Banner for November 12, 2021 by EscondidoCal in the Site Banners forum

Nov 11, 2021 6:01 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Cal McGaugh
Escondido, California (Zone 10b)

Red Dragon on Lotus Pod

Red Dragon on Lotus Pod

Learn and/or create something every day.

Our Duck Pond The thread "Pool to Natural Pond Conversion" in Ponds and Water Gardening forum

| @EscondidoCal | Post #2624233 (1)

arctangent

Nov 11, 2021 6:44 PM CST

Name: Elizabeth
Ann Arbor, Michigan (Zone 6a)

Dragonfly. Lotus pod. Must be Cal's banner. Yea!

I post high resolution photos (nature, travel, and other subjects) on smugmug
https://arctangent.smugmug.com...

| @arctangent | Post #2624246 (2)

Last edited by arctangent Nov 11, 2021 6:44 PM

lauriemorningglory

Nov 11, 2021 7:15 PM CST

Name: Laurie
southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)

Yup! Cool banner, Cal!

| @lauriemorningglory | Post #2624259 (3)

crawgarden

Nov 11, 2021 7:18 PM CST

Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)

Exceptional banner Cal!

As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

| @crawgarden | Post #2624263 (4)

Fleur569

Nov 11, 2021 7:22 PM CST

Zone 5

Today's lingo for superb........awesome! So clear and sharp. Love it. 🐲 🐲 🐲 🐲 🐲

| @Fleur569 | Post #2624270 (5)

Zoia

Nov 11, 2021 9:48 PM CST

Name: Zoia Bologovsky
Stoneham MA (Zone 6b)

Nice! Beautiful dragonfly! There's no lotus around here, sadly…

| @Zoia | Post #2624354 (6)

SoCalGardenNut

Nov 11, 2021 10:06 PM CST

Name: SoCal
Orange County (Zone 10a)
Lazy Gardener or Melonator

Beautiful!

| @SoCalGardenNut | Post #2624361 (7)

EscondidoCal

Nov 12, 2021 5:06 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Cal McGaugh
Escondido, California (Zone 10b)

The dragon flies have been very active this year. A few weeks ago, there
were ~8 zipping around the pond, "playing tag". :whistling:

There were still a few out today.

Stay tuned.....uploading videos

Learn and/or create something every day.

Our Duck Pond The thread "Pool to Natural Pond Conversion" in Ponds and Water Gardening forum

| @EscondidoCal | Post #2624413 (8)

IrisLilli

Nov 12, 2021 8:03 AM CST

Name: Lilli
Lundby, Denmark, EU

Nothing short of marvellous!

Of course I talk to myself; sometimes I need expert advice!

| @IrisLilli | Post #2624477 (9)

Zoia

Nov 12, 2021 9:09 AM CST

Name: Zoia Bologovsky
Stoneham MA (Zone 6b)

That is so cool! What a face! And so red! Almost carnelian…

| @Zoia | Post #2624514 (10)

lauriemorningglory

Nov 12, 2021 9:43 AM CST

Name: Laurie
southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)

Not sure I've ever heard a dragonfly "whistle."

Great pictures!

| @lauriemorningglory | Post #2624537 (11)

EscondidoCal

Nov 12, 2021 12:08 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Cal McGaugh
Escondido, California (Zone 10b)

Please Note....I chose "Not for kids" as the setting in YouTube, but you can decide if
you want to share with your little ones, especially the final video.

More coming.

Learn and/or create something every day.

Our Duck Pond The thread "Pool to Natural Pond Conversion" in Ponds and Water Gardening forum

| @EscondidoCal | Post #2624613 (12)

Last edited by EscondidoCal Nov 12, 2021 12:51 PM

EscondidoCal

Nov 12, 2021 12:24 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Cal McGaugh
Escondido, California (Zone 10b)

Learn and/or create something every day.

Our Duck Pond The thread "Pool to Natural Pond Conversion" in Ponds and Water Gardening forum

| @EscondidoCal | Post #2624619 (13)

EscondidoCal

Nov 12, 2021 12:37 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Cal McGaugh
Escondido, California (Zone 10b)

Learn and/or create something every day.

Our Duck Pond The thread "Pool to Natural Pond Conversion" in Ponds and Water Gardening forum

| @EscondidoCal | Post #2624626 (14)

EscondidoCal

Nov 12, 2021 12:43 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Cal McGaugh
Escondido, California (Zone 10b)

Last but not least.....

Learn and/or create something every day.

Our Duck Pond The thread "Pool to Natural Pond Conversion" in Ponds and Water Gardening forum

| @EscondidoCal | Post #2624629 (15)

EscondidoCal

Nov 12, 2021 12:58 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Cal McGaugh
Escondido, California (Zone 10b)

BTW, I will upload at least one hour of a dragon fly coming & going on the lotus stem if anyone wants
to stream it on their tv just as a background. I captured the long video on our security camera. Can't get
quite as close & no sound as on my 35mm, but kind of cool, imho, and hope you'll agree.

Also, lotus are easier to grow than sunflowers, roses, cosmos, etc......"easy as pie" .