Sunday, June 1, 2008

Rain

a downpour this morning, accompanied by glorious thunder and lightning. misty some of the day with a couple of sprinklings, and quite foggy now, at night.

indoor day for all of us. put my flower seedlings out for their fourth day of hardening off, up to four hours outdoors now. had to bring them in during the downpour, but put them back out and decided to leave them out all day, the sun being so filtered through the clouds.

birds flocked to the feeders during the downpour, especially grackles and goldfinches. have never seen more than two grackles around the feeder at a time, and today there were six or seven while it rained. not sure if there was a connection.

a little female hummingbird visited her feeder today.

here are some photos of recent visitors: rose-breasted grosbeak and bluebird during its scout of the swallow's birdhouse. both are perched in the apple bough we fixed to our porch for that purpose.


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