NO STORY-- JUST NATURE

I have a lot of hummingbirds so I keep the nectar made up ahead of time and in the refrigerator by the quarts. I have two feeders and one is always more popular by location and empties first. Usually, I take a quart out of the refrigerator long enough to almost reach room temperature before putting it out for the birds. Don't want them to get little blue tongues.

This past week, they were scarfing it up so quickly that I didn't have time to warm it up so I took the cold one out. It was a slow time of day so I thought it would have time to warm up but ZOOM, there came a hummer diving on the cold feeder. He shoved his beezer in the fake flower, then quickly pulled it out and looked startled. I know, where was my camera? That was when the thought hit me, can a hummer get a brain freeze like we can? Hummm?

This picture was after he discovered that a brain freeze was not a bad thing after all when the temps are in the hundreds. Think he likes the frosty mug.

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I guess for sake of ego,it is better to be a big fish(or frog)in a small pond than vise- versa. Perhaps that is the thinking of this little fellow that has occupied my water fountain for over a week. I keep this fountain mainly as a large bird bath but Kermit has made it his home. Think the smile on his face says how happy he is with his very own pond, regardless of size.

This is not a toad that can do with out water but a regular ole frog. Perhaps he can make a "bug living" here, more power to him. However the nearest pond is ½ mile away so finding a lady friend is quite a remote possibility. But then how did he get here? Perhaps a nice lady frog will follow his path. I really don't want a pond full of pollywogs but guess I will adjust if that happens.

Golly, do you think that is why I like such tiny towns?

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Something has been tugging at my curiosity for a couple of weeks. At night when I walk Mighty before bed time, I notice a large spider web on my porch with a decent sized spider holding court. I am pretty much a "live and let live" type so I was a bit upset the next day to see the web completely gone. Awww. Something got it, I thought.






The next night there was the web again in full glory. Ah ha. However, the next morning it was completely gone again except for one strand near the roof. I wondered what could be tearing the web down each day and was just grateful it wasn't my face. Don't ya hate that.


Sorry about the picture but I wasn't getting close.

Then I noticed her or him, nestled tightly in the rafters in the day time. Each day the process was repeated. Thank goodness for computers. I learned that some spiders build a web every night and actually eat their old web to help make more silk. Wow, that is truly sustainable living. Wish I could be so pure.