Oh to be able to spread wings

............and just take off! 
Mind you if this had been a gunfight as in Western style I would be lying on the dry dusty road with a hole where the bullet had passed through me. I'm not so quick on the draw and the seagull was off and nearly away from my lens viewer.

I think I notice a lot more people walking and cycling the streets and roads today rather than the narrow canal path, or is that just my wishful imagination.
Another book nearly read today. How I miss my gardening that I used to do whatever the weather.