I put a pretty good dent in gardening this weekend. I received my “garden in a box” from Spring Hill Nursery on Friday and planted it all. I was going to blog about it today but it will have to wait.
Something kinda cool happened today when I decided to bring my ivy geranium outside from spending the winter in my house.
The plant was pretty messy and had several green, gangly shoots all over the place mixed in with brown dead leaves. No matter. I decided to just prune the heck out it and hope for the best -- an approach that has worked well for me in the past. So, I whipped out my handy pruners and got to work. In the midst of it all, I made a discovery: I found a bird’s nest.
I should first confess that this was not a huge surprise. I remember a little bird flying in and out of there last spring and early summer. But, of course, I had forgotten about it until now.
The nest was cool. I admired the bird’s handiwork. It had used grasses, a piece of plastic bag and even what appeared to be a cat’s whisker! Interesting. But, the best discovery of all came when I looked inside the nest. A perfect little egg shell sat in there completely undisturbed and left cracked open as if its former inhabitant had left only minutes or hours before. My heart did a little dance. I was pretty excited. I called the kids over to take a look and they were equally excited.
I love discoveries like these. It’s just another reminder of nature’s wonder.
Something kinda cool happened today when I decided to bring my ivy geranium outside from spending the winter in my house.
The plant was pretty messy and had several green, gangly shoots all over the place mixed in with brown dead leaves. No matter. I decided to just prune the heck out it and hope for the best -- an approach that has worked well for me in the past. So, I whipped out my handy pruners and got to work. In the midst of it all, I made a discovery: I found a bird’s nest.
I should first confess that this was not a huge surprise. I remember a little bird flying in and out of there last spring and early summer. But, of course, I had forgotten about it until now.
The nest was cool. I admired the bird’s handiwork. It had used grasses, a piece of plastic bag and even what appeared to be a cat’s whisker! Interesting. But, the best discovery of all came when I looked inside the nest. A perfect little egg shell sat in there completely undisturbed and left cracked open as if its former inhabitant had left only minutes or hours before. My heart did a little dance. I was pretty excited. I called the kids over to take a look and they were equally excited.
I love discoveries like these. It’s just another reminder of nature’s wonder.
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