April 29, 2007

A new venue for my affection...

If there was one thing I learned while growing up, verbalize your love freely and often, you may not get the chance again and would not want to regret such a thing.
And then of course I learned to watch my connections cyclically. It feels spiritual to experience life in this manner. to watch connections evolve.
A few months back, before moving to Arizona I completed a piece which I now call L’existence (not seen in a major venue and so, not on my web site yet). I show a detail shot here. So yesterday we went to a major chain box store and bought a hummingbird feeder. See where I am going?

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David made the nectar when we got home, mounted a cup hook, and before climbing off the ladder to hang the feeder, got buzzed.
I love the Cornell Ornithology web site. It is detailed and fun. It has audio recordings of each birds call or sound, so if you click here, you'll find an audio file just below the photograph of the bird. Click it and you will hear what we hear. They love the feeder and didn't take any time to settle into it. They are territorial, tiny and a joy to watch.
I love hummingbirds.

Posted by Melly at April 29, 2007 10:27 PM
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I have 4 humming bird feeders in my yard. The male birds won't let another male eat from the same feeder so I have them in several places so they can all drink. A couple of years ago I had a pair of humming birds (male and female) and they were the only two I have ever seen drinking from the same feeder at the same time.

Posted by: MsLizF at May 3, 2007 01:31 PM

I just posted a painting of a hummingbird on my site! I love them too. And whenever I go to that Cornell site, and play a bird sound, my kitty Buddy, comes running over to the computer and looks all around for the bird. It's mean of me, but it sure makes me laugh!

Posted by: Jane LaFazio at April 30, 2007 03:24 PM

Thanks for reminding me - I need to cook a new batch when I get home. I had left a pot of Hummer Sauce on the stove to cool and, thinking it was plain water, Colin cooked hotdogs in it. grrr.

Posted by: deb at April 30, 2007 08:33 AM