The Humming Tree by maggiemae

The Humming Tree

At the back of our property, there was an obvious and continual hum and I followed it to several huge bushes all flowering. So I set my speed and aperture. Deleted about 30 photos but in my quest to shoot a flying bee, I found a single butterfly.

Three good things:
1. About to take off on another Caravan trip, only about 2 nights away but looking forward to it.
2. John started singing, “Nursie, Nursie, I”m getting worsie”.. and I found the song - recorded in 1939!
3. Life is good!
A summer capsule! Gorgeous, you are very good at the flower photos I must say even if not a favourite of yours! Looking forward to more travels by John & Margaret!
January 10th, 2017  
@happypat Going to be good, Pat and not far from here - 150 year old trees in a lovely park!
January 10th, 2017  
And such a pretty butterfly to boot!
January 10th, 2017  
Gorgeous flowers and butterfly! I hope that you have a wonderful time on your trip and take bunches of photos.
January 10th, 2017  
lovely flower blooms to look at on this cold, snow melting day here.
January 10th, 2017  
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Gorgeous flowers. Enjoy your trip.
January 10th, 2017  
Enjoy the caravan trip. Your title brings back memories, nearly as far back as John's. Gran had a grapefruit tree by the side of the house and when you walked around the verandah you could hear the bees and my cousins and I called it the humming tree. We were recalling the memory recently at a family funeral.
January 10th, 2017  
@ubobohobo An interesting story, Margaret - I can really imagine - verandah and grapefruit flowers!
January 10th, 2017  
Lovely image. Have a nice trip.
January 10th, 2017  
Great shot. Looking forward to seeing some images of your caravan trip.
January 10th, 2017  
A lovely shot have a wonderful trip
January 10th, 2017  
Great capture.
January 10th, 2017  
A beautiful capture , Have a lovely trip !
January 10th, 2017  
A beautiful butterfly!
January 10th, 2017  
Lovely capture, hope you found an answer to the 'humming' tree.
January 11th, 2017  
Love the warm sunny feel!! well captured!
January 11th, 2017  
Great capture and light
January 11th, 2017  
Brilliant photo of your flowers and butterflies!

I looked for John's song but couldn't find it
January 11th, 2017  
Beautiful Butterfly, what a pretty shrub. Enjoy your time away..
January 11th, 2017  
Pretty capture...Enjoy your little get-away
January 11th, 2017  
@maggiemae 😄I knew I could rely on you to get that to me! Thank you so much dear girl!
January 11th, 2017  
Very pretty capture and lighting.
January 11th, 2017  
Beautiful shot
January 11th, 2017  
Great find!
January 11th, 2017  
nice capture and presentation
January 11th, 2017  
I like to wake up to a gorgeous picture like yours. we had rain all last night and now the roads are frozen. too dark at 4 am to see how bad it's out there
January 11th, 2017  
Ethel has posted a super butterfly shot also today. Not many in our neck of the woods at the moment. Enjoy your well deserved escape, the first of many doing what you want, when you want, as you mentioned a few days ago. We've found that 48hrs away from base can be more beneficial than a longer break as we take more, much more than we need. Whereas 48 hrs requires the minimum effort for maximum benefit. No brainer! Enjoy the change of air.
January 11th, 2017  
Lovely capture, so nice to see at this time of year!
January 11th, 2017  
I like the idea of a humming tree. Pretty with the butterfly perched, taking in the nectar.
January 11th, 2017  
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