Christa, our innkeeper, has hung mucho hummingbird feeders along our deck. As I stood out there a moment ago, one of the birds – weird, thrumming, gold-green – buzzed my head, wondering if it contained sugar water. I shooed it away before it could put a beak in my ear.
Below the deck Christa has planted blowsy stands of pink hibiscus… I’m seeing hydrangea in there too… Down the hill a butterfly garden with plenty of purple buddleja vibrates.
The sun is hot, but there’s a breeze outside. And inside. In our room, where we’re resting up after breakfast, a quiet ceiling fan rotates.
Very peaceful, in other words. Even the black bears, according to Christa, keep to themselves.
The view? Wave after wave of bluegreen mountains.
August 4th, 2011 at 12:05PM
Enjoy. I heart the hummingbirds as well–and have feeders on my deck. Some days when I am sitting out there, they come and hover and stare at me. The eyes meet! It’s awfully cool. Alas, my black bears don’t keep to themselves — hence my retirement from beekeeping.
August 5th, 2011 at 10:18AM
can you post a pic?
August 5th, 2011 at 10:34AM
Erin: As for black bears keeping to themselves. Yesterday, driving along Skyline Drive, we were greeted by a small black bear slowly making its way across the road just in front of us. It stopped to stare. We stopped to stare. I said to my husband: “If you get out of the car I’ll kill you.” Then the bear loped away.
August 5th, 2011 at 10:39AM
Paul: We’re the only people in the world who don’t take vacation photos. But here’s a link to the B&B:
http://www.netfyi.com/luraybb.nsf/webpages/index.html
UD
August 7th, 2011 at 9:48AM
Scary but magical when that happens, no? I had a similar experience with a black bear last week, driving over to my folks’ house at about 8:30 in the morning. At first I thought the black thing loping across the road was a dog — but then it became obvious that’s not what it was. Was it the perp who trashed our hive last summer? Or the perp who trashed that hive’s replacement this year? Who knows.