davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2023

[Alliecat]

Well no hawkmoths might ex-plain the flowers not turning colour for them.  Weird about your hummingbirds.  I wonder if they moved with weather changes, or whether there was actually a population loss?  I suppose they would go where there are more flowers, thus not be around when it's dry, but they do eat bugs too.
I wondered where mine had gone in early June too -- was afraid they'd gone off the feeder that wasn't changed while I was away.  But maybe they were focusing on bugs, and nesting.  They are "back".  Maybe yours have been nesting and now you are seeing young ones?  Do they have relatively short bills?
Here are some really cool facts about hummers!

Enjoyed seeing all the flowers (and the captions, haha).  I think the penstemon is my favourite.  I looked them up and some are a bit orchid-y looking.

I loved your poem!!