Downy Emerald Dragonfly – Cordulia aenea

On August 31, I captured this Downy Emerald Dragonfly – Cordulia aenea with my iPhone

Click in center to view this short video.

No idea what it was consuming...?

Did spot it on top of the copper hummingbird feeder 

Beautiful creature—so elegant!

I DO MORE BY 7 AM THAN MOST DO ALL DAY!

 This photo speaks volumes...

I DO MORE BY 7 AM THAN MOST DO ALL DAY!

This was an appropriate door prize at one of our Chamber of Commerce member meetings...

Pieter wore it while biking.

Both of us used still the regular bikes with 7 gears on August 28, 2017.

No doubt, Pieter has followed a Healthy Heart lifestyle during his entire life!

Grateful that God let him stay with me through his 95th Birthday + 1 day...

November 24, 2022 on Pieter's solo E-Bike ride.

Our local airport...

September 3, 2023 and exactly 13 years past Pieter's quadruple bypass + stent in neck

A 15.57 km or 9.66 mi trip.

We started out with our 3–gear Dutch Batavus Cambridge bikes

Then the 7–speed Schwinn Wayfarer

followed by all Trek bikes the 9–speed FX and the Trek Verve+ 3 was a male E–bike that we replaced with the easy stagger frame version of TREK Vale Go! 9D EQ S

Pieter had searched on his iPadPro for an Electra and for me as well. Even with me sputtering at first as I had no heart problems. Pieter insisted in saying: "Listen, we always have done things TOGETHER!" 

So I gave in...

Quite an impressive all time distance biked by my Pieter: 10,167.7 km or 6,317,9 miles!

On april 2, this year, he biked to Kroger for shopping

10.53 km or 6.6 mi

April 5, he biked to Walmart for shopping

10.77 km or 6.69 mi

Sunday April 7, Pieter's final bike ride with a coffee break at Country Club 14.6 km or 9 mi

Pieter's biking over 2024—11 hours, 187.1 km or 116.2 mi and 18 activities

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Spooky Boy Remained with his Papi till the very END

Kitties are SO LOYAL! 

Our Spooky boy remained with his Papi till the very END...

And YES, they mourn!!!

April 21, around 2:00 PM Spooky looking so worried as he stayed near his Papi during his nap on the sofa...

Kitties sense what is going on and of course the oxygen machine added to that.

Like a magnet next to his Papi

April 25, at 5:52 AM looking at me very worried when the ambulance took his Papi away a 2nd time...

On May1, at 11:00 PM on the mattress topper of the hospital bed... Spooky stayed with his Papi till the very end!

They were supposed to remove the hospital bed next day but they did NOT.

It was a painful reminder to me and to the kitties...

Spooky very sad...

Mami, I want to sleep here a 2nd night...

On May 3, Spooky reading the sweet notes with fresh flowers from friends and family...

July 23, Spooky in the kitchen looking at me...

July 28, inside scratch box

Enjoying things to play again!

Mami's loyal boy!

On July 30, at 6:57 AM Spooky looking sad as I have to depart for Podology of Georgia and spend the night in Atlanta...

Will miss my kitty body guard for that time!

Such loyal and loving souls...

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