"Babies"

The babies, not (chicks) as i have been calling them, are growing and eating nicely. For some reason I have a partiality to this nest. The baby that had the broken wing to my heart felt dismay I found it dead this morning. I had put it in it's nest three times, but it would always glide down and i would find it on the ground. The mother would continue to feed it, so I decided to let nature take it's course. It had gotten quite big, but had no chance without the wing not being able to flutter fast enough to let it fly. I just couldn't dispose of it, so buried it with a tear in my eye. Foolish?, well maybe to some but every thing that God makes is special to me, nature has it's patterns, it's own universe if you will, unaware of us, only there existence. My brain has a larger awareness, to feel and care, and I do!

Sound

Once a sound happens, it immediately goes away, and the moment it's over, we begin to forget it. There is no way ever truly to recover a sound that was, it is now a memory.

P.S.

Today while doing my observations, to my delight the second chick had hatched!

Mystery's Of Nature

As i have been waiting for this particular hummingbirds eggs to hatch, it is a mystery to me as to why only one has hatched. Just like last year the same nest only hatched one of the eggs. The mother doesn't stay on the nest as much as the others do there's. The second picture is a baby that has either failed to fly or fell out of the nest. As we "baby sat" the helpless chick, making sure nothing such as a lizard or such bothered it, the mother would come and feed it every 10 to 15 minutes. It appears to have a broken wing, but so hard to tell. As it was getting dark I could take it no longer, i picked up this tiny weightless baby and put it back in it's nest. The mother has continued to feed and now the rest is up to "nature".

No sky no earth - but still snowflakes fall

My eyes see what i cannot explain my ears hear a whisper of words without a name

Our hidden aspirations know better where we are going than our rational minds.

Prayer

A thought and a prayer can be anywhere No need to wait until you bed by then it's already said

My Doubting Nature

After seeing many hummingbirds coming in and out of the trees, my eyes still drawn to the nest from last year. The last i saw nothing was done to repair it so i being impatient thought in disappointment it would not be used again according to "Natures Law". I had found some others very well hidden, always close to the end of the branches. Mother Nature takes her time, sometimes millions of years to complete one of her projects. Who am i to be so impatient or doubt. A few days ago as i was walking by the old nest, i seen a "refurbishing" going on, to my delight. Today there were two eggs in the nest as per "Natures Law", so tiny, the eggs look like little jelly belly's, 1/2 inches each. The nest is about 1 1/2 inches in depth and 2 inches in circumference. I took this picture extremely close as the mother came to see what i thought i was doing, but not as angry as i thought she would be..well after all i do "cook" her meals. They love the nectar i make and always come very close to my face to let me know when it has run out hence i forget to keep it full. Although they like the flower and vine nectar they must like "home" cooking. Such a joy to watch as this process goes on until the hatching and fledging.