show at the fairgrounds.  I got started photographing them earlier than I intended when the heart drove me indoors back in July.

Fluorite

This is one of the samples I purchased.  I have been trying to learn to photograph tiny crystals.  Micro photography requires more light but it bounces around quite a lot.  I liked the image at the top in an artistic sense.  This sample is from the Keene Mine Ontario, Canada.

Fluorite Crystal

I inherited this crystal several years ago and was pleased to do so.  The color is caused by impurity.  Pure fluorite is clear and can have optical properties.  They make lens elements out of it to cut down on chromatic aberration, i.e. dispersion. 

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Gorman Revisited

Yellow Time

 I returned to Gorman after a six week hiatus yesterday.  I wondered what I had missed and discovered things fully into the "yellow time", the time when most yellow flowers are blooming.  We had a lot of rain the other week and it was enough to rejuvenate burned out lawns.  It was not however, enough to add water to the vernal pool or the stream.

Dry Vernal Pool

Likewise, there was no water in the stream.

Dry Stream

I had needed to return as I felt disconnected from nature.  I think it is an essential part of my life.

 

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