What could keep me from housework? Just about anything that can catch my eye and amuse me for a time. Oddly enough the hummingbirds have been doing a good job of keeping me from completing even a smidgen of housework or homework.
We started off the year with just one apparently rouge hummingbird at the feeder, well low and behold there were two and I could just laugh watching the one keep the other from the feeder and his not getting a drink at all because of the competition. Then last week I saw five of them all sitting at the feeder, and now there are more. My guess is they hatched babies and they are now little fledglings capable of joining the group in migration. Today is the ultimate war for the feeder domination. There might be as many as ten of the little hummers darting back and forth in front of the window that has the clear view of the feeder. Someone is always picking on someone else to gain the coveted juice. They actually dive bomb each other with those long pointing beaks, stabbing them in the back of the head. The original ruler of the feeder flies in from the pine trees and still doesn't seem to get a drink, but he flares out and postulates that he is the biggest and baddest and found it first to all the others.
Their amazing flight and maneuvering keeps me riveted to the glass. I can view the amazing show with my cup of coffee and just relax.
Homework will have to get done after sunset, but I better do a little of that housework that is spilling over into my sanctuary at least to keep it at bay and out of my immediate vision. But then again, dirt keeps and will surely increase, but the hummingbirds will take off to their winter home soon. All I need is a few minutes rest from viewing to do that little bit of housework that will let me pretend to be the homemaker I am not!
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