The Beauty of God's Creation

We and the kids have a habit of watching the newest Nature documentary on PBS each week. And in this photo, you can see the kids getting a little time to watch the one show they have long enjoyed together, Wild Kratts (also about animals). We enjoy a healthy dose nature-focused information flowing through this house.

Noticing the nature around us is something many of us are getting a lot more accustomed to in these days of self-quarantine at home. Just yesterday, I heard an interview on the news about the cautious reopening of Italy. With so few people out and about, there have been blooms of wildflowers that nobody ever remembers seeing before, and grass is growing between the cobblestones in the sidewalks. Others, spending more time at home, have noticed particular birds or squirrels that frequent their yard, animals that before were just background noise.

What a interesting and unexpected side product of this worldwide quarantine. We, too, found an interesting "neighbor". This robin has built her nest in a bush just outside the kids' window. We cannot quite see in from the window, except maybe to see the movement of her beak, but we keep a close eye on the progress of the nest: first two eggs, then three, and now four!

A couple days ago, we set up my camera close to the nest and connected it through my phone to take some remote shots, and the kids captured this nice one showing the concerned momma, and her beautiful, blue eggs. How great and beautiful is this world in which we live.