A Pretty But Plain Dragonfly

This dragonfly is one of the less spectacular of the varieties that live around here, but he did pose nicely for a photograph.

The mosquitos can be vicious with all this water around. The county does a pretty good job of keeping them down, but even so some summers it is almost impossible to sit out at night.

This year was very dry until the late summer storms so the bug problem was not so bad. There's always a tradeoff, the fall color is not as good as last year.