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A male ruby-throated hummingbird hovers near a feeder, showing part of his tongue.
It's always eventful around the hummingbird feeders. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are working on bulking up for their long journey to overwintering grounds in Central America.
Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.
It was recently my parents' ruby wedding anniversary - 40 years of wedded bliss! I'm usually asked to make novelty cakes, but enjoyed the opportunity here of having complete free rein to have another go at a proper sugar flower arrangement, which I've not done since a wedding earlier in the summer.
It gave me the chance to try out a number of different flowers and foliage from a wonderful Alan Dunn book on Christmas cakes that I bought last year - he came to our branch of the Sugarcraft Guild last year and demonstrated the dried lotus pods, which are deceptively simple to make but so very effective.
All flowers, foliage and decorative pods are handmade in gumpaste (flowerpaste), all from the Alan Dunn books - rose, maranta leaves (the big ones with the purple veins), Scarlet Plume (my new favourite thing to make), dried lotus pods, Japanese clerodendrun berries and silver philodendron. I made the beaded heart with a box of beads I'd picked up in a haberdashery shop when I bought the ruby ribbon, I rather like beads as a finishing touch to an arrangement.
Last Monday, Ruby went to the RSPCA hospital in Putney to get spayed. She was very brave but I was a nervous wreck waiting for her while they operated! But it all went very well and Ruby is back to bouncing about like a very bouncy thing, even though the vet said she has to be totally non-bouncy for at least a week. She slept most of Monday when we got home, and was a tad woozy on Tuesday during the day, but at about 5pm I took her for a little saunter round the local rose garden (on a lead as per the vet's instructions) and expected her to get tired out very quickly. But no, Ruby decided she wanted to go for a much longer walkie and dragged me all the way round the big park by Blackberry Corner before marching pub-wards bound in an extremely determined manner!
While there she was patted and cuddled by her fan club for an hour or so, but eventually she got tired again and so we went back home where she scoffed down some roast chicken before getting an early night's kip on my bed and stole the blanket.
She's almost back to her normal very happy, bouncy self and so far hasn't been nibbling her stitches so she hasn't had to wear the plastic lampshade.
As usual, she's been a Very Good Dog, bless her! :o)
Photo ID: 53462 Ruby Princess
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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Ruby-throated hummingbirds are solitary. Adults of this species typically only come into contact for the purpose of mating, and both males and females of any age aggressively defend feeding locations within their territory. The aggressiveness becomes most pronounced in late summer to early fall as they fatten up for migration. This is important because, as part of their migration, they must fly across the Gulf of Mexico - a feat which long confounded scientists, as a 500-mile, non-stop flight over water would seemingly require a caloric energy that far exceeds an adult hummingbird's body weight of 3 grams. However, researchers discovered the tiny birds can nearly double their body mass in preparation for their Gulf crossing. The additional mass, stored as fat, provides enough energy for the birds to achieve this amazing flight.
They feed frequently while active during the day and when temperatures drop, particularly on cold nights, they may conserve energy by entering hypothermic torpor.
Due to their small size, they are vulnerable to insect-eating birds and animals.
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Ruby School; Mining began in the area, a short distance north of the border with Mexico, during the 1870's leading to the formation of the town. Ruby became one of the largest mining camps in the area, with a population of 2,000 residents, and prospered until 1940 when the ore in the mine played out. The mine was closed in 1941 and the town almost immediately became a ghost town.
Ruby Tuesday Restaurant Exterior Facade! Pics by Mike Mozart of JeepersMedia and TheToyChannel on YouTube. Ruby Tuesday
Ruby Tuesday Inc. is an American multinational foodservice retailer that owns, operates, and franchises Ruby Tuesday restaurants. The concept was started in 1972 by Samuel E. Beall, III.
Ruby Tuesday #4980 (4,812 square feet)
6749 Fox Centre Parkway, Fox Mill Center, Gloucester, VA
This location opened on November 8th, 2005.
Second shoot of "fill ins" for Ruby's restaurant, Seaview
Using 2x Nikon SB910 flashes with Pocket Wizard Flex TT5 wireless tiggers, controlled by PW Mini TT1 and AC3 controller. One flash behind left, firing through drink, the other behind my left shoulder
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Ruby-throated Hummingbirds live in open woodlands, forest edges, meadows, grasslands, and parks, gardens, and backyards.
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Second shoot of "fill ins" for Ruby's restaurant,
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Using 2x Nikon SB910 and PW TT5 flashes on stands, left behind statue aimed at food and right behind my shoulder triggered by PW Mini TT1 and AC3,
Ruby Van Meter students communicated their appreciation in many ways during a rally in the gym. Some offering Sr. Officer Nathan Carrington and Sgt. Lance Ripperger hugs and high fives, others thoughtful words of support and gratitude. The officers were presented with dozens of hand drawn cards and posters.