Simple Things

    It’s been said by many parents: “If you can’t say something nice ~ don’t say anything at all.”  I suppose that’s why I haven’t been saying much lately ~ I just can’t think of anything nice to say.  We’ve had rain here in northern Alabama for practically the whole month of May ~ as I know has been the case in other areas of the U.S. also ~ and I do appreciate the rain, but there’s also a saying about “too much of a good thing”.   I know the days will come in July when we’ll be doing rain dances and praying to the rain gods to let us have a little water from the heavens, but right now, we’ve got just about all we can handle. 

     That’s true about so many other things in life.  There are times when you’ve got just about all you can handle, and doesn’t it always happen ~ you get just a little more. Then when you’re ready to pull all your hair out and join a cult group so you can live in a hut in the mountains of Tibet, things change just enough to make life bearable again.  Well, I’m waiting for that change!

      As if I didn’t have enough on my mind, I got called for two weeks of jury duty from a District Court, which means I would have to go to Birmingham and hang out for possibly two weeks in case they need me.  That just ain’t gonna fly with this old lady!  I’m a small town person, and I don’t do well in places that have more than 4 traffic lanes going thru downtown.  Not only that, but Birmingham does not have the best reputation for safety lately.  Every day on the news, someone got shot, stabbed, kidnapped or worse on the streets of Birmingham.  NOT looking forward to this at all!

      The bright spot this month was that the hummingbirds came back to visit for the summer again.  So far, I have seen two males and one female.  One of the males has taken it upon himself to be the guardian of the feeder and he sits proudly on top of the wrought iron post watching for intruders.  The other two will team up on him, with the male distracting the guard while the female darts in to grab a drink or two.  They’re very entertaining to watch! Before the summer is over, I will have to hang the second feeder and if it goes the same as the last two years, by July I will have about 20 of the little fellows buzzing all over the deck.  If you stand completely still, they will come to the feeder right in front of you, and even be so bold as to “buzz” your head.  Last year I had to rescue one of them twice because he had a crooked leg and got caught in the plastic ring that goes around the bottom of the feeder.  I don’t know if he made it back this year, but it was thrilling to be allowed to hold him for a minute while I extracted his leg from the tangle. 

      So, for someone with nothing to say, I managed to find a few words.  When the rain stops and I can see the sun again, I’m sure my brain will start to function better.  (I must be operating on solar power!)

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