It was a beautiful night here in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield, clear sky and a temperature of 24 degrees (or 76 Fahrenheit, if you prefer). We decided to sit outside on the patio to eat dinner. It is Friday night and the culinary artist formerly known as Señora Weinhaus went simple. We supped on a green salad with a balsamic vinaigrette dressing and a homemade pizza with lots of mushrooms and anchovies. “Mmm, mmm good”, as Gomer Pyle used to say after a tryst.
As tasty as dinner was, what made the price of admission worth it was the floor show. We were treated to 20 minutes of antics by 4 hummingbirds flitting around, using the feeder, and fighting over position on it.
There are 5 stations on the this feeder, but there seems to be some sort of hummingbird protocol for this particular feeder Continue reading “A Million Dollar Dinner”