wow!

So tonight I was eating dinner in the back yard, seated next to my pots of bee balm and echinacea. Suddenly I heard a buzz nearby, that seemed too loud to be a bee. Looking up from my plate I found myself face-to-face with a hummingbird! For an instant I was afraid and didn't know what to do, I paused in mid-chew-- and then he was gone. I hope he comes back to the flowers when I am away.