Happy September! It was 61 degrees here this morning. Our first morning reminder from Mother Nature that summer is ending. Every where I turn there are signs of the changing of the season, like the little dinging notifications on my phone ~ something needs attention!
Last week we pulled all of our tomatoes out, except the yellow cherry ones still producing on the deck. If I sit and watch them a while, I’ll catch a glimpse of the hummingbirds going after the blossoms draped over the railing.
I’ve been collecting little handfuls of tomatoes here and there and decided to blend them all together with a little lime basil and cowhorn peppers for a fresh pico de gallo.
I simply pulsed them in the blender with a teaspoon of honey, a squirt of fresh lime juice and a pinch of salt and pepper.
I served my last tomatoes of summer Pico de Gallo as a sauce with Easy London Broil, brown rice and black beans ~ a simple late summer dinner packed with flavor!
I planted the lime basil in early August, after our wetter and cooler than usual weather killed off my Genovese basil. It is thriving planted next to purple basil, keeping those yellow cherry tomatoes company!
As I was snapping this photo, I saw a blur of activity and heard a loud buzzing zoom past my ear. I thought it was a bee, but as I turned to look I saw a hummingbird swoop up over the roof. Message received, little hummingbird!
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That is amazing! I’ll have to remember that trick.
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I’ll have to try that with the binoculars. A friend showed me a cool way to do it. If you turn a broom so that the end of the handle is pointing towards them, they’ll sit on it and you can carry them out. Sometimes I have used the bristled edge, depends on situation and how nervous they are. Usually they sit right on the handle. 😊😊
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The key is to fix the binoculars on the blooms when the birds are active and wait, it does take patience. Oh my, can’t imagine trying to get a hummingbird out of the house!
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Now there’s a skill- watching hummingbirds with binoculars. I bet I’d be so dizzy trying to follow them. We had a hummingbird in our house last week. I had the front door open and he flew in. It was quite a time, but I got him to go back out a window. Oh, they work so hard with those little wings. Things are good here. I’m not quite ready for summer’s end. Tonight it’s supposed to be 40 degrees. Brrr.
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Thanks, Jessica! I love the hummingbirds. We keep a pair of binoculars on our fireplace for nature watching, but I can never get them fixated on the hummingbirds in time to see them up close! Hope you are well too. I’m sad to see summer go, but I love fall!
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Gorgeous tomatoes. Looks like a magazine. Awesome about the hummingbird. We have 2 that zoom around our zinnias. Hope you’re doing well. Summer passed sooooo quick this year.
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