Earth Day.

Well, I have been spending too much time on Twitter and have not taken care of my blog. Spring is in full swing, we have gotten some rain and everything is green right now. I have taken some photos to show how beautiful spring is in our part of Texas. The top photo is Coral Honeysuckle in bloom - the hummingbirds love it! The other photo is of the path Jerry and I cleared in the woods. I have been walking on it every day and it is so peaceful. The birds are really singing and flying through the trees every morning. As you can see, Lucy enjoys the path also.

Hummingbird Moth.

This has been a weird spring with lots of ups and downs in temperature. Hopefully we will settle down now. I have lost some tomato plants (even though I covered them) and lots of new growth has frozen on plants. This afternoon I was out watering and saw a pair of hummingbird moths feeding on my columbine and dianthus. They are some of my favorite insects - not really related to hummingbirds but they remind you of them. Their wings go so fast and they feed on tubular flowers like hummingbirds do. Here are a couple of photos I took.