The other day I was in the car on my way to an in-home training session. It was a beautiful day out, and I was loving it! I stopped at a stop sign, not far off FM 407, when something odd caught my eye. There was a small field there, in the middle of a residential neighborhood, and something was standing there. Looked like a huge bird. It was motionless. I couldn’t tell if it was real or just a wooden statue. So I put on the emergency brake and turned on my flashers.
Sure enough, s-l-o-w-l-y he took a step. He WAS real!!! He was pretty cool looking, and as luck would have it - I had my camera with me, so I whipped it out of my bag and started snapping away.
All of a sudden I looked in my rear view mirror and realized that a squad car had pulled up behind me. CRAP!!! No lights, but he sat there for a few minutes - probably running a check on my plates. My first instinct was to jump out of the car and explain that “Gee - I was only taking pictures”, but I know better than to do that. So I waited it out, and he finally came walking up. “Everything OK?” he asked. “Yea, sorry - I was just getting a couple of shots of this guy” and I pointed to where the bird had been. As luck would have it - he was gone!!
Naw - just kidding. Thank God he WAS still there, but it would have made for a better post if he hadn’t been. :-0
He asked if I got them (the pics) and then said, “Well, you better clear the street then”. I was lucky that he was a nice guy. What exactly IS the fine for obstructing traffic anyway? Never mind - I don’t want to know.
Till Next Time…
