A Discovery while doing Botany with my Girls

This is a Japanese Maple in my front bed. It is one of my favorite trees.


As we got closer while we were collecting a variety of leaves to study for Botany, we noticed something unusual.


There was a nest. I told the girls that we needed to be careful not to disturb it or touch it, so I grabbed my iPhone to take pictures.


We couldn't tell if there were any eggs, though we did see a bird fly away as we were picking off a leaf from the tree for our collection.


Even though I couldn't see what I was taking a picture of, sure enough, there were 3 beautiful blue eggs. I started singing "God of Wonders" by Chris Tomlin.