Admiration for the migrating hummingbirds

Iam sorry I have been away but I am back now! Life was a bit crazy the last few weeks but all is well.

I sat outside Thursday morning on my porch and enjoyed the aroma of ripe persimmons floating in the cool breeze while my hummingbirds swarmed my feeders to prepare for their migration.

I figure I will see more new ones once they start passing through heading south for the winter.

If you have a hummingbird feeder, please leave them up for the rest of October.

This will give the birds passing through a place to stop to refuel and rest.

You may see birds until the first of November.

I have all three of my feeders full and my regular bird crowd feeds all day.

I have seven that visit all the time.

I expect to see some passing through once a few cold blasts of air hit the northern states.

They are so much fun to watch even though our dog wishes they would hurry up and migrate.

Their squawking and flying around too much interrupt his nap taking.

With cooler weather here, I can't wait to hit the woods.

Cooler weather means the bucks will finally get up and move.

I have been enjoying the five deer that come in our yard every day to eat persimmons.

There are three does and two fawns.

They come into the yard around 6:30 a.m. and they return about 7 p.m. every day. We have also had a few raccoons enjoying the persimmons.

They knock so many down and the deer appreciate it very much!

I can't wait for cold weather and the leaves to fall.

I have been pretty busy lately and I'm sorry I couldn't write much the last two months.

My dad found out he had to have surgery on his right arm to repair a torn tricep tendon.

He is recovering nicely and hopes to be healed right before modern gun season opens.

I am also proud to announce that our family will be growing.

We are blessed to announce that I will have