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Index of Subjects Who else has enjoyed the gentle call of the humming bird? Nancy On 3-Sep-15, at 8:24 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote: > I suppose it would have been humerous if you had broken the bone in > your upper arm; especially if the break were near the funny bone. > DW > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Shaw" <srshaw@Dal.Ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 5:39 PM > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Big Dragon Flies -- no joke > > >> Collecting a take-out last year, I fell out of the place awkwardly >> on to the sidewalk and detached the supraspinatus from the head of >> my right humerus (true). >> Upon my return home, damaged but with the food items intact, my >> family initially found the details of my story quite humorous (also >> true, regrettably). >> Anon >> ________________________________________ >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] >> on behalf of Randy Lauff [randy.lauff@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 3:05 PM >> To: NatureNS >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Big Dragon Flies >> >> Just a bit of a humerous note, Paul...I'm not picking on spelling/ >> grammar, but what you wrote is actually a) different from what you >> meant, and b) somewhat humerous. >> >> Your subject: Big Dragon Flies >> ...actually means one of two things: >> >> One, there's a big dragon out there which is flying. >> Two, you are making a comment on a particular group of flies >> called Dragon Flies, and they're big! >> >>> From the context of your email, I imagine you meant "big >>> dragonflies". >> >> If the insect you're writing about is a real fly (from the order >> Diptera [meaning "two wings"]), then the word "fly" is separate: >> >> Horse Fly, Deer Fly, Black Fly, Dance Fly, Flower Fly, Hover >> Fly, Robber Fly, tonnes more. >> >> But many insects have "fly" in their names, yet are not true flies. >> In this case, "fly" is incorporated into the name of the insect: >> >> Damselfly, Stonefly, Scorpionfly, Mayfly, Butterfly, Caddisfly >> >> Entomologically yours, >> Randy >> >> >> >> _________________________________ >> RF Lauff >> Way in the boonies of >> Antigonish County, NS. >> >> On 3 September 2015 at 13:43, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca<mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca >> > <rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca<mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca>> >> wrote: >> Hi All >> Last evening was so nice the canoe wanted to go for a paddle on the >> river. >> It was delightful - a little breeze until the sun went down then >> still. >> We went up to Turnback Pool where we stopped to get the kinks out >> of our legs. Need pay attention to our age! >> Just at the pool there is a little bar which is convenient to pull >> out at. >> The grass is high along the river and a good hatch of midges was >> flying along the bank. >> They were a light yellow - something like a Yellow Sally but I have >> no idea as to species. >> Big Dragon flies were feasting on them. Just like seagulls enjoying >> French fries! >> I kind of felt sorry for the midges but I guess they ate something >> on the ways to >> being flies! A couple of times a fish grabbed a dragon fly - the >> cycle of life! >> The river bottom is composed of small stones at that spot and >> continually changes. >> A wayward stump will hook on the bottom and it will cause the river >> flow to gouge out a pool. >> The small stones are like a carpet moving slowly down river. The >> water level is reasonably >> high for early September. About the first of July when the river >> level is low it is common to see >> a kettle of Lamprey Eels in the gravel. An active sight. >> Enjoy September >> Paul >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2015.0.6125 / Virus Database: 4409/10569 - Release Date: >> 09/03/15 >
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