Always beautiful photos, everyone! African violet 'Mississippi' (Optimara). This is its winter bloom color. In summer it blooms dark fuchsia! :)

I didn't expect the image to be so large. I thought Houzz was automatically resizing them.

Yesterday I posted a pic of a Ruby Throat Hummingbird. Today the pic is of a Ruby Throat's nest and tiny pea sized eggs held n my hand. I have posted it before, but some of you may not have seen it. The nest was abandoned. Momma bird must have met with disaster.

They are beautiful birds though. We had one land on my husband's head at our Dallas house. We were at the pool, I was in the pool and he was standing at the edge of the pool looking down at something. Suddenly I see this big black bird coming in for a landing. I told him not to move! The bird landed right on the back of his head. He was freaking out because he had no idea what it was. But he maintained his cool, more than I would have been able to do, and I got out of the pool and put my hand under the birds feet. Just like I would do with my cockatiel. It was extremely tame and had a metal tag around the ankle. Turns out it was a homing pigeon. I was able to contact the owners, they said just let it rest there and eventually it should return. I fed and watered it for a few weeks and got really acquainted with it. It would hang out on the roof and I put a cat carrier out on the patio with food and water. It finally did leave but I don't think it went home lol. I think it enjoyed the free life. It was a beautiful iridescent purple and black color. It was quite smart. It would sit outside the window where my cockatiels cage was and they would «talk» to each other.