Well, I managed a quick glimpse of the female hummingbird with the camera. It's not a great picture, but you can see her. They apparently didn't like me sitting so closeby. After I moved my chair further away and put the camera away, the little female came by and hovered a couple feet away looking at me. I said hello and she flew off. As I watched them I noticed that whenever the female came to the feeder, the male would come and divebomb her away from it....wonder why that is? You can tell the male from the female by the bright red throat on the male, and the female is mostly just green.
Other than the big mulching project this weekend there wasn't much else that got done, other than laundry which didn't have much opportunity to dry. Maybe today if I make it home before the daily thundershowers I may have some mostly dry laundry.
The Sunflowers in Booboo gardens have started opening and look spectacular (albeit wet). They are of course, a good bit taller than me. I hope all this rain doesn't shorten their flowering life, but it seems there are several flower buds on each stalk so there'll be more chances for flowers. Keep blooming and growing...good thoughts for us all.
3 comments:
That sunflower is LOVERLY!
Isn't it? I'm hoping to have some kind of mix of colors...
Wow! You are not only a talented gardener - but a very able photographer! I will take your advice on the mulch - the proof is in the pic, as they say! AS I read your description, I could almost smell it. Can we switch from rain to sun soon, please? As for your gender challenged shed - that's what brothers are for - to point out our miscalculations, right? Yeah for brothers!
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