My Brush With Fame
I moved one colored bottle from the window sill this morn.
Just one removed so I could snap a pic.
The patio showed flowers blooming outside in the sun,
The big red window feeder did the trick.
~o0o~
I knew that little sucker would be hovering in sight,
Eight inches from my lens, and what a day!
He’s aggressive and a fighter and he flits and darts about,
Chasing even chickadees away.
~o0o~
Oh, I had all the bases covered, knew just what to do.
In front of sink I’d wait to catch him there.
He’s just a bird for goodness sake, no bigger than my thumb,
I see him whirring daily and I stare.
~o0o~
He feeds and leaves and comes again and chases all the rest,
He’d never seen me yet so this was choice.
I’d get a lovely picture filled with color in and out,
The only thing I’d miss was his cute voice.
~o0o~
I’ve only had my camera for a week or so, I guess,
Still learning how to turn it off and on…
Whooosh, he whished on past the feeder, straight to the window pane,
Looked square into my eye, and sssshhhhush was GONE!
~o0o~
The high pitched “twerrrp” he squeaked at me was all he left behind.
I didn’t know a hummingbird could cuss.
I learned far more than that today while trying for a snap.
Michael Smith I’m not, so what’s the fuss?
Music: Flight of The Bumblebee
Author's Notes/Comments:
For anyone who doesn't know, Michael Smith is the man who took a picture of "the mad bluebird" and hit the mother lode...LOL
What a beautiful surprise! I thought this would be about a painting sale or some contest you won, etc. This is so beautiful! I take it that you collect bottles too and that this is your actual photo??? LOL I laughed at this one and couldn't help myself.
Leah
SOOOO GLAD you are finding time for composing again!! I can just SEE you at that window, crouching, pouncing on that photo-op!! Give us MORE from your "forest refuge" site, please!! This one simply flows around the mind and carries us into your scene. Thank you for the memory-before-the-memory that this evokes. Teddy R.
"Poe" I'm not, nor "Rich" am I,
but I'll be famous, b'ye and b'ye !
Very nice photo and I love the music you chose to go with it.