"If you truly love nature,
you will find beauty everywhere."
----Vincent Van Gogh
"Coming into the Alstromeria"
May 22, 2007
"Looking for and enjoying beauty is a
way to nourish the soul. the universe is in the habit of making
beauty. There are flowers and songs, snowflakes and smiles, acts
of great courage, laughter between friends, a job well done, the
smell of fresh-baked bread. Beauty is everywhere."---Matthew Fox
A hover near an Alstromeria
May 22, 2007
"Have you ever observed
a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers
- a living prismatic gem.... it is a creature of such fairy-like
loveliness as to mock all description".
~W.H. Hudson, Green Mansions
Alstromeria with Anna's Hummingbird
August 3, 2006
"In order to see birds it
is necessary to become part of the silence."
- - - Robert Lynd
Anna's Hummingbird coming into the
feeder, March 22, 2006
Photo by BT
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF75-300mm F4-5.6 IS
The Hummingbird
The sunlight speaks. And
it's voice is a bird:
It glitters half-guessed half
seen half-heard
Above the flower bed. Over the
lawn ...
A flashing dip and it is gone.
And all it lends to the eye is
this --
A sunbeam giving the air a kiss.
by Harry Kemp
A male Anna's Hummingbird resting
in the morning heat of the day
July 22, 2006
Photo by BT
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF75 - 300mm F4-5.6
IS
The hummingbirds hover
Near the blossoms and feeder.
Their transparent wings a miracle
of nature,
As they tread the air,
So effortlessly and beautifully.
---BT
Anna's Hummingbird among the blossoms
August 31, 2004
A flash of harmless lightning,
A mist of rainbow dyes,
The burnished sunbeams brightening
From flower to flower he flies.
- John Banister Tabb, Humming Bird
Can you see him?
The Ruby-throat hanging
In the summer air.
He lingers briefly
For a sip of nectar.
Then flits away at super-speed.
A beautiful hummer!
---BT
