OUR BEAUTIFUL MOTHER NATURE

Kudos go out to Mary, for identifying the white blossoming tree that I posted a couple days ago.  It is a Chinese Crabapple!  Am thrilled to know this.  There are a lot of crabapple trees, pink and white, in our area, but these have a different branch structure.  

Nature is today's theme.  Here is the next picture of the robin's nest.  It's a closeup that shows how the nest is constructed and positioned up close to the airplane lawn ornament.  Just look at the circular weaving.  And, three blue robin eggs that we will watch turn into little birdies. 

Look how many tiny twigs it took to put this nest together.  It's like the web that spider weaves.  Creatures are born with these skills/behaviors.  They have no institutions of higher learning cuz they come equipped for life.  If someone gave me a stack of little twigs and asked me to recreate the nest in its design, well, I'd have to declare defeat.  Couldn't do it.  

Now, on to last night's Northern Lights.  My great-niece, Sheila, is a sky watcher.  The sky has been her number one fascination since she was a little girl.  Last night and this morning she shared photos that she took last night of the Northern Lights during the solar storm.  Here is one, and if you look closely, you'll see stars, too.

While we're talking about Nature, let me show you the biggest strawberry I've ever seen in my whole life.  Yup, it was in a container of strawberries the boyfriend bought at our local grocery store.  This baby was chopped into slices, along with slices of banana, for the best fruit salad in the whole wide world!

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth

find reserves of strength

that will endure as long as life lasts.

~Rachel Carson