Signs of Summer
Hummingbirds have found my feeder. They are shyer than the ones that used to come to my parents’ feeders. Mom would put up feeders in Illinois and when they were at their trailer in Wisconsin she would get some ‘syrup’ made for there also. Both places the birds were almost brazen and easy to watch. Here I have to keep a sharp eye and just was able to see one using the feeder in the middle of the back garden.
From last yearI also saw a Monarch on the wing today and it was headed South. I should go down to the Arkansas River and see if the monarchs are using the wildflowers along the banks as I’ve seen them do in the past. I am glad I saw it and I’ll double check my milkweed plants to see if I have any eggs or larvae, but it feels like a sign of the end of summer. Normally school in Oklahoma would have been back in session about a week now. I’m retired so that marker of the year doesn’t have a pull on me anymore, but the Monarchs leaving does.
The Naked Ladies are almost through flowering around town, another sign that the season is changing. It all makes me a little sad. A few nippy days and nights would be appreciated I suppose, but too soon it will winter. Granted winter here is not as gloomy as winter in the North, so if I have my druthers I’ll take here.
How do you react to the change of seasons?
