St Lucia Estuary - No Ocean Breach yet

St Lucia Estuary
iSiMangaliso Wetlands Park

Despite promising high sea with the built up to Equinox the ocean did not create a lasting breach into the Estuary. Water levels is high, but the sediment build up in front of the Estuary's mouth is high.

We are moving towards a Spring Tide, but it will tall short of 20 October. Without a Cyclone pushing down the Mozambique channel there's very little hope of a natural breach before December 2016.

Another year out planet has to function without one of its most important life support systems.

However conditions looks great for Grunter Season. The little interaction between ocean and estuary will spawn all the critters to restock and also calls the Grunter to their Natural spawning grounds.

Get your rods ready and your trip planned to the coast. Nothing ventured nothing gained.

By
Bierpens Viviers

Dragonfly – Photos

A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, suborder Anisoptera (from Greek ἄνισος anisos “uneven” and πτερόν pteron, “wing”, because the hindwing is broader than the forewing). Adult dragonflies are characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, sometimes with coloured patches and an elongated body. Dragonflies can be mistaken for the related group, damselflies (Zygoptera), which are similar in structure, though usually lighter in build; however, the wings of most dragonflies are held flat and away from the body, while damselflies hold the wings folded at rest, along or above the abdomen. Dragonflies are agile fliers, while damselflies have a weaker, fluttery flight. Many dragonflies have brilliant iridescent or metallic colours produced by structural coloration, making them conspicuous in flight. An adult dragonfly eye has nearly 24,000 ommatidia.
From Wikipedia

Reading that, I do believe one or two here are  Damselfly!

I have not got a Short Story with a Dragonfly in it!

THE MEXICAN HORSE THIEF