Forgotten Turkeys, Forgotten Photos...
Funny the things that a person overlooks... Check out the shot below...
I didn't even know I had it. At this point, we have well over 4,000 photographs (and the total number may well be twice that), so I guess that's understandable. But beyond that, there's the lost moment... The lost specialness... I remember the first time I saw turkeys... I was coming home from college, and there were a few beside the highway. That was a big deal for me, but I don't remember the first time I saw them in our yard. Earlier, I remember my first encounters with red-winged blackbirds, but I don't remember the first time I saw them in our yard either.
I guess my point is that special things get lost - get forgotten. Maybe we can chock some of that up to experience. (Note that word "experience".) Maybe we all suffer from a sensory overload and desensitization in this extraordinarily technical, violent, and convoluted world... After all, we live in a time when home computers routinely have a terabyte of storage... The violence reported in the news, in computer games, and in the movies is just stunning... And politics and the economy are driving us crazy from every angle... Perhaps it's all just too much to process. Is it possible that the special and quiet have fallen victim to the glaring and loud?
Anyhoo...
There's a turkey picture completely new to both of us...
Deep sigh,
See you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
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