Early Easter Eggs

Last year was our first spring in Puna on the Big Island of Hawaii, so our learning curve was pretty steep.  Being in a new place, and a new land, we had many delightful experiences, including -- finding small blue eggs laying out on the thick moss under the Ohia trees on the property.

These amazing trees are often the first to grow up through newly formed lava and we are blessed to have them all around our property.  This time of year they are also in bloom with red Lehua blossoms.

We don't know whose eggs they are, but since Easter is later this month, but we are already have gathered five and are placing them in a small Koa wood bowl.  If you realize that these trees can grow 4-5 stories high, that is a long fall for an egg to survive (if that is how they get there,) but survive they do -- a tribute to the design of nature.