Days Of August

Here is a sweet summer video I did from movie clips taken over the past week.

The hummingbird moth was busy on this particular day... gosh I love those critters so much!

Properly Named

Since we are having stone work done on our property, I thought it appropriate to add a few new bushes near the new columns and wall going in along the driveway.

I was actually headed into town to get dog food, but the store was closed over the lunch hour, so I ventured another five minutes down the road to the garden center... Southern States.

They always have eye candy.

I bought a couple of butterfly bushes.

Our previous home had one and they have been on my ind for two years, so into the SUV they jumped and we then headed back for dog food and then home.

Sorry you couldn't come with me, it was a nice day for a drive.

 No sooner had my husband taken them out of the SUV and set them along the front walkway, their home until he plants them, and butterflies began showing up.

 I kid you not... five minutes after the bushes arrival the butterflies came and alit on them.

 Such properly named bushes.

 So, if you have had a shortage of butterfly sightings around your home, perhaps you just aren't planting  the proper bushes.... bushes with a butterfly invitation attached.

 Wild things in Nature know what they want, love and need.

I wish I had purchased these sooner for the sake of the butterflies.

I bet they love me for my trip to town.

Thoughts At Sunset

 There is a hummingbird hovering at the feeder just outside my window as I type this tonite;

I think he is the only one here this week, since there are no tiny birdy wars going on.

We had quite a few buzzing across our property the first summer we were here,

two last year, and now only one.

 I hope it's not a sign that these tiny creatures are somehow being harmed by human stupidity.

We have certainly had enough blossoms this year to attract them and the feeder is always filled with fresh, sweet liquid for their tiny beaks to sip away at.

 I worry about these things as the sun sets each evening and my fingers tap at the keys.

I chose this room for my office to be able to observe nature and it is why my desk is positioned at an angle in the room which allows me the view.

oooh, there he is again with his tiny wings fluttering faster than lightning.

Please stay a while tiny creature.