{"id":1636,"date":"2010-10-24T23:19:53","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T03:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2010-10-25T07:21:38","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T11:21:38","slug":"thanksgiving-coming-turkeys-already-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/24\/thanksgiving-coming-turkeys-already-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving coming&#8230; Turkeys already here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And I&#8217;m not talking about Charlie&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Adrienne and I walked the couple blocks to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakeside.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oakside Cultural Center<\/a> here in Bloomfield to check out a Mandolin Orchestra concert this afternoon. (The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomfieldmandolinorchestra.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra<\/a> has been around for 70 years now, and is one of the many community music groups that operate in Bloomfield&#8211;pretty cool even if the quality isn&#8217;t quite top notch, or even middle at times&#8230;) The concert featured Italian and Neapolitan songs, and pretty much ended up being a sing-along for the crowd of mostly older Italian types. It was still enjoyable enough, and a nice little diversion from the many chores on our weekend list!<\/p>\n<p>On the way home, we again saw more wild turkeys just hanging out in front yards. An odd site for what I consider to be quite urban suburbs, but still kinda cool! Gobble gobble.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMAG0034.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1637\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/24\/thanksgiving-coming-turkeys-already-here\/imag0034\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMAG0034.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HERO200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1287938362&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMAG0034\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMAG0034-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMAG0034-600x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1637\" title=\"IMAG0034\" src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMAG0034-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMAG0034-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMAG0034-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMAG0034.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And I&#8217;m not talking about Charlie&#8230;<br \/>\nAdrienne and I walked the couple blocks to the Oakside Cultural Center here in Bloomfield to check out a Mandolin Orchestra concert this afternoon. 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