August 8, 2019 Hummingbirds, Carl Peter Thunberg, Julia Wilmotte Henshaw, John Henry Twachtman, Raymond A. Foss, Herbs by Judith Hann, Peonies, and Lace Cap Hydrangea
John Tabb wrote:
"A flash of harmless lightning,
A mist of rainbow dyes,
The burnished sunbeams brightening
From flower to flower he flies."
He's talking of course about the hummingbird.
Gardeners are enthralled by hummingbirds and will do next to anything to attract them to their garden.
One of my happiest memories is being in my garden, working away, when I suddenly felt a little displacement of air on my cheek and I turned and found myself staring right at a hummingbird. Pure magic.
Hummingbirds find food entirely by sight. If they see red, they zoom in for a closer look. This is why all…
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