Fun at T & M's

We spent another fun filled day at Tony & Mary's house out in the country. We were treated to really good food (as usual), & whilst Cheryl started making a sugar pumpkin with Mary, Tony, Tanya, Beth & I settled down to watch some old episodes of Doctor Who whilst Bubby was at work. Tony had rented the DVDs on-line & had selected some episodes with John Pertwee & Peter Davidson as The Doctor. One of the episodes was shot at Dungeness which included filming in & around the nuclear powers stations. These aren't far from where we used to live in the UK, & when I was younger I had been on a tour around the power plants.

Mary had told us that Hummingbirds were common in Missouri & suggested that we should get a feeder, which we did. Although the nectar gradually went down, we were not been lucky enough to see any of the birds. When we arrived at Tony & Mary's house we could hear a humming noise & as we got closer to the house saw that there were about 25 Hummingbirds feeding from the feeders in the front garden. These are really mad birds, moving so fast that they are a just a blur & then suddenly stopping. They don't slow down, just stop in mid-air. They were obviously hungry, as Mary was having to refil the feeders daily. Maybe next year we'll see them using our feeder.