Good Bye Little Hummingbirds

Like it or not, summer is over and these busy little birds are probably on their way south to Mexico by now. I haven't seen one in about a week and the only thing at the feeder these days are the Racoons! They flew in and out all day long this summer and I've never seen quite so many as I did this year. I will miss them and will await their return next year!

It's Officially Fall but...

Yes, the calendar says it's Fall, officially, yet even here in Michigan there are still a few signs that summer lingers. The Morning Glories are in all their glory right now with the vines going every which way. The window box flowers are still going strong and the Zinnias are still blooming. It won't be long now though until the first frost zaps them all and turns everything brown. Summer is almost really over.

Phases of the Moon

The other night I stepped out on the back deck, it wasn't even dark yet. The southern sky had a tinge of pink to it and the moon was such that you could just see half of it, a perfect half. As I focused on it to bring it closer the sky was blacked out in the pictures but the moon was still a perfect half. Amazing!

Mr. Moonlight

Summer Flowers

Queen Anne's Lace in the Backyard (notice the black fly?)



Hydrangea


Day Lily


Sunflowers in Traverse City


Black Eyed Susans (also in Traverse City)


Clematis on the porch



More Clematis



Petunia


Petunias in the window box


Bird of Paradise (taken in San Diego in February, not exactly summer but beautiful anyway, call it an "early summer")