Tuesday, November 29, 2011 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7905 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating An Alfred Hitchcock moment... I had an Alfred Hitchcock moment last night when I encountered a flock of Bluejays, one of which scared the bejusus out of me. You see typically I take a nightly stroll through my Brugmansia forest looking for newly opened blooms. Last night I was gazing at a group of Brugmansia seedlings zoning in on a fresh new bloom when a creature buzzed by my head and scared the bejesus out of me. I'm used to hummingbird moths and the like buzzing me as they are attracted to my headlamp, but being ... Categories:Creatures Tags:blue jayBLUEJAYBrugmansia Read more
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7621 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating It is raining birds in Florida too! Actually it only rained a single bird, but I was still startled.I found this lone Cardinal laying in my brug growing area over the holiday weekend. At first I thought it was the work of my cat, a prolific hunter. Upon closer observation I could find no visible trauma to the bird.This is quite a change from the Christmas Holidays last year when I encountered this beautiful Blue Jay resting amongst my Angel Trumpets. Categories:Creatures Tags:Angel Trumpetblue jayBrugmansiacardinalraining birds Read more
Thursday, December 24, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7203 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating The Blue Jay of Happiness? While everyone knows of the Blue Bird of happiness, well I've encountered the Blue Jay of happiness. This cutie has been hanging out in a group of my older brugmansia seedlings for a couple of weeks now. It tends to hang out near me when I'm out there and as you can see, it does not seem to be afraid either. Could this be love??? Categories:Random thoughtsRamblings Tags:Angel Trumpetblue jayBrugmansiabrugs Read more