Hummer in the evening sun....

Just a short clip because my camera battery was dying - I'm charging it now so hopefully will catch a longer video over the next few days.....if the Hummingbirds are happy to play along of course....they're so temperamental ;) Today they have been drinking out of the Scarlet Honeysuckle which is amazing to see :) I didn't think they would really drink out of the tiny flowers but they really do!!!! The honey suckle is COVERED in flowers this year!!! The birds LOVE them :) The weather hasn't been too great this year and I haven't spent as much time out on the porch as I normally do - I haven't tried to hand feed the hummers as I wanted to....that was going to be my goal this year - to feed the birds by hand but I'm not sure I have the patience this year. I know its possible though. Maybe I'll feel differently over the next few days when the temperatures are going to be hovering around and above 30c...

Edited to add: Ooh just watched that for the first time and it looks like the hummingbirds wings are beating really slowly....isn't that weird? Maybe its because it was so windy out because it was after a storm? Or maybe its just a really bad recording? I'm not sure....but its not a very example of a hummingbird on a feeder :) I'll try for a better example lol.


Hahahaha that wasn't much better and my battery has died totally - try again tomorrow :)

Last Day of School

Last day of peace and quiet. And I am having a very lazy day. I can't believe how fast this school year has gone. Seems like only yesterday we waved the children off on the school bus - including Abigail on her first day of kindergarten - she was so excited until the bus pulled up and she put one foot on and then took it off and got off the bus :)

And now the year is done!

Susannah took all the teachers gifts and cards with her today. And the gifts for the school bus drivers. The boys are too old for that nonsense now! But not too old to get gifts from the bus drivers of course! The bus drivers give out freezies :) And even though the boys weren't on the bus this week the bus drivers made sure to give freezies to Susie for the boys! Which was really nice of them!

Today Chris and Laurence have gone to Galaxyland (the indoor amusement park at West Edmonton Mall) for the day and will stay afterwards to go swimming at the Water Park. A very cool last day of school I must say! Susannahs last day of school is being spent bowling in town and then at a pizza party in town! I'm sure she'll have great fun despite the fact she has inherited my crappy bowling genes!

We have been sorting the recycling. I sat in bed last night reading the local paper - almost the whole paper was full of articles on the new recycling program in our County. So many letters of complaint about it and to be honest it pisses me off - all these petty complaints about it - there was a news report about it on tv as well - they are giving it two months and then if there are enough complaints they may change it - which really saddens me because I don't think two months is long enough for people to get in a routine with it and get used to it. People need time to get used to this new way and they need at least 6 months!

There is a letter by Jago Powell in the paper that REALLY pissed me off because her/ his letter makes so many petty mistakes and points and is completely wrong and it ends in saying that he/ she is refusing to take part and is now going to stop recycyling and just not take part in it at all - I mean why??? when he/ she just hasn't read the book properly and isn't doing it properly anyway?

This program HAS made big changes to our lifestyle and MUCH more work for ME personally - garbage is now MY job and not the kids job because I want to make sure it is done properly but I am thrilled with this new program. I am LOVING it - I love the difference it is making.

Strathcona County has reduced the amount that is going to the landfill by 52% already!! In just the first 2 weeks! Thats wonderful! Yet still people are being petty! And in the one road they filmed on tv yesterday I saw bins with their lids not shut and bins with their recycling bags right next to them....Why can't people bloody read!!!!!! That makes me nuts!

Ok anyway...a storm coming in. Lloyd just phoned to stay its downtown right now and I can see the dark clouds rolling this way so I'm going onto the porch with my cup of tea to watch it come this way......

For those of you with kids who finish school today - HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!!!! :)