I’ve never before seen a Hummingbird in Missouri, and when I’ve seen them in California, they were always at about my height, visiting the flowers….so my first sighting of one of these birds high up on a tree in Forest Park, was a bit of a surprise!

…and they are not “+” and “-“!

I’ve been prompted to think about this by the fact that a company which has been doing wedding catering was, a few years ago, at the top of the list that people recommended, and everyone wanted them to cater for the weddings in their own families. From this position, I find that today, no one wants to use them at all. There were several incidents I myself noted at weddings, which gave me a signal that things were deteriorating.

All of us have heard of

I am afraid that I don’t know the names of the flowers I’ve photographed, and am not really interested in very long scientific names…however, if someone could id them for me, that would be great… A rose by any other name smells as sweet, so here are some of the flowers that delighted me in Torrey Pines: