december anna's on watch - hss
We had what passes for a lot of snow here (6-7 inches/15-18cm), the Monday before Christmas, and it lasted longer than usual. It reminded me how much I like winter and kind of miss it out here. I love living here, and truth be told, I don't really miss heavy winter driving. Still, I do find the seasonal changes here somewhat gentle. I guess that says more about me than about seasons in Washington. A friend once told me - when I remarked that I missed the seasons while living in California - that I just wasn't perceptive enough to appreciate the subtly of California.
Be that as it may, I have enjoyed every place we've lived, and I've found that every place has its own special seasonal qualities. Here for example, there are year-round hummingbirds, Anna's to be specific. It's really something to see one zoom to the feeder in crack-of-dawn, almost light. Their high-pitched chirps are so loud that I can hear them through the closed windows. Fortunately, I'm an early riser, so I get the feeder out in time for them, but I need to turn on the porch light. I have to bring the feeders in at night so the food doesn't freeze.
All in all, feeding hummers in the winter isn't a bad exchange for lacking a northeastern winter.
december anna's on watch - hss
We had what passes for a lot of snow here (6-7 inches/15-18cm), the Monday before Christmas, and it lasted longer than usual. It reminded me how much I like winter and kind of miss it out here. I love living here, and truth be told, I don't really miss heavy winter driving. Still, I do find the seasonal changes here somewhat gentle. I guess that says more about me than about seasons in Washington. A friend once told me - when I remarked that I missed the seasons while living in California - that I just wasn't perceptive enough to appreciate the subtly of California.
Be that as it may, I have enjoyed every place we've lived, and I've found that every place has its own special seasonal qualities. Here for example, there are year-round hummingbirds, Anna's to be specific. It's really something to see one zoom to the feeder in crack-of-dawn, almost light. Their high-pitched chirps are so loud that I can hear them through the closed windows. Fortunately, I'm an early riser, so I get the feeder out in time for them, but I need to turn on the porch light. I have to bring the feeders in at night so the food doesn't freeze.
All in all, feeding hummers in the winter isn't a bad exchange for lacking a northeastern winter.