Dragonflies

Today is our annual national holiday, called Canada Day. But before I leave the microcosm of Durrance Lake behind and go downtown to check out all the festive activities, here are two photos of dragonflies near that lake. I've always admired dragonflies for the silent precision of their flight and their ability to hover. I confess also to a fondness for any insect that is NOT interested in me and dragonflies are suitably stand-offish. In fact it is quite difficult to get close to them because of those big eyes and their shy nature. Until I looked them up in Wikipedia I didn't realize what an incredible variety of dragonflies there are, and I have no hope of specific identification of these two.

The top photo was taken by my daughter, Fern Long, and I am responsible for the one below.