A Lovely Conversation
1. A Black-Naped Tern 2. Two chicks and an egg on the hot bare ground of our oil-rig construction yard 3. The beach front has been filled with discarded concrete waste for a gentle slope for rig-launching 4. Part of the vast expanse of the yard 5. Low loaders bringing yet more of the pre-fabricated buildings 6. Erection of a steel workshop in progress Amid the hustle and bustle in the development of our oil-rig construction yard, on the burning-hot bare ground, Life begins for two Black-naped Tern chicks just out of their eggs. And in the midst of a technical discussion on the Master Construction Schedule, padeyes for winches and load analysis for jib crane pillars, a beautifully irrelevant email conversation insidiously emerges that for a brief moment bonded us with a consciousness of the Beauty of Life and the Greatness of the Universe and its Maker whoever it may be. And for a few minutes, the two little chicks loomed larger in our life than thoughts of 12000 ton cranes, 100 a...