It's remarkable – no GPS needed! No carbon credits required! Better than Harbour Air taking off over Vancouver Harbour, with the Ferry Building Gallery somewhere on the other side of the Lions Gate Bridge! Our Beetle Beings are in flight!!
In various stages of readiness, they've been seen reviewing their flight plan --
And doing a thorough pre-flight warm-up:--
There's been a lot of bustle and sometimes the schedule has needed some explaining, but they're up and away. Leonard Bernstein nailed it when he said:
"To achieve great things, you need two things: A plan and not enough time."
And it all started with this early sketch of their flying formation:
The first colour lay-in:
And full flying colours:
This is a good place to check the Flight Manifest to identify the members of this cohort.
Oh, dear. Lennie B didn't say anything about scratchy annotated notes, but he must have had his share of those. This looks more promising:
Here's the key (Remember: Don't count the dots!):
1) Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Hippodamia tredecimpunctata)
2) Ashy-grey Lady Beetle (Olla v-nigrum)
3) 14-spotted Ladybird (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)
4) 18-spotted Ladybird (Myrrha octodecimguttata)
5) Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens)
Did you notice? We owe the design of bicycle helmets to the Convergent Lady Beetle! Who knew?!
Enough of all this! Here's the final version, "Lifting off" – Beetlemania series, copyright 2021. They're rising above the clouds now.
The weather here changes so rapidly, it's hard to predict – so let's just assume clearing skies for the holiday season. Or at least for tomorrow.
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