PISMO BEACH GULL

I stopped to watch this gull for a bit while on the pier at Pismo Beach.  He tried to ignore me but I persisted in communicating mentally with him to see if he would react.

Literally I was standing there for about three minutes telling him to turn around.  Finally he did but wasn't all that impressed with my attention.  He went on about his business of looking for his next "victim" who was carrying something that he could swoop in and steal from them.   While standing there watching him I was reminded of the time in San Francisco at Pier 39 when a man walking with an ice cream cone was the victim of a sea gull seeking ice cream.

Actually I could have just said in fewer words this:

Where is my next meal
A child with ice cream perhaps
Hmmm...  I'm being stalked

HELLO AND GOOD TO HAVE POWER AGAIN AND BE BACK ON LINE WITH THE INTERNET

It's been a long span of days.    The first part was great - we were spending part of Thanksgiving week with our family up at the central coast and it was gorgeous!!  We enjoyed every minute of it except for a problem we have with the "Pet Hotel" regarding our cat ...which turned out okay.

But while there are mountain area was hit with a snow cyclone (which I have read is now affecting the midwest and parts of the east .  Most of the small communities up here experienced power outage still ongoing in some areas after six or seven days.  Trees are down everywhere and it's a mess but we got home and got power finally yesterday and internet today.  I'm behind visiting all my favorite blogs - which I will catch up on in the next few days.

While in  Arroyo Grande - a sweet pretty little town up the coast we stopped by to visit the AG Roosters as they are called.  They run the town and I wouldn't be surprised if they have their own mayor.  The colors were amazing.  Here are just a few of the many photos i took of them.  They roam freely in the town and like to hang out around the creek which is on the other side of this fence they are perched on.  We stop by every time we go to the coast and they always cooperate and seem to love seeing people. 

See you soon!