Lisa as landlord

Here's the latest hummingbird news:

I walked out my front door this afternoon to mail a birthday card and heard a hummingbird complaining loudly about something. I thought I should take a moment to find out if the ruckus involved our new tenant and sure enough she was having a fit because a blue jay was sitting in her tree.

I moved in a little closer in hopes of scaring off the jaybird, and he flew off. I expected the hummingbird to return to her usual quiet, happy self once the jay was gone, but then she started complaining because I was too close to her nest. I slowly backed away muttering, "Okay, okay, I'm leaving."

I still can't say for certain whether there are eggs in the hummingbird's nest or not. I suspect the hummingbird hasn't laid her eggs yet, since her nest seems to be expanding. She may actually still be building her babies' home.

On another note, Amelia made me laugh today with all of her imaginations and invisible friends. Amelia spent a lot of time this afternoon riding imaginary trains from Thomas the Tank Engine back and forth through the house. At the park she worked hard handing out pretend berries and flowers to whomever happened to be standing by - but the best line I heard from her today came when a boy showed up to the park and Amelia asked him, "Are you here to see the engines?" (I wonder what that boy was thinking when he heard this...)

Lisa