I almost had supper

[westerling]

...if I weren't a vegetarian. On the way to work this evening, I nearly nearly hit a wild turkey. I'm pretty sure I left rubber on the road, not to mention skidding on the winter sand. *screech* It was a BIG bird...a full grown adult. If it hadn't taken off at the last minute, it would've been roasted, and we would've had a nice dent in the front of the car.

*whew*

Good things those things can fly.
The meat-eating spouse was a little disappointed, though.

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[t-ktl.livejournal.com]

Where I'm from, people swerve for dinner. :-) It's occasionally a little terrifying.

Lynne remembers the wild turkeys

[(Anonymous)]

I saw a dead turkey on the road today on my way in to boston to see my family. Thought of you, of course.

When we lived in Hawley there was a fairly large flock of wild turkeys living on our land. We found them remarkably reluctant to fly--mostly they just walked around. One day in the middle of a huge snow storm 17 of them walked down the driveway and hung a right through the dell and continued on into the field beyond. They looked like dark little dwarfs rather than huge birds. It was one of those sublimely surreal moments when we realized we didn't live in New York City anymore.

But the turkey on the road today was kind of sad, even more so because of the rain, I don't know why.