Once again my Hummingbird feeder needs refilling. It has been visited by two hummers every day and either they’re drinking a lot or my feeder is leaking. Whichever, it needs refilling. As I’m writing this, I see a little bird whizzing by the feeder probably waiting for breakfast We had one rainy day or part of one last week here and it was wonderful, but that was it. Not a drop since. I don’t go very far these days in my car but wherever I do go the highway has puddles of fresh water. A friend, not entirely seriously suggested that maybe living on Belle River somehow made the rain not fall here, as if the river water might somehow influence the moisture in the air. Maybe he has a point!
I’ve spoken to several sport fishermen/people at the Belle River landing and all have said the fishing was not very good. One man said he caught one tiny fish. The other just shrugged. Nobody has caught any sharks since the one I was told about although when I mentioned that, most people just sort of laughed.
The Belle River pontoon bridge going across the river at Paizano’s has some sort of leveling mechanism but it is not instantaneous, so each day as you cross the bridge ramps go up or down. Usually not much of a change but it’s worth being a little careful when approaching. I’ve seen outboard motors leave a shower of sparks behind them. Nowadays, most boats around here are the air cooled type — ugly things I think, but pretty popular and useful in the shallow waters.
