Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Deck the hummer halls!

It seems mama hummer has decided to deck the halls! I noticed this evening she's placed some greenery on the front of her nest, I think it might be a Christmas wreath or perhaps it's her Christmas tree  ...  it's soooooooo cute!

In other events here in paradise, last night I noticed what looked like a big black butterfly fluttering around our back porch. It landed and I grabbed my camera and snapped some photos. I was really surprised to see the intricate designs and beautiful colors of this critter in the close up shots. Turns out it's some kind of moth, and one of the local gecko's decided to check it out. Apparently when the gecko was close enough to see clearly, he decided to high-tail it out of there, a little too big for his dinner plate I suppose. When the moth decided to take flight, it fluttered around the porch light, capturing the attention of a couple of our cats, they were ready to pounce. I quickly ran indoors, grabbed my butterfly net, yes, I really have a butterfly net, but that's for catching sick kittens ... another story for another time. I flung the net over the moth, and then stood there ... not sure what to do next. HONEYBUNCH to the rescue! Rudy carefully captured the moth inside the net and we took him out to the front porch and set him free. Awwwwwww ... I love happy endings!

Thursday, November 16, 2006

I'm sooooo eggcited!

YIPPPPPPEEEEEEEEE! She did it, Mama Hummer laid her first egg, and it's a beaut! I noticed yesterday and today she was still adding more bits and pieces to the nest. When I checked this morning I was so surprised to see she'd laid an egg. Perhaps, if I give her some privacy, she'll lay another egg or 2.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

5 years ago!

Holy Cow! Cow

It was 5 years ago today, I moved to paradise! Seems like only yesterday I was packin' up my dog, Shilo, my cat, Mr. Stinkers, and my worldy possessions and headin' for St. Croix. Time flies, I'm definitely havin' fun!





Friday, November 10, 2006

Catching up

 Veterans Day  Happy Veterans Day 

HOLY COW ... I've been back for 2 weeks and the time is flyin' by!

It's another beautiful day here in paradise, warm already, with pretty blue skies and puffy white clouds ...

Observed at: St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Elevation: 62 ft / 19 m
82 °F / 28 °C
Partly Cloudy

Time to get showered and head to Cane Bay for breakfast. It's a great day for hittin' the beach, perhaps we'll take the pups for a short road trip later today.

BIG NEWS: The hummingbird has continued building the nest on the front porch, I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOO excited! I'll be checking for eggs and takin' pictures. I think the little hummer used some of the dryer lint I put out for it ... awwwwwwwww, so cute.

Enjoy the day, more later!