Mares eat Oats and Does eat Oats and....

And Hummingbirds swing on ivy!  Not exactly the words from a dear childhood song but they fit.  This is our resident female hummingbird, and her new favorite place to perch.

I have been trying to snag a photo of her all weekend and got lucky this morning.  I would love to stand here and watch her and her fellow aviators flit about, but alas I am already late for work!

Everybody have a great week, remember it is a short one and not counting today there are only (2) more workdays until Friday!

Picturesque in Peace

One of our favorite spring/summer past time is feeding and watching hummingbirds. Tonight while eating dinner I noticed a lot of activity out on our deck. Our resident male ruby throated hummingbird was beating the heck out of three females who were attempting to feed at our feeder. I decided to grab my camera to see what I could come up with. So, I perched myself upon a stool and hid behind one of our potted plants and began shooting. I managed to captured one decent photo, which I have posted here. I tell you these are some fast little boogers and were really active tonight due to the late afternoon showers. So for now this will have to do but I am not giving up....I will be on the watch for them with camera and potted plant ready to snap them in action.