02-23-2010
A little over a year ago when I was training at the redi-center in Atlanta for my new job with CSX a question was asked on one of the tests that was something like "Do you sometimes do things on the spur of the moment?" I know the correct answer was supposed to be "no" because you can get hurt or do something stupid if you don't take your time and think about what you are doing. At work I can see where that would be the right thing to do but usually when I go taking pictures the "spur of the moment" thing happens a great deal. I will be going one direction and all of a sudden I decide to go somewhere else. "Instinct or gut feeling?" I don't really know. This morning it was foggy and I went to a couple of different places that I normally go and as I came up to this road that turns off of the river road I decided to turn left and visit the church where my granny and grandaddy are buried. Going around the "Road Closed" sign I pulled up to the opening in front of the church and there was a whole herd, covey, bunch or whatever a group of turkeys are called. I've been telling men at work I want to go with them sometime and get some turkey pictures and here are sixteen standing here posing for me. I shut my truck off and after they ran for a short distance quit paying any attention to me as they fed back and forth in front of the church. If I had not done the "spur of the moment" thing and turned down this road I would have missed this opportunity.
wayne
