Babies in our home!

What a great way to re-start this blog. We have had a baby in our home and these set of pictures are of those babies. We have not yet named them, suggestions welcome although we do not know their gender however :)

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the mother...

Her two eggs... this place is the left corner of our balcony, under a old table.

The eggs have hatched. It took roughly 2-3 weeks for the egg to hatch. The mother pigeon would sit on the eggs day and night. I have checked at odd hour like 2am and the mother pigeon was there, incubating her eggs.

Another view of the baby pigeons...

One of the baby got hurt when lot of pigeons flew into our balcony one afternoon. It was about 4-5 feet away from its nest and was struggling to get back. the mother was either unable or unwilling to help it. I pushed it inside and it seems to have recovered well as the next photos will indicate...

The babies have become older. They have shed their yellow color and are taking on their normal grey color. They are no longer looking as cute as before...

By this time, the mother pigeon has started to leave the babies alone for quite extended periods...

We had to take the table away, but that does not seem to have affected the babies.

Ready to take on the world! One of the babies appears smaller than the other. I wonder if it is the injured one? Anyways, its almost a month since the eggs were laid. Do not know how long before they will fly out, but should not be more than 8-10 days i would guess. Here's wishing them all the best!

Lohgad

The below photos were taken from my Nokia N73 phone, so they are not as great looking as some of my previous pictures. The first 4-5 pictures are of Karla caves and the next set of Lohgad fort (and the path from Karla caves to Lohgad fort)

London - IV

Final set of London photos...

Still in the Kensington park area and now closer to the palace.



This is the oval lake just outside the palace...







Above 3 photos are of the palace. It's not a palace in the typical sense. But small buildings and lots of gardens... Very much the way I like things!




Aha... ICICI Bank in London!





The National Museum - an overwhelming structure. Didn't have time to go in ;(

Coz I had to get to Harrods





No, this is not some museum. Its a departmental store, a very high end luxury one at that... YOu only get the most luxurious brands here. Starting price for as simple a thing a bed linen was a few hundred pounds. And it is a huge story - 6/7 floors if i recollect properly. Just sit back and enjoy the luxury...







Incidentally, I happen to see the former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif here. Was checking out some cutlery. We made eye contact, he kinda felt that somebody recognised him. And then we went back to checking his cutlery and I went back to continue my amazement of this amazing store.



The son of the owner of this store was Dodi Al Fayed who was involved in a relationship with Princess Diana. Both of them died in a fatal car crash in Paris a few years back


My final week in London and I hadn't yet gone to London Eye. So I leave early from office a weekday and head there in the evening (that is the best time to go there i was told, bracing the cold) and I was not disappointed. Check out the snaps yourself.



London Eye was built by British Airways and is the world's largest structure of its kind. And the view from the top is simply breathtaking as you can see from below...




Big Ben






Going higher...



...and higher



and higher....









At the top...

Well, this concludes my London Album. As I said at the start, I really enjoyed living and working in this city. I had absolutely no problems during my stay inspite of the fact that this was my first time overseas...

I look forward to going back again to London as and when an opportunity arises...