the egg

Apr 6, 2012

Whether it’s the warmer weather, the later evenings playing outside, or just chance, there have been a lot of animal encounters around here lately: frogs have been caught, lizards have been chased and manhandled, and on this evening Ashton happened upon a lone egg in the grass.  It was a green egg, so unless it was an egg someone bought from a local farm and dropped lightly enough that it didn’t break while walking across the grass, chances are it was an egg from one of the ducks that cross our neighborhood yards on occasion.  She was so excited about it, didn’t know what to do with it, then set to work directing the neighborhood boys in making a nest for it.  Sadly, one of the boys dropped and broke it, and thankfully I saw it happen and was able to run over and hold her while she cried.  I offered to give her an egg from our refrigerator which she accepted… and asked for 6.  I gave her 4.  The boys were very good after that, listened well to their leader, and they all had a good time playing.  I loved being outside in the middle of it with my camera (made me really miss my niece and nephews back in Montana, actually– I can’t wait to have some outdoor summer playing with you guys).

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12 Comments

  • Reply LIza April 6, 2012 at 8:09 am

    How exciting and fitting for the season. The ultimate easter egg hunt!

  • Reply ZeldaMom April 6, 2012 at 8:34 am

    What a great looking nest. I can just imagine how heartbroken she was (boys) ha!
    Fast thinking with the substitute eggs.

  • Reply mailli April 6, 2012 at 11:04 am

    Animal encounters… that sounds fun!

    We cant wait to see you guys again:-)

  • Reply Jenn April 6, 2012 at 11:25 am

    Love the photos of all your little “mama ducks”.

  • Reply Tracey April 6, 2012 at 11:37 am

    What a funny thing to find an egg on your lawn! That would be exciting for my kids too. I love the next that they built. Hope you have a good weekend, J!
    t

  • Reply Michelle April 6, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    Nature is awesome. It’s so fun when we get these little “wild” encounters. So sad to hear the egg dropped but so good of you to donate your own eggs to the cause. 🙂

  • Reply Heidi April 6, 2012 at 12:17 pm

    Talk about a real Easter egg hunt! What an exciting discovery.

  • Reply Andrea April 6, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    I love the little nest they built, and I like that you gave them more eggs for the nest. Very sweet.

  • Reply Heather M. April 6, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    how fun to find an egg like that. it’s so amazing to experience nature like that. my girl would have been heartbroken too by a broken egg.

  • Reply Naomi April 7, 2012 at 12:41 pm

    I always loved little encounters of nature when i was little. These shots are lovely! So fun!

  • Reply stacey April 9, 2012 at 11:06 am

    Love the story these photos tell!

  • Reply Simply Sara April 11, 2012 at 11:58 am

    these pictures make me miss childhood.
    the wonder.
    the innocence.
    the simple joys.

    love these!

    and poor thing, so glad you were there to hold her and offer her some new eggs 😉

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