I had another very odd experience with an animal today.  Sitting here at my computer a hummingbird flitted toward the window and hovered licking the window for about five minutes. This happened right in front of me. The bird left and returned during the five minutes, licking the window each time. I would understand if there was something colorful on the window to attract the bird on the window, but there is not.  It seems like the bird was looking right at me.

 

I have a lot of little flower loving beings flitting around the yard again, like when I was little.  I don't use any pesticides or any harmful substances, letting nature take its course.  I also let lots of caterpillars thrive on my plants growing the lovely visitors for next year.  Gardening is give and take.

 

The squirrels are harvesting the pine cones furiously right now.  The hunting birds are trying to eat a few of the fuzzy creatures swooping by as they run back and forth for their lives.  I did not realize you had to be a brave squirrel to eat a pine cone.  Right now you have to be a brave person to walk under the tree.  It is raining pine cones by the hundreds from fifty feet up.  Harvest time is always so interesting and lively.  I used to really love it. 

 

 

 

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I got this from http://www.crystalinks.com/totemanimals.html

 

 

Hummingbird: messenger, timelessness

Hummingbird - the tiniest of all birds - brings special messages for us. It is the only creature that can stop dead while traveling at full speed. It can hover, or can go forward, backward, up or down. It lives on nectar and searches for the sweetness of life. Its long tongue lets it bypass the often tough and bitter outer layer to find the hidden treasures underneath. Hummingbird is loved by the flowers and plants, for as it sucks the nectar from the flower, the plant reproduces and more of its kind are created. In many traditions, Hummingbird feathers have been prized for their almost magical qualities. It is said that Hummingbird brings love as no other medicine can, and its presence brings joy to the observer.

If you have Hummingbird medicine, you adapt easily to whatever situation you may find yourself in, and make the most of your new circumstances. You don't waste time looking back and wishing for "what was" for you are concerned with making the most of "what is". Also, you could never become addicted to any artificial stimulants, for you find joy in your own heart. You take great pleasure in spreading joy and love and beauty to all around you, and have the gift of taking that inner joy into new and different surroundings. You have a talent for finding the good in people, and are not put off by a gruff or abrupt exterior, for you know that, if you can only get beyond that tough outside layer, you'll find goodness and beauty inside. You may have a gift for working with flowers, maybe growing them to share with others, or using flower essences for healing. Aroma therapy may be your calling. You have high energy and a spirit that must be free. To restrict that wonderful, free, loving energy is to suffer great depressions and feelings of uselessness. Hummingbird must fly free in search of beauty, spreading joy and love to all it touches.