Season closing quickly

[kinzel]

We're looking at two of the lily variety this morning... and I think I counted 5 buds again. One is so tiny I don't know if we can possibly get a flower from it...

I got buzzed repeatedly by the humming birds as I was checking out the flowers. Anyone know what the end of hummer-season is in Maine? It must take them quite some time to travel south...

Yet another warning for readers: the hardback of Liaden Universe(R) Companion is just about sold -out. I think we're down to under 40. We'll be closing pre-orders online in two days. This hardback is a bittersweet success of sorts. Looks like I should have been brave and ordered 500 of the things. The trade paper is doing OK and will be around at least to Christmas if not til next Christmas.

Anyhow, a damp and cloudy morning, windless, with lots of crickets, clouds with a hint of darkness to them like they're building toward rain. This would be in keeping with the weather yesterday which went from cloudy to flawless blue -- and then included a line of storms that swept through at about 30 miles an hour, with wonderful roiling, almost *rolling* clouds and quick hard rain.

More later -- got a lot doing today.

Comments

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Wife probably has records on hummingbird departure for the nature center, which should be close to your schedule. She'll check, but you may remain in suspense until the weekend....

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Thanks Jim! Did you guys get that line of squalls yesterday?

humming bird season

[(Anonymous)]

The male humming birds have left North Carolina -maybe 3 or 4 days ago. The females & juveniles are feeding as hard as they can and should leave here in about a week and a half to two weeks. Do the southeastern hummers leave before the northeast hummers?

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Not squalls as such. We got off-and-on rain all day, enough that I didn't even try for a local bike ride, and then got a spell of fairly serious rain around dusk. Not much wind, no thunder. Moon shining by the time I went to bed.

Tell Sharon thanks for the bookstore info. I've pretty much decided to do a local Borders signing, see if they can get their act together _this_ time, and nothing else. If you guys ever want to set up a joint signing, like at the Belfast store she mentioned, I'm game. You'll draw more customers than I will....

Re: humming bird season

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Well...

I had hummers this morning and I think this afternoon. We'll watch closely since I don't want to starve anyone by taking the feeder in too soon -- but I also don't want to have the feeder get too much unneeded attention from the 'coons if I came help it.

[mixedborder.livejournal.com]

Hello, you don't know me, but I am a new Liaden addict. I have finished the "Agent of Change sequence" and Balance of trade. But I am distessed that your website recommends the reading order that it does. I disagree with the Friends of Liad suggestion: I think Local Custom and Scout's Progress should definitely be read before the others. If I'd read Agent of Change or Conflict of Honors first, I would have known way too much about the future of the characters, and that would have spoiled much of my enjoyment.
I say:
Local Custom
Scout's Progress
Conflict of Honors
Agent of Change
Carpe Diem
Plan B
I Dare

Keep writing!
Skyler