A few pictures...I had some pretty lilies bloom.
And I was sitting in the living room and a hummer flew in. I watched for her to fly back out, and finally had to go look for her. She was in the utility room bashing herself against the window. I caught her, I was surprised how easy it was.
She sure took off fast when I opened my hand:)
Becky
Very cool on both counts!
We just got our mower back from the shop... (new igniter thingy hundred bucks please!)
The good news is, the lawn is finally looking good. Better than a month ago :~)
Wow! Those lillies are spectacular! I’ve never raised any of those but I sure like them.
Catching the little hummer was really cool too. I found one in the cat’s water bowl one evening a couple of years ago. It was dark and at first I thought it was a frog, but when I turned the porch light on there was this little green Ruby-throated hummer sitting there, all soaking wet. I picked him up about like you did and took him in the house to show my husband. After the proper amount of oooo-ing and aaaah-ing I took him back out and set him on a branch to dry out. He sat there and revved his little engines for a while so I figured he was going to be ok and left him there. He was gone the next morning so I assume he flew off to be with his buddies. Hummers are so cool!
In other news, since they’re anticipating a strike here at the plant this fall, they’re requiring all the salaried people to take mobile equipment training, so I just got back in from having a refresher course in fork lift and dolly driving. The fork lift is no problem, it’s kinda like driving a tractor with a front end loader on it, aside from steering with the rear wheels. But the dolly is a whole ‘nother thing. Not only does it steer from the rear, but it doesn’t have a steering wheel. It’s got, for lack of a better word, a tiller, like a boat, and trying to keep it straight which way to push the tiller to make it turn which way really screws my head up, and it’s different depending on whether you’re going backwards of forwards. And to top it all off, you’re hauling a 40,000 pound coil of aluminum on the front end of it that you can’t see around. So it was pretty interesting. I passed, but I sure wouldn’t wanna be anywhere near me if I have to drive one of those things for real.
She had quite a story to tell the coffee klatsch when she got home . . .