My Hummingbird

I had a reall beautiful afernoon today. I had a few hours between classes so I thought I would go and relax down by the pond, read some Psalms, lay in solitude, that kind of thing. I went to a grocery store first and bought a little block of cheese and some break, filled up my Nalgene, and found my own private spot tucked away in a corner. I instantly was amazed at what there was to behold.

First, there was a frog that would come up for a while, sit there disguised among the weeds, and then disappear again. There were three ducks playing some version of keep-away. I saw some movement from my left and saw an ant carrying away a piece of fallen bread about half his size. Then I layed on my back for a while. It really was the perfect afternoon with a good steady wind. When especially strong, the first leaves of fall would come sailing down and then float on the water. Then my favourite moment...

I saw a movement off to my right and I turned. There in the brush I saw a tiny little hummingbird, just sitting on a twig. Now, I don't know about you, but I don't see a lot of hummingbirds. Once in a while they'll come flying for a second to some feeder filled with sugar-water or whatever, and I did see some behind wires at the Omaha Zoo. But never before had I seen out in the wild (well, as "wild" as you can call a pond in the Chicago suburbs) just staying still. Every once in a while it would flitter about and find a new branch to rest on, but mostly it just sat there. It was positively gorgeous. It was maybe an inch and a half long and was bright yellow. Kinda like the colour of a dandelion. There was a gray tail and some highlighting under the eyes. Truly splendid.

Basically, I was a little giddy boy. I realized that when I walk by every day on my way to class, there really is so much I'm missing out on, something that God created. If He has His eye on the sparrow, then I bet He's watching that tiny hummingbird too.

I think that's cool.