5/20/12 UNEASY RESTS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN

A FOGGY, MISTY MORNING

BEING TOP HUMMINGBIRD AIN'T EASY!

THE PERENNIAL GARDEN IS IN A COLORLESS FUNK

Sunday, 10:00 AM.  61 degrees, wind NW, calm at present.  The sky is overcast, mist and fog have settled over the channel, and it has rained  off and on since yesterday evening.  It got into the 90’s yesterday, really warm and muggy, so the cool and rainy weather is very welcome.  Now I won’t have to worry so much about the recently planted trees and shrubs.  We have probably received three-quarters of an inch of rain over the last several days but we could use a lot more.  Our dominant male hummingbird  now has all he can do  to  defend  both  the  old  hummingbird feeder and the new oriole  feeder.  Uneasy  rests the head that wears the crown!
    The blooms of the lilacs and flowering crabapple trees won’t last too much longer but it has been a great spring for both.  The old perennial garden looks better with fewer weeds but will be in a rather colorless funk until the tall Iris, the peonies, the poppies and the lilies begin to bloom.
        I am itching to make some political commentary but  will stick to my “never on Sunday” pledge.