socializing, and a useful, friendly website

cattitude and I met our friend Elizabeth for dim sum yesterday. On our way in, Cattitude noticed a dragonfly land on the wall next to the entrance, on a sunny spot where it was somewhat camouflaged by stripes and other irregularities in the wall it was sitting on.

I used my phone to take a couple of pictures, and posted the sighting to iNaturalist with its tentative identification as "Skimmers: Family Libellulidae." This morning, I found two comments, both identifying it as a painted skimmer, Libellula semifasciata, which is exactly what I was hoping for (as well as that someone might find it interesting or useful that I'd seen this insect at that time and place).

The conversation and the dim sum were both good (though the dim sum choices were a little sparse, not surprising on a random Tuesday). I had picked the time to also inclide anne, but she had to cancel for health reasons, which I think means we're going to have to eat more dim sum fairly soon.