My life has been changing a lot over the past few years in not so wonderful ways. I really want to start taking control of that to make things a lot more wonderful but my magic wand is only the size of a toothpick!
So I decided to take an on line course on Manifesting through the Daily Om. The course is by Dr. Gay Hendricks. Even his name sounds cheerful, doesn't it?
I've not completed the course yet, but I'll be using this blog as an on line journal to document all the wonderful things I am going to be creating in the very near future as my magic wand grows larger. And to show myself the progress I'm making.
Meantime, something positive I was able to manifest on my very own this year, in spite of doing all things wrong according to Dr. H's course, is Hummingbirds! Oh, and some honey bees and yellow jackets too. But they were actually pretty good, and none of them stung me when I changed the feeder.
At one point, I was filling the feeder 4 times and day and estimated there were around 60 birds. You can get an idea of how many hummers are visiting by counting the number you see at one time and multiplying that by 6. I thought this was awesome because there really are no flowers here to speak of and no one else in the neighborhood feeds the birds.
I can't express what joy they've brought to me during the entire summer. Every time I looked out the front windows I saw hummingbirds. And often I'd catch them peaking in at me. They are the happiest and most friendly of all the birds!
An amazing benefit to having them hanging out at the front of my house is that for the first time in 31 years, all the plants and trees didn't get destroyed by insects. Everything looks amazing and I'm so grateful to my little sugar junkies for being the best non toxic pesticide I could dream of.
I make my own nectar using organic sugar, (2 cups water, 1 cup sugar, boil for 10 minutes), and keep the feeder super clean so maybe that's why they're attracted to this place in the woods of few flowers. They're almost all gone now, not because of some cold weather at night, but because of the shorter daylight hours. I miss them so much it gives me a queasy feeling in my stomach and a tight feeling in my chest like you get when someone you love dies.
However, I'm quite sure they'll be back next spring because surely this spot is on their list now. I'll be leaving the feeder out until I'm sure they're all gone and so that any migrating from further North can grab a snack here during their travels.
Safe travels, my friends! And who knows, maybe when you return in the Spring I'll have some flowers for you if I can get my green thumb working again :)
Safe travels, my friends! And who knows, maybe when you return in the Spring I'll have some flowers for you if I can get my green thumb working again :)
