This guy decided to sit and let us get a very good look at him the other day. My son was quick with the camera and snapped this photo for me.
We have had an amazing amount of hummingbirds in our yard this year and the feeders are humming all day long. They also love the butterfly bush, the trumpet vine and the crepe myrtle.
The garden is starting to look like mid-summer and not at its prime but the birds, bees, and butterflies are still daily visitors.
The daily rhythm is changing up a bit and soon the harvesting will be complete. Already the evening comes quickly and the nights seem a little crisper. There isn’t much that we can do to delay the progress towards autumn so I will try to enjoy the changes as they come.
Take some time this week to note your neighborhood and talk a little with your children about what they see out the window or as you take a short nature walk.
I have started a list of things that I would like to do this autumn for nature study and I will share it with you all very soon.
For dinner today, it will be another round of fresh bruschetta from the garden….tomatoes and basil are still coming daily. Filling the birdbaths and watering the roses will be done in the cooler evening hours. Tomorrow we are hoping to harvest the plums.
Enjoy the tastes of summer….a feast for the eyes and a feast for the belly.
With my camera, I captured a Hummingbird bug yesterday… it is in the moth family. Very cool.
You can see it here…
http://knit1kids4.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/365-229/
And now I’m wanting Brushetta!
Love your photo…you have butterfly bush too!
Come on over for bruschetta anytime.
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
One day very soon I will enjoy a big garden like yours till then I plan and enjoy what others do.
love your garden picture! I have family members who live further south than I do here in Florida who are hoping to see hummingbirds in their back yard. They haven’t seen any just yet, but it too shall be a great surprise when they do!
I finally was able to participate in our first Outdoor Hour Challenge. We are nature lovers to begin with, but this was added fun to our adventure!
Thank you for all that you do for us nature loving homeschooling families :O)
Blessings to you and yours,
Deanna
What a great picture. I miss having a yard and a garden with fresh tomatoes. Thanks for letting me live vicariously through your pictures!