Day Off

Today I decided to give myself a day off. It means I didn't write at all. I played some video games and actually took a nap and met a couple friends for supper to celebrate a birthday.  Such decadence!

Hummingbirds!

I had great success in attracting hummingbirds at my old house, but had no idea if I could do it in the new place.  A couple weeks ago, I boiled up some sugar syrup, filled a pair of feeders, and hung one out the kitchen window and one out the living room window.  The living room backs up to a wide creek and a meadow, so I had hopes.  However, day after day after day passed, and no hummingbirds.

Today, Maksim said to me, "Daddy, I saw a hummingbird at the feeder!"

Yay!  We have hummingbirds!