The only fly in my ointment is having to get black mold out of the feeders.
I highly recommend pan-style feeders like this one: [link]
Very easy to keep clean.
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
dcp - Jan 27, 2015 3:53:35 pm PST #16401 of 30002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Hil R. - Jan 27, 2015 3:57:05 pm PST #16402 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think my mom's friend is going to call me an antisemite within another few minutes if I continue this argument. I need to stop. But she's being wrong on the internet.
Laura - Jan 27, 2015 4:05:03 pm PST #16403 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Step away, Hil. You can't argue with the crazy. So not worth it.
Anne W. - Jan 27, 2015 4:07:33 pm PST #16404 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm thinking about getting a hummingbird feeder or at the very least getting some hummingbird-friendly plants this summer. I love how fierce they are - they have no idea they aren't the size of pterodactyls.
Hil R. - Jan 27, 2015 4:14:15 pm PST #16405 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm cold and I hurt and I just want the stupid to stop.
Oh, and a student just sent me a message in all caps, with about 20 exclamation points, because he didn't understand why his answer to a problem was wrong.
meara - Jan 27, 2015 4:18:51 pm PST #16406 of 30002
Ugh. So two weeks ago, when I had that drama with the missing driver license and got to my hotel at 1:30AM and so on? Apparently one of the people at that site was SO upset she called MY BOSS to say she felt I was "unprofessional". Why? Because I was eating. A granola bar. When we had a meeting in their site kitchen for five hours. During which the doctor was eating a salad. Wtf lady??? I wouldn't care if she personally thought it was not cool, but to CALL MY BOSS?!?!? Jesus. You wanna see unprofessional, lady? Fuck.
Beverly - Jan 27, 2015 4:37:33 pm PST #16407 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
My MiL is beloved by hummingbirds. They come to her kitchen window when the feeder is low, and when she moves away from the window they fly to meet her at the back door.
She says to make sure to take the feeders down in September when the weather first gets cooler. Hummers migrate, and if there's food, they'll stay too late. She's a font of hummingbird lore. Won't have pets in the house, but the outdoor critters are okay.
SailAweigh - Jan 27, 2015 4:40:04 pm PST #16408 of 30002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Geeze, meara. I hate people like that. I work with too many of those type myself.
Burrell - Jan 27, 2015 5:54:32 pm PST #16409 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I love hummingbirds! So wonderful for you, KB.
Calli - Jan 27, 2015 5:54:46 pm PST #16410 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
In happier news, a hummingbird has built her tiny nest on a bracket next door in the covered part of the driveway.
How neat! I have a feeder up near my front window. I really need to take it down and clean it out before spring.