I was recently given a shoebox full of old brittle tying materials. I think the box has been passed down through maybe 4 generations of tyers, as one old guy died it went to his surviving friend and so on. Some of the stuff is still in unopened cellophane packets bearing addresses that...
I was wandering through WinCo a few weeks ago, headed for the Saw Palmetto shelf, when my eye fell upon a peg loaded with artificial fingernails. There had been a recent PNWFF discussion on tying water boatmen, and the subject was still lurking in what's left of my mind. The fingernail shape...
It was suggested that a thread devoted to odonates might be a good idea, so…
This is a pair of Western Forktail damsels. The male is on the left. The damsels I have encountered aren't much larger than a typical sewing needle.
This is a Blue Dasher dragon.
Both of the pictured species...