When I opened up the refrigerator last night, I could see nothing that I wanted to pull out and make dinner of. Yes, if Margie had been home she could surely have made something from what was there and if Jacob and Lavina had been visiting, they could have put together a concoction worthy of Iron Chef, but Margie was at their house, babysitting Jobe and I could see nothing to fix.
So I decided to go to Carl's Jr. and buy a hamburger. Not a meal, just a hamburger, with water on the side.
That's exactly what I ordered, but after the guy on the intercom gave me the total, I suddenly decided that I wanted a taste of french fry, so I had him add a side.
My intent was to eat only a few fries, as I just did not need a whole small serving.
So, what was I to do with the rest?
I had just pulled off to the side to eat when the answer came to me in the form of a seagull. I held out a fry. The seagull studied it.
Seagull comes down to check out my fry.
Hmmm... this fry looks pretty good!
I think I'll try it!
Got it! Damn good, too!
Now I must confess to have taken a few liberties above, as what you see is not one sequence of a gull swooping in to grab a fry. I was shooting with my pocket camera and it does not have the capability to shoot consecutive frames fast enough to catch such a sequence.
In truth, many gulls had come to share my fries and each time one came to get one, I could shoot one frame and one frame only.
Now, if you would like to see the images larger and in slide show format, click below:
And tomorrow morning, I leave for Nuuk, Greenland, to blog the General Assembly of the four nation Inuit Circumpolar Council - that's Russia (Chukotka), the US (Alaska), Canada and Greenland. I invite you all to tag along. My route will take me through Copenhagen, Denmark, where I will overnight. I will drop in short posts along the way.
In advance, let me thank ICC Alaska, for teaming up with me to pick up my travel, lodging and dining expense, so that we can do this project together.