In my Backyard

So yesterday, we were checking the garden and the burning bush next to the garden had some kind of crud on it- some thing attacking it and attracting the ants... So I asked my husband to just cut it out.  And he did.  As he cut away at it with a chain saw... A bird flew out... Oh no... See, every year a robin would nest in there but this year she did not... I checked earlier in the month.  And so we thought the property was vacant.

I stopped my husband and sure enough the next cut would take out the branch with the nest... The nest, which was now exposed to the elements, contained 3 little blue eggs and one larger brown egg.  I have heard that some birds will lay eggs in other birds nests and then the adoptive parent will care for the egg, and feed the baby which when it hatches may kill the others.  Very interesting... So what to do... I took the larger egg out of the nest and then placed the nest in the adjacent lilac bush.  Then sat up on my deck and watched the two sparrows fly back and forth looking for their nest and the clutch of eggs.  Sadly and to no avail I watched and after awhile I had to leave to go to my sons Baseball Banquet.  I felt bad about the little broken family that had been thrown into turmoil through no fault of their own.

After the banquet, it rained and it came down pretty hard... The sound of the rain was music to my ears.  The ground was getting a good soaking and that it would be good for my garden. My kids were together and my daughter was helping my son study for a Biology test.  More Music.


This morning when I got up, I started some laundry.  There was a bunny in the backyard near the garden... I  think that he was the one nibbling on my lettuce the other day... I have no evidence of that, but that is my assumption.  We put up a bit of fencing and since then the lettuce has been untouched....

I got a cup of coffee and went to check on the garden... Would anything have sprouted... Was the rain too hard... Did things wash out... And so, hopeful, I went outside.  Everything looked fine and as I walked along one bed... I thought of the  nest... Those three little blue eggs exposed to the weather last night... No longer viable, lifeless shells, and I walked over to take a peak... But I couldn't see the eggs because Mama was sitting on them in the nest.... AMAZING!  She found them and she took ownership of them even though I had moved them to a different place and space....  Wow... Picture me smiling...  It made me think how  God must look down from his throne and smile while we go about doing his business.   Living life, trying to please Him, the one who made all things... When times are good or even when life get crazy and things go awry---  we shouldn't give up.  :)

So I made a wide berth around her and checked on the rest of the garden... And everything looked fine... The radishes and turnips sprouted... Wow... Lots of life around here...  Picture me still smiling!