Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Goodnight, I love you


Love You Love You Love You again
and if hearts be tired-
Love you Forever times Ten.

When hummingbirds go to bed at night they slow down their heart rate and lower their body temperature. This reduces hummer's metabolic rate- otherwise she could starve to death in the middle of the night. The mini hibernation is a state called torpor. From a biological perspective, it's a great thrifty idea. Mice and little squirrels do it too. From a Merriam-Webster perspective it's a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility : extreme sluggishness or stagnation of function.

So moon and little hummingbird are smiling with each other. Love beyond performance and perspective, amen.

Shipped this out today- it's for a little one about to be born.

8 comments:

Chrysanthie said...

Love beyond performance and perspective, humming lullabies that only the heavens can bestow.
Truly the sweetest x 10 Shan!

Kathryn Cantrell said...

beautiful, whimsical, and enchanting. lovely.

Bonnie Heather said...

Wonderful painting and thought.

Unknown said...

That's what I do in the winter! Ha! Lovely images. (I just refilled the sugar water this morning):)Pam

Shannon said...

Sure is lovely to hear from you Chrysanthie, Kathryn, Bonnie, and Pam. Thank yous! :)

Heather Cottrell said...

Oh it's so sweet and pretty and makes me smile xoxo

Unknown said...

Wow!

Bi(e)neMaya said...

It is amazing... wonderfull... beautiful!! ... Thanks!