… God has blessed all beauties of Nature;
He’s set His approval and seal
On all of His small, winged messengers
That fly through the air with such zeal.
~Gertrude Tooley Buckingham
ruby throated hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
This Ruby-throated hummingbird looked content sitting on his perch in one of the bushes in our backyard. He would dart away to chase another hummingbird or get a drink from the feeder, but would soon return to his lookout on the same small branch.
“Living big and joyful and content is almost always the result of our finding satisfaction in life’s ordinary day-to-day pleasures …” ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.













