The older I get… / myLot

United States

September 6, 2025 9:45am CST

I’ve always loved animals, but I never gave much thought to birds beyond the big, showy ones (peacock, anyone?) Over the last few years, I’ve been loving seeing the birds that visit the bird feeders my stepmom puts out (that the squirrels don’t raid). I was watching the hummingbird feeder yesterday, and this little guy came along. I hope you see it. What do you pay attention to the older you get?

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@DaddyEvil (158956)

• United States

6 Sep

I'm lucky to be able to see words this morning... All pictures are still just blurs to me. Sorry.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (102571)

• United States

6 Sep

Hey, the hummingbird is so fast, it’s a blur anyway!

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Amber

@AmbiePam (102571)

• United States

6 Sep

@DaddyEvil Yes, so did my paternal grandmother. It was fun!

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@DaddyEvil (158956)

• United States

6 Sep

@AmbiePam

Mom had hummingbird feeders outside several windows on our farm and I loved watching them.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (195645)

• United States

6 Sep

I would say my health. I want to have a comfortable old age and not one riddled with health or other issues .

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Amber

@AmbiePam (102571)

• United States

6 Sep

That’s a good one.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (483053)

• Italy

6 Sep

Yes, I see the little guy, it's cute. I pay also more attention to the small animals. I like to look out of my windows to watch the sparrows and the butterflies.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (102571)

• United States

6 Sep

My little nieces just love butterflies. They recently took a lot of pictures at the butterfly garden when they went to the zoo.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (483053)

• Italy

22h

@AmbiePam I like so much to see them flying in circle. They seem to play together time by time.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (53361)

• United States

6 Sep

I can kind of see it.

I love watching the birds.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (122011)

• Marion, Ohio

6 Sep

I enjoy watching the birds at our feeder

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Amber

@AmbiePam (102571)

• United States

6 Sep

They’re so comical at times.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (200064)

• United States

20h

I love hummingbirds. I enjoy the older music now that I'm getting older -- music like swing, big band orchestras, etc.

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@allknowing (153117)

• India

7 Sep

Young or old birds will always be in my life I designed this garden with birds in mind They have a bird bath, fruit trees and loads of greenery Peacocks have visited us several times. My video and photo folders are loaded with their captures.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (114606)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Sep

I think I pay closer attention to people now, I never used to.

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RUBESH

@Manasha (2898)

• Pondicherry, India

21h

That’s a beautiful reflection—and a sweet moment with the hummingbird. It’s amazing how paying attention to small, ordinary things—like a tiny bird flitting around a feeder—can quietly shift your perspective. The fact that you notice now, when you didn’t before, says something about you: you're opening up to stillness, to subtlety, to wonder. That’s a kind of growth not everyone achieves.

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