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Admiring the real sea gull

March 19, 2012 Don Knowler

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A RAINBOW spread across the ocean, framing storm-tossed waves and distant, grey mountains. As if on cue, to make the panorama complete, a lone gull zig-zagged across the wave tops, before rising slightly and flying smack bang though the rainbow’s arc. We stood in awe, a trio of men behaving badly, who had gone to the clifftop at Dodges Ferry not to watch birds but to freshen up after an afternoon of  what can be euphemistically termed as beer and wine tasting. We shouldn’t … [Read more...] about Admiring the real sea gull

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