Little Eggs Inside Of A Bird’s Nest On The Porch

This is so eggciting. Yup, I simply hit you with an egg pun. Watch out for those this time of year. Anyway, we truly were excited (there, I resisted it that time) to discover an adorable and quite Easter appropriate display of nature that is in fact been living in one of our former Hands-on projects. Can you tell what is going on in this picture?

Yes, that is a nest with two adorable eggs in it. And guess where that nest is located? Why it is in one of our homemade porch lanterns (learn how we turned low-cost bulb covers from Home Depot into sweet candle-lit porch decor right here).

Mr and Mrs Bird simply built it right on top of the candle that is inside of the middle lantern. Is not that cute? Even the UPS lady stopped to check it out.

And on the subject of eggs, we hoped to link back to this oldie-but-a-goodie post about all natural egg dying. It could be a lively project to take on this Easter weekend. Speaking of this weekend, we are set to have a few lovely 80 degree days here in Richmond and we are oh so glad to welcome the warmer weather after what seemed like a never-ending winter (something about being due in the spring had us jonesing for sunny skies even in October). We hope wherever you are that you are having some strong weather and enjoying whatever your yard has to offer. Ours has been serving up some fairly buds on nearly every tree in sight:

And some sweet blooms on a few of the bushes that surround our house:

Which means my allergies are back with a vengeance. Does anyone have any all natural allergy cures to share? I have tried the whole local honey thing along with the Neti Pot with limited success and I have a good air purifier (and am sure to drink plenty of water) but I am still fairly sniffly these days. Oh well, the spring scenery makes it all worth it.

So there you have one egg-tastic discovery and some exterior photos to keep you up to date with the nature situation here at Casa Petersik. Do you folks have any funny bird’s nest locations to share (last year we found one in John’s bike helmet in the garage)? Have any of you been snapping photos of blooms, buds or any other outside eye candy? Do tell.