Fall Flowers, Another Turkey Attack, New Recipe
Well, here's a nice way to start a post...
Nothing like a beautiful hydrangea to get the ball rolling. And let's keep it rolling with a cape rose...
It might seem a little unusual to have blossoms like these so late in the season, but on Cape Cod, you just never know. (BTW... You do know that there are over 1,000 images like the hydrangea and the cape rose in our library free for the taking... Makes for fine wallpaper. And if you can't find what you're looking for, just holler. We've got a pretty respectable selection of the local birds.)
Onward...
Once again, the turkeys didn't "play well with others", and one of the ruffians charged me again today. Now that I've seen this behavior a few times, I'm beginning to wonder if the creatures are actually charging, or on the other hand just rushing forward to be fed by hand. I certainly hope it's not the latter. It's one thing to put feed in feeders and then leave the wild animals alone; it's entirely another to try to make pets out of them by hand feeding. In any event, this is wearing thin. Thankfully, we keep a comfy cushion on the deck - it's as harmless as a nerf ball, but looks positively "turkey menacing" when it flutters down from on high. If I scare them away forever (yeah right), so be it. I'd rather they re-gain their natural fear of humans than have one of them (or a person) get hurt.
What else?
Hey! Real quick... Remember that killer pork recipe? Well here's something even easier that's destined for the grill. Mix up a quarter cup of A1 with a like amount of Italian salad dressing and set that aside. Next, take a one pound pork tenderloin and butterfly it. Plop the pork in with the A1/salad dressing melange in a vacuum bag and using one of those kitchen air-sucker gadgets, asphyxiate the whole deal. Refrigerate for a day. Grill 'til thoroughly cooked and enjoy.
See you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
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