The Hummingbirds are back!

 

A male Anna's Hummingbird seeks the restful shade in our heat wave

Photo by BT

July 22, 2006

Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XT

Lens: Canon EF75 - 300mm F4-5.6 IS

 

"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

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"When gardeners garden, it is not just plants that grow, but the gardeners themselves."

 --- Ken Druse

 

Alstromeria in bloom

July 1, 2006

 

"We are living in a world of beauty,
but few of us open our eyes to see it."

~ Lorado Taft

 

Agapanthus in bloom

July 7, 2006

 

 

"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."

------Author: Franz Kafka

 

Alstromeria

 

"Whoever loves and understands a garden will find contentment within."

----Chinese Proverb

 

Agapanthus prepares to bloom

July 1, 2006

 

"When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden."

---Minnie Aumonier

 

 

 

 

 

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