Today's Decameron is a scene from Pamela Dean's forthcoming book, Going North. Reading that makes me want to return to The Secret Country books. (Which I will do when this book appears ( Read more... )

If you click the image, you might be able to see the tiny bird among the pine needles. You have to look directly above the pink rose on the bush against the patio wall.

This hummer and a red-throated one have been vying for territory, both fleeing a big yellow bird.


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