We went to the Missouri Baptist Hospital today for A, and on the way in, we saw this sad sight, of a dead bird…

DnA (as they call themselves) have decided to let the baby sleep in a “thooLi”. What’s that, I hear my non-Tamizh friends ask. And if they are not asking, they are going to get the answer anyway.

Yes, I do know doves in St Louis are plentiful to the point of becoming pests (like rock pigeons are in Bangalore)…but still, at the Botanical Center, when I saw this sight, it felt very nice indeed!

The Northern Mockingbird is so called because it “mocks”, or imitates, the calls of other birds. We had a great opportunity of listening to one of these birds, practising, when we went for a walk to Forest Park last week.

We went to see the Chinese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Center, and here’s the video of the jugglers…