Images that lift your spirits

[JPE.88305]

“I love cookies because they are so crunchy and delicious.”

Edited: Sep 21, 2021

 

[MRC]

bubba48

Another one

Good photo! Probably a female Common Clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus). I was going to say that mid-September is very late for these but "Date & Time (original) 2014:06:16 08:37:18"

 

[Mmike1357]

 

[bubba48]

MRC

Good photo! Probably a female Common Clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus). I was going to say that mid-September is very late for these but "Date & Time (original) 2014:06:16 08:37:18"

👍

 

[Charlemagne1333]

Out for a stroll this afternoon, and was treated to an unexpected and very pleasant flypast. Managed to get a pic before it disappeared.

No prizes for identifying this fine specimen of a warbird.

Edited: Sep 19, 2021

 

[MRC]

Well the terrain is nowhere near Duxford, but as this is the weekend of the Battle of Britain memorial airshows and anyone with a flyable Spitfire is going to throw it into the air I'd say it's one of those and not a Hawker Hurricane which actually did the bulk of the work in 1940.

 

[pnwyankee]

 

[TimeODanaos]

Charlemagne1333

Now prizes for identifying this fine specimen of a warbird.

V difficult angle, but I'm going Mustang with this...

 

[Charlemagne1333]

MRC

not a Hawker Hurricane which actually did the bulk of the work in 1940.

True, but the Flying Tin Opener doesn’t give you goosebumps…

 

[Charlemagne1333]

TimeODanaos

V difficult angle, but I'm going Mustang with this...

Spitfire, this one.
Not the clearest of pictures, but you can just make out those elliptical wings.

 

[Omegafanman]

Charlemagne1333

Spitfire, this one.
Not the clearest of pictures, but you can just make out those elliptical wings.

Depending on your location the BBMF appears to be sticking to the flight plan today (so a few people might get to see a Spitfire and a Hurricane....a bit of thread creep but should lift the spirits of anyone lucky enough to see / hear them :0)

• FLIXTON, SUFFOLK – 11.05am to 12.05pm
• HORNCHURCH, GREATER LONDON – 11.35am to 12.35pm
• WESTMINSTER, LONDON (formation flypast) – 11.45am to 12.45pm
• BANBURY, OXFORDSHIRE – 12.35pm to 1.35pm
• BOVINGTON, DORSET – 12.40pm to 3.40pm
• SKEGNESS AD, INGOLDMELLS, LINCOLNSHIRE – 1.40pm to 2.45pm
• VCY TILFORD, SURREY – 2.00pm to 3.00pm
• WESTHOPE, HEREFORDSHIRE – 2.00pm to 3.00pm
• WOLVERHAMPTON/HALFPENNY GREEN AD, WEST MIDLANDS – 2.25pm to 3.25pm
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE AD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE – 2.25pm to 3.30pm
• GRASSINGTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – 2.30pm to 4.10pm
• CONGLETON, CHESHIRE – 2.45pm to 3.45pm

 

[jayelblock]

Monarch caterpillars on my own small patch of suburban milkweed. I take a cup of coffee out to the garden every morning before work and watch them. They are eating machines.

 

[Charlemagne1333]

Omegafanman

Depending on your location the BBMF appears to be sticking to the flight plan today (so a few people might get to see a Spitfire and a Hurricane....a bit of thread creep but should lift the spirits of anyone lucky enough to see / hear them :0)

• FLIXTON, SUFFOLK – 11.05am to 12.05pm
• HORNCHURCH, GREATER LONDON – 11.35am to 12.35pm
• WESTMINSTER, LONDON (formation flypast) – 11.45am to 12.45pm
• BANBURY, OXFORDSHIRE – 12.35pm to 1.35pm
• BOVINGTON, DORSET – 12.40pm to 3.40pm
• SKEGNESS AD, INGOLDMELLS, LINCOLNSHIRE – 1.40pm to 2.45pm
• VCY TILFORD, SURREY – 2.00pm to 3.00pm
• WESTHOPE, HEREFORDSHIRE – 2.00pm to 3.00pm
• WOLVERHAMPTON/HALFPENNY GREEN AD, WEST MIDLANDS – 2.25pm to 3.25pm
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE AD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE – 2.25pm to 3.30pm
• GRASSINGTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – 2.30pm to 4.10pm
• CONGLETON, CHESHIRE – 2.45pm to 3.45pm

That’s great!

 

[MRC]

Le Flambé (en anglais Scarce Swallowtail)

 

[Tx3double]

My computer always pops up a bing image upon re login. Monets garden was the image that popped up today.

 

[BPD]

My little man looking at the kite surfer at our favourite freshwater beach last month. Only a couple of days left of summer 🙁

 

[bubba48]

Rice fields ready to be harvested

 

[Flysatchmo]

My Marine Cobra pilot son and the flight line of Cobras “Vipers” last night starting a two month desert deployment!

 

[Omegafanman]

MRC

Your dragonfly looks like a female Black Darter to me. https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/black-darter/ They are locally abundant in East Anglia but still worth reporting https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/recording/submit-your-records/

We are at the late end of the season now / some odd situations as they come to their end. Made me think a nature pix thread might work -
https://omegaforums.net/threads/nature-watch-your-flora-and-fauna-pictures-and-stories.136765/

 

[mzzleather]

Charlemagne1333

Out for a stroll this afternoon, and was treated to an unexpected and very pleasant flypast. Managed to get a pic before it disappeared.

No prizes for identifying this fine specimen of a warbird.

I love how the sun rays shining through the clouds were captured as well. calming pic