"Well, gotta run," said Carlos. 'Want to catch the salvias over at the Nelsons' before the butterflies get there." He zipped away in a whir of wings.
Sylvia finished a second cup of coffee before she went upstairs to shower and change. She thought about the hummingbirds as she made the beds and collected laundry. She wondered how Mexico would be in the winter. As she vacuumed and dusted upstairs and down, she decided that she might like it, as long as there was air conditioning available on the hottest afternoons and sticky Gulf nights.