Hummingbirds

Another good day yesterday. 

We took the dogs on a boardwalk path along a nature center and the river. I saw a group of people with serious cameras pointing at some flowering plants when we started and they were still there when we returned. Hummingbirds (!!) We talked and watched for a while (waiting for hubby and Monti to catch up). One of the photographers shared a photo he took while I was standing watching. Glad I stopped to talk to them -- we had such an interesting conversation about photography and hummingbirds. 

Amazing picture. Incredible birds.

Picked up this antique table from my aunt. She painted it a dark gray. It looks nice on the porch and it opens to a decently big table. I'll thrift things to finish styling the area. I might switch the back porch console and this table when we screen in the back porch since this can be a full dinning table. We'll see.

Dinner was fun with our old neighbors. We made tentative plans to get together again. Hopefully it'll happen, but you know how that goes. This was the restaurant that I ate leftovers that one afternoon, got sick, passed out, smashed my face. I don't think it was the leftovers that got me sick, but it's what came back up. I ordered something completely different. All was well. Then went to the bathroom at the end of the night and a lady was getting sick in the next stall. ANOTHER barfing experience associated with this restaurant and the food. Lordy. I think I'll give this one a break for a minute. 

Heading out for this pseudo bucket list hike. It's as much of a pain as I thought it would be -- they don't make it easy to get into the park with the pass or directions. Fingers crossed I figure it out this morning. It was getting embarrassing to say I've lived here 13 years and love to hike and have NEVER been to this mountain. Now I will be in the know. A lot of people I hike with say this is their favorite local hike. The day pass is pricey so they "encourage" the purchase of an inexpensive yearly pass. I'll need to go one more time to make it worth the purchase. 

Speaking of yearly passes, same thing happened with the Botanical Gardens and I haven't been back. It expires in December so I need to make an effort to go. It's beautiful and I keep forgetting about it. 

We have a family dinner (sort of lunch) at a pizzeria this afternoon. My DIL recommended the restaurant for good GF options. We couldn't get reservations last time. 

Got to run and get ready for the hike. Have a good Sunday. Later gators.