witt's Blog

Whoopeee! I saw my first hummingbird yesterday at 6 p.m. I had washed and refilled all the feeders for the third time this season at 3 p.m. I had just sat down at my Thinking Bench to take a little break and there he was. He took eight sips and flew off in front of me over to a tree on the far side of the house. I ran into the house to tell my husband. Then I continued to sit there. He came back, took four sips, and flew off behind me. Aha, I think. He's hooked. I kept watching the feeder, which was only about eight feet away from my head. I caught a flash out of the corner of my right eye. He had come from behind me and flew up into the tree about ten feet to my right. He sat there preening for a few minutes and off he flew to the front of the house. I didn't have the energy to run after him to see if he were sipping from the feeder in the front. Lo and behold, here he came again. This time he only drank four sips. Yep. I was counting. By this time, it was time for me to come in. I hope that this one was a returning visitor and brings his friends with him today. I can't wait to get outside again today to see.

I got the Quarter Round in the front  freshly strawed. I pulled up the Heavenly Bamboo that was continually falling over. I dug up the soil again, clipped off one of the limbs that I thought was making it unbalanced and replanted it. Now, if Mr. Mole and Ms. Froggie would just stay out of there, this bed is finished until I put in some summer annuals.

I started de-leafing the Herb Garden. I only got about half of it done, but that was two packed bucketloads. La Poulaille got one and the Biddy Barn got the other. I told the girls in the Double X Duplex that they would just have to wait till tomorrow. My benderoverer had had it for the day. There was no sign of the caladiums under all those leaves, but maybe with the weather being warmer for the next few days, ithey may pop out if there is any life in them.