Simple Shots

Sunday 5/28

The weather today is what they write about in fairy tales. The air is clear, invisible. The sun is crisp, rendering truth to everything it touches. Birds are out and singing the halleluia chorus. A perfect morning.

Yesterday I was able to plant many of my flowers before the storms rolled through. I was touching up one of the beds I had previously planted when I noticed a plant lying on its side. So I reached down and dug up some of the earth to put it back in place. Odd. The spot this one flower had occupied was now the home for something else. I found this big speckled egg just barely under the surface. This really has me puzzled. I took a photo of it for you to see. I know it wasn't there the day I planted - I have this small pick ax looking tool I use to break the soil up first. No way this could have survived that assault. So for now I have the egg just sitting to the side. I doubt anything will hatch from it, but I'm keeping an eye on it, perhaps a dozen will spring from it saving me a trip to the supermarket.