I was trying to get a shot of a hummingbird up by Helen Hunt Falls this afternoon and serendipitously managed to capture two of them mid-skirmish. I wasn't even sure what it was that I had just taken a picture of, I just saw a flash of feathers and instinctively pushed the shutter button. I guess hummingbirds are quite a territorial lot. Below is the image I was actually attempting to get, taken moment or two after the dramatic conflict.
Well I don't have anything new to show you today, so here's one of my garden snapshots from last year, taken on October 12th if you can believe it. It looks like it was taken in high summer but the butterflies always seem to show up late in the year around here.
I've featured this proud looking pig on the blog before, but it was years ago so I figure it's time I showed him to you again. Cute! You can find him on South Tejon Street about a half block below Colorado Avenue.
Today the weather vacillated repeatedly between "too darn hot" and "imminent violent thunderstorm." Either way it kept me inside, so I don't have anything particularly exciting to share with you other than this pretty shot taken in our front garden on August 10th.
A view looking east on Cucharras at about 25th Street. I finally got to eat at Monse's Taste of El Salvador (it was so good!) with my friend JB last Friday, and this is where we parked. This is one of my favorite old neon signs in town so I thought it deserved to be featured on the blog again.
Colorado Springs' best garden center, The Good Earth, closed down a year or two ago after decades in business, and everyone's been sad about it, including me. I recently learned that a new garden center will soon be opening in its old location. Hooray! It will be called Pura Vida. That tells me that the owners must either be Costa Rican or simply love Costa Rica. It doesn't officially open until next spring, but they're having an open house this Saturday and I plan on going.
