Rainy Day Friends

This past Sunday we witnessed something pretty rare here in Central Texas – rain.  Not the crazy, act-a-fool kind of rain we usually get, but a nice long, slow, saturating rain.  It was exactly what we needed and we thank the Lord for it.

During the day, while Jack, Madi and I lazed around the house {watching TV and playing scrabble} we saw several hummingbirds paying visits to our flower beds in the front yard; zooming around from flower to flower.  We picked and planted most of our plants specifically to draw in hummingbirds and butterflies, so I’m always super happy to see them come and enjoy our flowers!   Our most popular plants amongst the hummingbirds are our Turk’s Cap plants. 

As you can see, these interesting Texas natives have bright red blooms {a hummingbird’s favor color!}, and a tubular shape perfect for the hummingbirds beak. 

I’ve seen them feeding from the plants a lot, but I’ve never seen them frequent it so many times – especially in the middle of the day.   I don’t know, maybe they felt a little more brave than usual since it was a cloudy/overcast day.  Whatever the reason, I enjoyed watching them as much as they enjoyed the Turk’s Cap! 

*Just a note:  You may notice the tiny black lines on each photo – that is from the window screen.  Each photo, with the exception of the first, was taken through our window; through the glass and the screen.  So, needless to say, I’m thrilled with how lovely they turned out!