• Hummers!!

    All my life I’ve been fascinated with humming birds! So tiny, with wings that wave faster than the eye can see and such delicate precision to their eating! Our neighbor has a hummingbird feeder and today I had the opportunity to stand and watch until I could capture a hummer on camera. Patience, focusing on the one spot in which this particular one kept hovering, waiting until it drank and then “stepped back” for a moment before diving in again…it was several minutes of trial and error to capture it. (ah-humm…NOW would be a great time for that Canon L series telephoto lens I’ve wanted for a lifetime!) There was a second hummer that kept barging in, and the two kept swapping swats with each…

  • Tagged

    It happened today.  Well, truthfully, the official change was made two weeks ago, but schedules have not allowed us to complete the change until today.  I’ve only experienced this once earlier in my life, but this occurrence didn’t impact me nearly as greatly as the first. We’re officially Missourians. Yep. Got the tag…or should I say TAGS…to prove it. Apparently, Missouri requires TWO tags on vehicles, both front and back.  What can I say?  I guess we’ll be here awhile.