Hummingbirds

 I put my hummingbird feeder up over a week ago when I checked the migration map and saw that the birds had been spotted in New Hampshire. It wasn't very long before the hummingbirds arrived and I had to fill the feeder a bit fuller.

Dan and I enjoy sitting on the deck to watch the antics of the male trying to keep other males away. Yesterday one male has taken up residence on the staff and attacks any other hummingbird that comes close. I was finally able to get some almost in focus photos.  Problem is going through the glass of the sliding door compounded by shaking hands.

Wild Flowers

Mother's Day we took an afternoon hike in the town forest to see the wild flowers.

Enjoy!

Here's the hillside where the photos were taken. You can just make out the very narrow trail. Photo taken on return trip to car so the sun has gone behind the mountain already.

 

Unusual Stone Markings

 When we created the Deck Garden bed last year once the deck was completed, I had Dan help me move stones to edge the bed. This large one that he placed at the bulkhead entrance is very strange.

It has cut marks on it as though someone sharpened a stone on it.

Maybe the cut marks were intended to be a design.

Dan can't remember where he gathered the stone from but it hadn't been underground.

Anyone have an explanation for me?

Bursting Out Finally

 These pictures tell the story of spring happening here.