3 March 2024 (on fire)

on fire for you Anna’s hummingbird

Horrible photo of an Anna’s Hummingbird at a distance today, but it captures well the way that gorget catches the sun!

14 August 2022 (bergamot)

bergamot

a hummingbird chases off

a hummingbird moth

18 May 2022 (hummingbird)

a hummingbird

completes his migration . . .

flowering quince

16 September 2021 (hummingbird)

the last hummingbird

visits the last nasturtium

late summer light

24 July 2020 (hummingbird)

summer heat

sitting perfectly still

for a hummingbird

7 May 2019 (poplars)

budding poplars

any day now

a hummingbird

July 11: Bee balm

wish fulfillment
hummingbird at the bee balm
planted for her

May 19: Offshore breeze

On the island

blown by the wind--

leaf or a hummingbird?

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August 24: Still summer

The nip of fall may be creeping into the morning air, and the song of the crickets may be slowing down to a more languorous, late summer pitch, but summer still holds sway. On this blue sky morning I'm still wearing tank top and flip flops, wishing I could be outside at play rather than at work--because we all know this won't last.

Still fresh blueberries
on my cereal, still
hummingbirds in the bee balm.

August 14: Party sunset

I love the kind of party when, as the sun is setting over a distant hazy ridge, just a burning hot pink sliver above the horizon, everyone there rushes over excitedly to watch it sink. And meanwhile dozens of hummingbirds buzz around us, getting in those last sips of nectar before bedtime. Everyone leaves happy.

End of the party--
buzz of voices at sunset,
buzzing hummingbirds.

August 13: Summer afternoon

I'm standing on the edge of lawn and field looking up at the green slopes of Ragged Mountain. At the lawn's edge, blooming gladioli stand at glorious attention, and faces of tiger lilies peer through greenery. Hummingbirds chatter and buzz around the flower beds. Goldfinches rise and dip over the fields, singing non-stop, swarming the seed feeders. Overhead, birch trees against a blue sky. Butterflies flit in little circles around me, and in the distance, a family of bluebirds gathers on a branch. Tomorrow night we're having a party here, and at this moment, I can't imagine a more perfect place to be.

Butterflies, bluebirds,
birdsong--is this a set for
a Disney movie?