Saved a Hummingbird today, trapped inside the kitchen window of Kevin & Elliot’s place. Even got to pet it a couple of times before it regained it’s senses and flew away. (Much more gratifying for me than for it I’m sure, but the love was there, and besides – how often do you get to pet a Hummingbird?)
Okay – back to packing and cleaning…
Gods, I look forward to having an actual home. Borrowed rooms and couches for only a little over a month until my “permanent” home is available. *This*, however, has been the best I’ve ever had, with fantastic people and dear friends – not to mention amazingly generous hosts…
Okay, really. Back to packing & cleaning…
of Petals & Thorns 
one of the little things I miss most about my time in Canada this summer was seeing hummingbirds almost every day. They would always come to these flowers and drink from them, and as surreal as those flowers were, they were everywhere. The flowers always reminded me of something from the Dark Crystal movie, and I kept half expecting them to eat the hummingbirds.
Just a quick FYI for heliocide – those flowers are bee balm (aka monardia I think).
Thanks, Kirsten. I’ve just been calling them Flowers of Doom, but it’s nice to have other options 🙂
All we ever find are crippled pigeons. Which we try and fix, usually to no avail. I would much prefer a hummingbird to pet and then watch fly away.
But that suits you best.