A new life- in the making

I spent last weekend at my grandparents' house where we were forced to play host to a couple. They made themselves cozy in an empty pot and there they laid an egg. Although the subsequent hatching of that egg will stink up the window and mess up the pot completely,  this miracle of nature called out to our warmer sides and so we let it be. So keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that no crow will see that dependent egg before it hatches and be tempted to pinch it, I should have pictures of a baby pigeon soon! Till then, here's the mum and her darling egg.