Just before I took possession of my Foothills DryAway I was standing at the kitchen stable door staring out into our back garden - daydreaming.
A movement caught my eye, and, re-focusing my eyes, I spied this beauty on the pineapple sage plant which stand at the entrance to my covered veggie patch.
It was a spectacular Southern Double-Collared Sunbird.If you click on the image you'll see that the Southern Double Collared Sunbiords beak is deeply embedded into the pineapple sage flower |
He was the reason that I thought to shove an armful of pineapple sage into the DryAway
At the end of the day the armful had reduced down to a cereal bowl full, and...
...30 grams of dried pineapple sage will soon be on it's way to a very special person. Who can that be...? ;)
Now you have me wanting to plant some of this wonderful sage, I can almost smell it. :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat photos ~ FlowerLady
FlowerLady - It really is the most amazing smell. Not quite as prominent when it is dry, but fresh - heavenly :)
DeleteI don't have flowers on mine. They do smell wonderful
DeleteUnknown - My plants only get flowers in mid-to-late summer :)
DeletePineapple sage sounds interesting will have to look up that one, stunning looking bird I guess its only small as well :-)
ReplyDeleteDawn - It has the most amazing pineapple smell - seems really odd sniffing the crushed leaves, and then looking at what you're holding. Goes against the grain somehow. But, delicious anyway lol
DeleteYeah - it's a very very tiny bird.
i sure do hope it's for me - and if not - i sure do hope that you'll feel guilted into sending me some - bahahahahah! how about a seed swap? is there something we have that you might like? i have lupin seeds, comfrey seeds and sunchoke seeds all of which grow in our dry, rocky soil on their own and i never water them at all. i'd swap any/all of those for some pineapple sage seeds!
ReplyDeletethat bird is gorgeous!!! sending muhc love! your friend,
kymber
kymber, kymber, kymber - I just don;t know... You'll just have to wait and see if anything arrives...
DeleteI often wondered how the sunbirds were able to get to the nectar in a hibiscus flower, the petals are too fragile to support their weight. Ding! They sit on the stem and burrow in the back way between the petals, clever little things.
ReplyDeletepqsa - I haven;t noticed that - very observant of you :)
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