Remember Mighty Mouse?

The little sprig of a Lantana that was just barely there.

We came back from our trip and the little plant has done quite well in our absence!

It has been a hot dry summer.  With a little water this little flowery bush should really flourish now.

The fall hummingbird migration is on

It just showed up today.  All of a sudden, instead of an occasional hummingbird or two, we’ll have 10 or 15 all at once.  I put out more feeders so they can chase each other back and forth between them.

I can’t get very many in the frame all at once.

I’ll have to stake-out for some better pictures.

We let Merlin, the bird I.D. app on the phone, listen to pick out which hummingbirds we’re getting.  Most of them are ruby-throated, but we still have the resident buff-bellied, and the occasional black-chinned and rufous.

One more thing

Driving (riding) in the Tesla.

It doesn’t need me.  All it needs to know is where I want to go and then I become superfluous.  An image comes to mind of our kids in booster chairs in the back seat with the pretend steering wheel in front of them, spinning the wheel and driving like crazy, having absolutely no impact on what is really happening.  That’s me.  Pretend driving now.