A robin family has blessed us with two sets of eggs this spring. The Ladybugs and I have been able to get pretty close to the nest (for the second set of babies) and feed the mommy and daddy robin's bread, worms, and grubs. The birds seem to really trust us, and I was VERY privileged to get two pictures a few days ago.
A bunny family has a warren near by, but they tend to enjoy hanging in our backyard. I think it is because we have a variety of green vegetation to eat.
The ladybugs have also taken on the task of a fish tank, given to them by dear friends of ours. "Uncle" Jorge and "Aunt" Jill gave their fish tank to the Ladybugs, because they are moving to Florida in another month and will not take the fish with them. Yes, we have two large tanks in the basement that house a variety of fish and aquatic frogs. However, this tank is the girl's responsibility. We shall see how well it goes.
I have a jar/container of caterpillars coming this week (hopefully). That will be another location to watch the wonderful changing life-cycles of God's creatures.
As with all life-cycles, creatures are born, change, and eventually die. Yesterday there we 3 dead baby robins on our driveway. At first I was crushed - thinking they were from our "adopted" robin family. However, Jim determined that another robin family built their nest on the top of our roof. It rained hard yesterday, and thus the nest was moved from its place. The Ladybugs saw the three baby birds, and we had a great discussion of how sometimes creatures are able to make it "full-circle". Zoe seemed to be very interested in continuing the conversation on the way to her dance recital rehearsal.
With the butterflies soon to be cultivated in our home, I am glad we had a preview of baby death. The ladybugs have been able to view fish deaths, and other backyard critters (birds, squirrels, etc.), but all of those have been "older" more "mature" creatures. There is such awe to the idea God could let a baby die. But the truth is: no matter why a baby dies, it cannot be ignored that it is a possibility. Life is fragile, and yesterday Zoe had a very good lesson in how fragile it is.
On the other hand, Evie wanted to play with the dead baby birds (NO! We did not let her touch them!). Not quite sure what she thought would come of that, but she seemed to want to have them as toys. It should be quite interesting how she views the caterpillar/butterfly life-cycle. Evie always brings a strange sense of humor to every and all aspect of my life.
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| I said, "hello!" And he looked right at me! |
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| 1..2..3..4...Baby Birds! |
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| One of the many rabbits that are enjoying our backyard "delicacies." |
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| This guy (or girl) let me take quite a few pictures, and seemed to enjoy it! |
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| The Ladybugs and their new fish! |
1 comment:
Awwww...I love the animal photos. Great bird shots.
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