Day 27: What was I saying about flowers?

Umm, yeah. So as I was saying, it's all about flowers and birds :-) Today's flower is a little violet found on a small sunny slope not too far away from the hummingbird's favourite perch. The hummingbird was there, singing (or wheezing) away, flying from tree-top to tree-top, rising like a skylark then disappearing in a blur as it flew down to the tree again. I did manage to catch a shot of him stationary, but quickly gave up on the idea of catching him in flight. That's where it's handy to have flowers to fall back on. While they don't fly away from you, they do have a habit of blowing around in the wind, and today did have a keen breeze off the water. Fortunately, the violets were just sheltered enough, and the sunshine was bright enough to keep the exposure suitably short. I'd tried a quick photo a couple of days ago when I first discovered them, but the light was too low they were pretty blurry. Today, however, was perfect.

Early blue violets