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Friday, June 21, 2013

Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden

Attracting Hummingbirds to your Garden-
I thought I would do another post on my favorite tiny but jewel of a bird-

The Hummingbird~
In this post I thought since its getting into mid June to July months, folks will be thinking more and more about their gardens and how to set them up to different types of birds that they may like. I thought for you folks that love the jewel called the hummingbird, I'd give you a few hint on how you attract these amazing tiny birds.

ROSY

You never know, you might end-up happily with a wild friend of a bird like my Rosy- My Hummingbird who has deemed my garden his for the last 5-years and stays here year around snow and all. (WA. Seattle.)
Attracting Hummers-

The Hummer is a tiny and very colorful bird, that come in many different shapes, sizes, and colors. I've gone
over this in another post, but I thought for the new readers I would do a brief summary about these amazing little birds.
Hummers like to feed on the nectar of the flower below and they also enjoy bus and small spiders too.

These Amazing jewels can flap their wings at 70 to 90 times a minute while collecting their food. To get closer to these amazing tiny birds and to see the beauty of their different colors they have, you need to create a home (habitat) for them to enjoy being in & so that they will come back every spring. If your are lucky you might even get a hummer like me that has decided my garden is his and has stayed year around for the past 5-years.
Here are a Few plants, trees, vines, perennials & annuals that will get you started-
Large Plants & Trees-
Abelia
Aesculus [Horse-chestnut]
Albizzia [Mimosa -SilkTree]
Azalea
Cercis [Redbud]
Chaenomeles
Cotoneaster [Varieties]
Crataegus [Hawthorn]
Hesperaloe [Red Yucca]
Malus [Crabapple]
Rhododendron
Ribes [Flowering Currant]
Vines-
Campsis [Trumpet Creeper]
Clematis
Lonicera [Honeysuckles]
Perennials-
Agastache [Anise Hyssop]
Alstroemeria [Peruvian Lily]
Aguilegia [Columbine]
Althea [Hollyhock]
Canna
Crocosmia [Montbretia]
Dahlia
Delphinium [Larkspur]
Dianthus [Carnations - Pinks,Reds,Yellows]
Dicentra [Bleeding Red Heart]
Digitalis [Foxgloves]

Fuchsias

Fuchsias
Gladiolus
Heuchera [Coral Bells]
Kniphofia [Red Hot Poker]
Lilium [Asiatic Lilies]
Lobelia
Lupinus [Lupine]

Melissa [Sweet Bee Balm]

Penstemon
Phlox
Verbena
Veronica

The Bee Balm

MY FAVORITE - BEE BALM - COME IN COLORS - RED, LAVENDER, PINK, & WHITE...THESE I HAVE HAD THE BEST LUCK WITH HUMMINGBIRDS AND MY ROSY...
Annuals-
Begonia
Hibiscus
Gazania
Impatiens [Impatients]
Lantana
Geraniums
Petunia
Salvia [Sage]
Nasturtium
Zinnia

Happy Gardening!

Sword billed hummingbird

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Magic of Photography3-My Garden 2012

Magic of Photography (3)

My Garden 2012

Lavender Bee Balm

Flowers

Red & Lavender Bee balm Flowers

Fusia's

My favorite shot of my Red Bee Balm

The spring blooms in our backyard.

My Large pot of Lavender Bee Balm Flowers

Our Tree in the Backyard

An abstract shot of the buildings with the trees

Inside a Foxglove flower

An shot of my old ivy

My dragon snapper flowers

My Rosy

My Fusia's

Flower

Fusia's

The Browney Fairy

The Browney Fairy-
I've heard many folklore, fairytales and Novels about the Browney fairy. It's interesting in my first discoveries of this tiny human like creature, which is not really much like a fairy is of British

origin. Then I did a little more search on the Browney's, I did discover that they are truly of Scottish descent .

I first encountered these wonderful creatures, [note: the Browney must not be annoyed or taken for granted! I will go over this more in detail later on in the post!] when I was reading a wonderful book called Fablehaven by Brandon Mull . If you ever get a chance to read any of his books you will be wrapped up in some of the best fantasy writing you've ever read. Any time you ever would like to look up something you are more than welcome to use my search button and my Amazon search to find different books that you may be looking for while you're on my blog. It is for my readers YOU!
Traits-
The personality of of the browney fairy is described as being very quiet and to themselves. They are very small in height and dressed kinda shaggy but to them, that is their style. And they don't

want anyone telling them how to ware they're clothes or how to style their hair.
They have a more human looking trait to them , than that of a fairy. These Browney Faeries don't
have wings, in some instances they don't have a nose but just have two nostrils. This is what makes these browney Faeries rather odd little creatures, both in their personality and their appearance. Sometimes these Browney Faeries will have their fingers attached with a web or even joined completely together. Apart from the thumb.
Lifestye of the Browney Fairy-
Human Families that know they have a Browney fairy are very proud will protect their Browney.

It is said that these tiny creatures with these human like qualities in
appearance and lifestyle will bring the family that it is connected to good luck and good good fortune to the home.
But outside of the home , one must be very cautious! with these tiny creatures. As they are prone to be mischievous when they are annoyed!
But when you do have a happy Browney Fairy in your home, you are in luck, they do all kinds of household things for your home.
These Browney 's are mostly industrious type of Fae spirits of the household they are connected too.

What this means: These Browney fairies would do duties like - ploughing, reaping, grinding the grain from the fields, cleaning the homes, barns & churning the butter. Of course this was in ancient times. Basically these tiny Browney fairies will gladly perform any household task for the home that they are attached to [that's why they are called Browney spirits] .
All these tiny browney spirits EXCEPTED! IN RETURN-
I found these to be very peculiar fairy spirits. They are attached to a family but they don't want anything other

that the food return. Well actually they demand a special type of food in return. They would rather live in shaggy clothes and do things the old fashion way like they did in the ancient times. Curious creatures-
I would image that you all are probably wondering what it is that these curious creatures as I call them, demand as payment for their duties. Well, these browney spirits feel that they are entitled to a bowl of the best cream and fresh baked cakes or bread. These foods or course should ALWAYS! BE PUT WITHIN THEIR REACH AND THIS TO BE LEFT OUT EVERY NIGHT FOR THE BROWNEY SPIRIT. EVERY NIGHT!
Now if these Browney Fairies spirits don't get their Nightly Bowl of Cream - Cakes - and Breads. They can be very hot-headed, bitter and outraged with their family which they preform these enchanted household duties. So if you are so lucky to have a browney fairy living with you, always have a bowl of the best cream, the best cakes and fresh bread for your browney every night where they can reach and have plenty of it to eat. This will assure that your Fairy Browney will be happy.
Note: If you ever offer a browney spirit any other form of payment - like money etc. Especially if you take

pity on them by giving them new clothes. This would be an insult to the tiny creatures and you would never see your Browney again.
Another insult to the browney is if you were to ever criticize anyway or form of their duties or the work they do for you! If this is ever done you could be setting yourself up for a disaster. And what I mean by this is- Your browney spirit will not only undo everything they have done to the home but they will also destroy everything in the home as well.After that they will vanish.
So keep an eye out if you find anything in your home clean-up for no apparent reason. You might have a Browney Fairy...
Wendy
note: the images are not my. But do enjoy the artist who
have done a beautiful depiction of the fairy browney..