Wednesday, September 30, 2009

I think the hummingbirds have left...

I took the hummingbird feeder down. The darned bees had taken it over and the tiny birds were nowhere to be found. Must have started their migration. So glad I took this picture - aren't they just remarkable little creatures?

The garden is pretty much depleted. I looked for tomatoes today - nothing there but a few that had fallen to the ground. I'm canning salsa this week with the tomatoes that I do have. Love that salsa in the middle of winter. We've still got carrots and potatoes, though! Yum!! When we dig those up we'll have bounty for a few months.

It was chilly, today - didn't even make it to 60 degrees F. We've turned the furnace on and we're into the sweatshirt and jacket phase. I don't really mind which is fortunate since there's not much I can do about it, anyway. Jack took the boat out of the water and hauled it down to storage. We'll probably take the in the dock in the next week or so.

The rituals of autumn...
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Posted by CherylK at 9:50 PM

7 comments:

  1. Sounds like you are really getting ready for winter. Here in Georgia the humidity has let up and I really think the temperature is cooling off. Still have plenty of time (I hope) before turning the heat on in the house.
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  2. We could have more nice weather but it's definitely not summer anymore! Love your blog, btw :-)
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  3. My garden is kaput after the -10C (around 12F) weather we suffered a few days ago! I'm so glad we picked the tomatoes (they will ripen in the house) but it broke my heart to discover my peppers froze! Guess I'll just be canning the tomatoes - good thing I have lots of salsa left from last year!
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  4. Beautiful photo..that hummingbird. They are one of the most beautiful creatures, imo. Until they fly really close to your head when you're out in the garden.

    You know how much I love the rituals of autumn...not too much but alway trying to love them more.
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  5. I saw my last hummer this morning..........he didnt return this evening as usual. I think that he left for the winter.I live in Ga.
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  6. Cheryl, maybe you have an answer to this, I have about 4 to 6 hummers around my feeder alot of the day, today as I mixed the sugar water to refill there feeder I got in to much sugar so I had to add water, instead I added ice since the water was too hot to serve, then ofcourse it got to cold, I set it out anyway, with in 15 minutes I had 8 Hummer feeding at the same time
    (I have 8 feeding stations on my feeder) without any fighting for space. Really surprized me........Ever heard of them liking cold water?
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  7. Anonymous, I've never heard of putting ice water in the feeders but I do keep the sugar water in the refrigerator after I make it. Good idea.Thanks!
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