Lots of pairs of Large Red Damselflies flit around our pond this sunny Sunday morning, aiming to create the little pests that sometimes take bites out of fish. There I am trying to get a reasonable shot, without much success – they’re always too far away, moving about too much, difficult to focus, awkward background… Then along comes wife: “I’ve got a pair on my hand!” Suddenly it’s easy to get a reasonable photo of those colourful bodies and lacy wings.
The female has the yellow in the stripes, and the male is a darker red.
They do come in handy, wives!
Said wife – me – had rescued the joined damsel flies from an upstairs window where they were trying- in vain – to escape from. I’d noticed some photography was in process earlier on and had asked, no less than 4 times, what he was photographing. But no response. Went away upstairs. Found the trapped damsel flies, brought them down to the garden to free them and suddenly got his attention. Men!!!
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I am told by my husband that my vocal frequency and/or amplitude often puts my voice out of normal human hearing range. đŸ˜‰
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