mmmm...tea.

Mud Beach

A trip to the beach morphed my children into "mud monsters" this week. It was quite a terrifying experience.


Who knew the beach could be a bog? This goopy clayish 'sand' provided literally hours of entertainment for my disgusting children. And just a dip or two later . . .



and they were more or less clean.

Let's just keep soaking up these summer days. It is flying all too fast.

Hummingbird warriors, beware.

So this little guy seems to think our hummingbird feeder belongs only to him.

He (or she) guards it for hours at a time, chasing all of the other hummingbirds away. (Ever seen a hummingbird battle? Ever experienced a hummingbird battle inches from your face? You really don't want to.) Kind of stingy behavior I think and not really something I want to encourage on my own front porch, but what am I gonna do? It's a bird eat bird world and I don't wanna get involved. (Did I mention how fierce and CLOSE TO YOUR FACE hummingbird battles can get?)

But, a word of warning to any bird who claims territory here . . . you may well get yours.

So watch your back.