April 8, 2024 Eclipse Day Sunlight shakes talcum powder on the landscape. It begins with a nick in the yellow orb. The breezes of the morning now grow still. Honeybees foraging in the blooming pear silence themselves. The air turns cold, and I slip numb fingers into my jacket. My nose drips. The chickens scramble to their roost and the old hen tucks her head under one wing.
Fabulous post! I can’t imagine having all those hummers as yard birds since I only have ruby-throated here! It has been so many years since I saw a Lucifer’s on a long-ago Arizona birding trip. What amazing photos you got.
Oh, sorry about your elderberry tree! The little one you gave me didn't die after all. It's sprouting from the bottom but I don't think it's happy here.
Nice to learn Lucifer's are back! I never thought to look "down" to see the eclipse. :-)
Fabulous post! I can’t imagine having all those hummers as yard birds since I only have ruby-throated here! It has been so many years since I saw a Lucifer’s on a long-ago Arizona birding trip. What amazing photos you got.
Amazing, both in story and photographs!
I’m so glad you share all these hummingbirds! I’m so glad these hummingbirds exist.
Oh, sorry about your elderberry tree! The little one you gave me didn't die after all. It's sprouting from the bottom but I don't think it's happy here.
Gorgeous! I love the metaphor of the Lucifer's bringing back the light. And that photo of the eclipse in the shadows is exquisite. Thank you, Ken.
Oh, what a gorgeous photograph of Lucifer the light bearer, with his magnificent purple gorget.
No relationship to
‘Samael’ the fallen archangel .
And how did the devil get a name defined as “light bearing”?
Just a few momentary thoughts…
Nice photo--images thru tree on brick pavement...
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼