Paused at a road junction this morning I was buzzed by a fresh, large hawking dragonfly. Its colours were still muted and its flight was gentle and undulating, not the violent sprint and hover of the mature specimens. A banded yellow I think by size and patterning.
The insect season is late this year, but spurred on by the present bout of summer the numbers are increasing. I've seen more butterflies in the last week than I have in the rest of the year to date. Reptiles too are more visible. I saw my first garden slowworm on Friday morning, curled at the base of a tree trunk, waiting for the early rays of the sun to warm it. Saturday I saw a common lizard at the sailing club, vivid green against the grass.
Also out in numbers are youths waving mobile phones. Augmented reality has been on the cards as a rising technology for a while now and a few attempts to launch products have arrived and left again. I wonder how the reception of Google Glass might have been different if such a game had been available at the same time. Unused to the outdoors, the youths will be surprised by how warm it is, little realising how anomalous this sunny spell is, even for what we call summer. I do hope they have put sun-screen on.
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