The day starts at 80 degrees. There is humidity. The high will be 95. I try to take my lunch-time walk earlier in the day but that doesn’t always work out. Sometimes I walk at a hundred. It’s very tropical this time of year. We drink morning coffee at our peril. We’re in the path of the ruby-throated hummingbird fall migration. All four feeders are busy. Buzzing, battling, high-speed hummingbirds with those long sharp bills resemble small darts. Sitting on the deck involves involuntary ducking. The morning view
The day starts at 80 degrees. There is humidity. The high will be 95. I try to take my lunch-time walk earlier in the day but that doesn’t always work out. Sometimes I walk at a hundred. It’s very tropical this time of year. We drink morning coffee at our peril. We’re in the path of the ruby-throated hummingbird fall migration. All four feeders are busy. Buzzing, battling, high-speed hummingbirds with those long sharp bills resemble small darts. Sitting on the deck involves involuntary ducking.