Morning Coffee, Hummingbirds And Foxes...

This morning was so beautiful that I decided to have my morning coffee on the patio. For that decision I was awarded with visitations from a number of very colorful hummingbirds. The days have been cooler, as have the nights, hinting of Fall's arrival. As much as I hate saying goodbye to summer, this cool breeze is certainly welcome.

I finally went back into the house to get my camera, but I didn't get very good shots, as they were rather shadowed from where I sat on the back stoop. However, if you click on the pictures you can see them a little better.

A couple of times they came right up to me, as if they were inspecting me to see if I was worthy of their presence. Apparently, they decided they liked me and my hummingbird juice. They weren't even bothered by the attendance of my cat Trouble.

We've only seen Felicia the Fox two or three times during the summer, but she too, decided to make an entrance and take a little nap on the sidewalk in our backyard. I wonder if she is this relaxed in any of the other neighbor's backyards. She looks pretty comfy, doesn't she? I could have sworn she asked me for a little blankie, but that might have just been the chirping of all the birds.

She does look somewhat older, if it's even possible to tell that in a wild animal. She doesn't seem to move as quickly as she used to and although she is a Red Fox, she appears to have a great deal more grey than she used to. Being past mid life myself, I recognize the symptoms. Sadly enough.

I guess she'll be hunkering down for the winter in her den (bunker, really) before too long, then we probably won't see again until February or so.

I snapped a couple of pictures of her when she jumped up to the top of our guest house in back. The pictures aren't very clear because I was on the back stoop when I took them, but you can still see her pretty well, I think. The guest house is probably like 150 feet away, so it was really too hard to get a clear shot at that distance. Well, that and also the fact that I've never been a very good photographer.

The next thing I realized was that Felicia had gone to sleep on my sidewalk while I was sitting on the stoop. I guess she really does feel comfortable around me. So, I'm kind of liking Fall this year. Next thing I know, Felicia will be requesting room service.