After spending most of the day in Jackson, Mississippi, yesterday, I was looking forward to getting home and relaxing. As I was preparing to turn into our driveway, you can imagine my surprise when I discovered we had a visitor in our front yard.
I just happened to have my camera in the car with me, and I quickly grabbed it and started shooting through the open window (with the camera, not a gun) ...
Yes, that's a turkey! We've seen her several times around the entrance to our street, but have never seen her in our yard.
Awww, Tilly (I like to name things, and she just looked like a Tilly to me) ... Don't get your feathers ruffled! I'm not going to hurt you.
I wish Tilly had stayed a little longer. I could have fixed her a snack, and she could have taken a dip in our little pond.
Oh, well ... what can I say? Lagniappe comes in all kinds of forms, and my lagniappe yesterday was in the not-so-elegant form of Tilly the Turkey.
4 comments:
You DO lead a most interesting life.
And even a wandering turkey knows that she'll find welcome at your house.
Happy Lagniappe to you too!!
Wild Turkeys are so much fun! On my drive in to work in the fall, a whole flock of them hover around a certain area I pass. Although my view of them is always brief, I always get a chuckle when I pass them! And, by the way, Tilly is the perfect name for that turkey!
-Karen
Wow, I can't believe you had a turkey in your front yard. Now that's what I call organic (wink). That sounds like a good name for a Thanksgiving book, "The adventures of Tilly the Turkey."
That is a good looking lady, I hope she encounters only kind people like you, shooting after her with a camera!
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