I went to Newport today. Nothing like a good trip to Newport to make you happy that you don't live in Newport. It should be a major tourist destination just to show people that life could be so much worse.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I was sitting in the front room today and my husband walked into the room to the window. Suddenly right at his face level a hummingbird flew up to the Bougainvillea "California Gold" pot and then zipped over to the adjacent coral Petuniodeae.
It busily addressed several blooms on the bougie, than several on the petunia pot. Then quickly it turned his head toward OH who had moved slightly to draw attention to himself. The little thing hovered a few seconds, looking straight at OH, turned back to the petunias and then decided it best to move on. Such moments are so special, seeing these diminutive creatures and how fast they move. I never have a camera at hand, but they don't usually stay in one spot for as long as this one did, EVER.
I have been seeing hummingbirds almost every afternoon this season (quite a rare sight actually). I only saw one at my last house in 13 years there. Guess I picked the right bloomers to plant out this year! The hummingbirds especially love my Turk's Cap (Hibiscus, Malvaviscus Drummondii). They have 5/8" turban-shaped swirling blooms with a spike jutting up. I like the goose-foot shaped leaves, too. They are considered a TX native plant and are very hardy. They just spring up in my yard from I think birds dropping the wee fruits on the ground. Fortunately, none have sprung up in unwanted areas. I pull up the seedlings I find to take down to plant on the chain-link fence around our getaway cabin property. They will look lovely with the fields of yellow wildflowers in the fall as a backdrop.
I have happy memories of my youthful sojourn in Newport. Sex and drugs and rock and roll. Yn y gogledd, if we want to be reminded how much worse life could be, we go to Rhyl.
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