Summer Visitors

When my in-laws were here in July, they noticed a little nest in the lilac bush at the side of the Little Yellow House, next door. Turns out, it was a hummingbird nest, and so the boys and I have been checking in on it every day or so, to see how the babes were faring. Luckily, the lilac bush is right outside one of the bedroom windows, so rather than go outside and disturb the nest, I thought I would quietly lift the window and snap away. I was sooooo quiet about it, but Mama Hummingbird heard me, and appeared out of nowhere, chirping madly and dive-bombing my head. I did manage to snap this picture, though. If you look right to the center of the picture, you'll see the tiniest nest, with two little hummingbird heads sticking out of it. They are the cutest little things ever, and boy is their Mama protective. After the dive-bombing incident, I've decided to leave the poor things alone, and we'll go on from here, just looking through the window to check in on them.