Thankful {things I love} Thursday ...

After putting out the Hummingbird feeders ...

and filling them with sugar water ... cleaning ... re filling ...

over and over with no visitors ...

a very welcomed little feathered friend stopped by today and made my heart swell with joy!

I was sitting outside with Archer, a fresh mug of tea, and a finished piece of art , planning on adding some white ink embellishments.  The feeders were busy with Cardinals, Sparrows were on the ground nibbling some bread I had tossed out earlier, a Woodpecker was hanging from the suet basket and I was enjoying the Autumn like temps.

When all of a sudden, I caught a glimpse of  a green flicker.

My IPad was inside ... my camera upstairs ... so I decided to simply savour this moment ... one I had waited ALL Summer long for.

He traveled from one Trumpet to another, and at one point flew into our flowering pear and sat preening for a while.  Oh the beauty ♥

Once he flew away, I headed inside for my IPad and waited.

I managed to snap a few photos {one I posted on Instagram}

Later in the day, I was letting Archer outside and who should be in the Trumpet vine again ?

Hummer had returned.  I grabbed my camera this time.  While I waited for him to fly close enough to get a {fairly} decent picture, I took one of this lovely big bumble ... they love the vines too.  Around this time of year, the garden is a bit wild looking, but the bees and birds are loving it ... and everything grown is for them... so we just simply let it be {let it bee} :-)

And then ... I think I finally got the capture I was hoping for ♥

A flash of harmless lightning

A mist of rainbow dyes

The burnished sunbeams brightening

from flower to flower

he flies

~John Banister Tabb~