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Let's Talk Turkey!
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Let's Talk Turkey!

by Lori Lafargue

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted November 23, 2016101 views1 comments
This is Bobby. He lived next store to a place I lived last Summer. He roamed the immediate neighborhood causing minor traffic problems on our side street. He knew my car...don't ask me how! But, there he was almost each evening as I drove up. He would block me from driving, and when I stopped, quickly waddled up to my window, insisting I roll it down. The first time I did, he surprised me by gently laying his head across the door and looked right at me! Me, with camera at the ready, tried to get a macro zoomcam shot, but Bobby was way ahead of me. Every single time I pressed the shutter button he would move his head away. Folks, you can't make this stuff up...reality is far weirder than fiction. Bobby kept this up all Summer. I swear he was courting me!! Perhaps he was begging for his life the closer it got to Thanksgiving? I'll never know. I hear Bobby was depressed when I moved away, but he has found a new  so I can sleep easy!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER FRIENDS!!
Eat a Tofurkey. Bobby will be ever so thankful.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 25, 2016 at 4:42 PM
Cute story and a wonderful close-up, Lori.  I really like the angle on this.  Who would have thought a turkey could do the "Bambi eye"?

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