Billy wrote:
....
Do you know how to google "syrphid fly, pic"?
Then you would know what you are talking about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly

Billy, we have had this conversation
before. i sometimes write replies when i
am offline so i cannot look things up.

my memory being what it is i took
hover and sy and confused them with
sphynx which is how i've always
misspelled it.

now that i am online, yes i could
look and see that it is a different
creature being talked about than
what i imagined. funny that, in
world of billions i could get
some wrong.

usenet is the means of conversation
and interaction, a usenet newgroup,
if you want a moderated forum
where you can only read items from
"authorities" then this ain't it.

i'll admit i was wrong.

yesterday i made chicken soup
from a roasted chicken brought to
us from the neighbors who raise
them. and a three bean salad from
fresh beans from the garden. it will
be a surprise for the management
when she returns.

this after taking some beans to
another neighbor who cannot
garden any longer, but she was
nice enough to feed me some
strawberry shortcake and have
tea and talk for a few hours in
the hot part of the day.

today i should get out and
get some rhubarb and make
another round of sauce since
i've finished off the last batch.
so, time to go, have a nice
day.

peace,


songbird