In the last ten years you may have heard that it’s not the actual gift that matters most to someone, but the experience of the gift that is meaningful. Well, how does giving and setting up hummingbird feeders sound? Picture the experience. Mother sits with a cup of coffee in her favorite chair watching as the kids assemble everything!
When I was a camper in Vermont in the mid 70’s , there was an invitation each summer from our stern camp director to go ‘burd’ watching and to find the prized Scarlett Tanager she knew lived in the surrounding forest. It was the one event Judy offered all summer. In our last year as campers my tent mates and I decided it may be fun to catch her in action with her favorite hobby. We signed up.
As I write this, there is a butterfly outside my window who just broke from his chrysalis and is filling his wings with fluid to soon fly off. I would never have know this was happening without my garden friend Nick here to show me a few days ago.
If you’re getting a little bored in this hot weather and don’t have garden work to do except water, a good task to perform is to clean your bird feeders.
