Can you compare a pelican to a turkey?
A pelican is in constant watch for fish which is his source of food. My sister's turkey "The General" is in constant watch for dog food which is his source of food which he just loves. "The General" just goes crazy when it comes to dog food. He like it better than he likes the chicken's cracked corn. He turns into "The turkey monster" in which he looks as if he would attack you at any moment. The pelican mildly eats his fish catch in the water, but he also hangs around where humans have fishing lines in the water. A pelican has been known to come out of the water and beg for a fish catch on the shoreline. The pelican would follow the humans around with his bill wide open and his web feet ready to walk all over the humans just to get a fish dinner. This could be considered part of pelican's aggressive behavior. The pelican wants to eat now. This is also the goal of the turkey. He wants to eat now. I have to admire both birds, but I know I could never be really close to either one, because the nature of the bird could change in an instant. I have left "The General" to my sister's loving care. Mom and I had a pretty good trip home. Mom did the driving and I slept in the car most of the way. We ate at Friendly's restaurant in DeLand. I had the steak tips and mom had a fish sandwich with fries. I was all turkey dinnered out and I was craving steak. The steak tips dinner came with fresh steamed vegetables and a bed of white rice cooked with garlic. I ate a bit slower than mom, so she went over to the Goodwill store in DeLand which is bigger than the one in Pine Hills. She said, "there was a lot of stuff to look at." She was in search of a wood carrier which would be kept next to my sister Glendon's fireplace. She didn't find one at the GW Boutique. We did stop at a small vegetable stand and I got a small butternut squash. Mom also picked up a few items. It was nice to see the house almost the same as when we left. I did not take any pictures on the way home, but I did carry the camera most of the way in the car. The camera finally ended up in the trunk until we got home. There were some satin red wine color leaves on some of the back roads of the city of Williston which were worth capturing on film, but I didn't get the golden shots. However, I just heard the train whistle in New Smyrna Beach which I heard at Glendon's place and this you can only capture in words to create an image in someone's brain. The runaway whistle with a train speeding down the tracks. What an image this would create.
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At 6:14 AM, Lew said…
Wood smoke. When your sister fires-up her fireplace, the aroma of the burning wood will be nice to smell. Here in Orlando, I will walk out onto the front porch during a cold spell and the acrid smell of the smoke permeates the air everywhere. Some people don't like the smell but I do, it brings back the memories of sitting around a campfire in the woods. Maybe when you go to your sisters for Christmas, she will have the fireplace going and you will have the opprtunity of smelling what all homes smelled of 100 years ago, wood smoke. Don't forget your raincoat today, I saw on the weather radar that the storms are coming. It is so nice outside right now that it seems impossible that the weather could turn bad. We put the Christmas lights up on the roof of the house yesterday. They look nice. Tomorrow I wll go Christmas shopping and probably "shop til' I drop". I am a casual shopper. I go through the stores slowly at a strolling pace and if I see something that catches my interest then I will stop to look at it for a while. I then continue and if I see another item, I will stop to look at that too. It may take me a half-hour to forty five minutes to get what I originally went into the store to get from my shopping list. And then it will be on to the next store where the whole slow process starts all over again. It is slow but it is fun and entertaining. This year Mary is going to host the big family get-together on Christmas Day where her three children and their families will come over to have dinner and exchange presents. It will be a busy party day. Enjoy your day. Lew
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