Creatures of Habit

I have discovered that Common Green Darners are creatures of habit.

Three mornings straight, I visited the sunny spot on a short trail where a threesome warms for the day.  Each time, I spotted two males and one female.

The third day, the female sunbathed like a shameless teenager, spreadeagled high atop a sumac, allowing a special under-body opportunity.

Both red and green and splotched brown, they made a lovely complement to each other and contrasted the hard blue sky of October.  

The leaves and she will be gone soon, in their habitual surrender to fall, but until then I shall make it my habit to visit that sunny spot.