They're Back

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Could it be superman? Or is it a really big mosquito? No. It's a bird. I put out my hummingbird feeders this week and they're back. The mosquitoes are back too but I try not to feed them. It is really fun to watch the hummingbirds in action. They actually post a lookout watch to guard their feeders. Every day I've been watching the aerial battles. The lookout comes swooping in to chase off all intruders with a kind of supersonic whine. The year I had my gutters put in, the poor workmen thought they were being attacked by wasps. It does sound a bit like that when they buzz past you on their way to and from the feeder. Thankfully, I've never seen a bee quite that large. The mosquito, on the other hand, is the undeclared Wisconsin State Bird. With all the rain we've been getting lately, the little vampires have been breeding like mad. Yes, it's raining again today. Oh well, at least it doesn't seem to stop the hummingbirds. Oh...and the lake is really quiet because only the most avid fishermen are out fishing in the rain. Apparently, water-skiers and jet-skiers don't like getting wet?

Cliche of the Day

Ball Bounces, That's the Way the. You have to be fatalistic; this is how things happen. A variant with the same meaning is "That's the way the cookie crumbles." Both expressions seem to have originated in the United States some 30 years ago. The bouncing ball in many games, particularly football, is notably unpredictable; the player has to deal with whatever bounce he gets.