A hummingbird feeds on lavender in the backyard garden.

A hummingbird feeds on lavender in a backyard garden, Dec 2021, Northern California.

The Humming-Bird
A route of evanescence
With a revolving wheel;
A resonance of emerald,
A rush of cochineal;
And every blossom on the bush
Adjusts its tumbled head, —
The mail from Tunis, probably,
An easy morning's ride.
-- Emily Dickinson