As we were closing our garage today, a hummingbird flew inside. We opened both garage doors, but the poor bird seemed unable to find its way back out. It kept trying to fly higher, smacking against the ceiling time and time again. It was very upsetting. Charmaine cut a couple tall stalks of hollyhock from the front yard and I was able to hold them up to the bird so it could eat. Suddenly a second hummingbird flew into the garage. This was exactly the opposite of what we wanted to happen. The second bird flew right out again, but the first bird refused to follow it. It was still willing to eat from the hollyhock stem and eventually trusted us enough to stay feeding as we brought the stalk lower and forward, out of the garage. The whole ordeal lasted about 15 minutes.

Also this week, we picked a million pounds of zucchini, a bunch of lettuce and cabbage, some tomatoes, peppers, beets, and tomatillos. The pumpkins are starting to turn orange, which is always fun, but it probably means we’re not going to get any other winter squash. It’s just too late in the year for it to be starting right now.