Bob's Sea Appetite
Elizabeth E. (aka Ladybess aka Bob) is a Leprechaun who fled Leprechaunia to come shooting away with her camera while storming through sunny Western Australia. But while floating in a hot-air balloon above the Perth Zoo, she managed to tumble out of the basket and land in my low-rent condo - tucked deep within the Ape House - and she thus avoided the clutches of the Oz Customs and Quarantine Service.
If she'd been seized by them, deportation was on the cards - Don't want yet another stoned little personage here, thank you very much, cobber! However, although Bob escaped their stern clutches, this Yankee Leprechaun from Boston didn't manage to dodge the safe paws of yours truly - a New Age, born-again ape lurching around in search of enlightenment. And because she initially declared: Have camera, will travel! that's exactly what we did. But we heard the bureaucrats were closing in and thus we thought we'd throw them off the scent by going seaside - some briny was sure to clog their dinkum bloodhound noses. Unfortunately, the sea air sharpened our appetites.
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I'll check out this trendy inn for a bite to eat, Magi.
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This doesn't look all that promising.
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I'll zoom in for a closer look.
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I wonder if there's a snazzy cafe along here.
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The digital food finder indicates that the ships out there have hidden messes.
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Perhaps, Magi, we should try catching a fish.
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I could swim out to the ships and trade this camera food finder for a bite to eat.
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I wonder if this digital thingy would also get me a shipboard cup of coffee?
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I'm so hungry I could cry!
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Let's hear it, Magi, for a BIG lunch!
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Bugger it! The ships are steaming away!
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What can we do now for something to eat?
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A hot dog would be great!
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Hmmm ... could try ambushing one of them. The poodle looks yummy.
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Damn, they're all making a run for it!
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I'll check out the wharf!
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Hope it's not the cook they've hung from the yard arm!
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Better check to see if it was the cook.
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We'd better have a closer look.
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Hang on, me hearty, Magi is on his way to save you! That's what apes are for.
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Magi reckons the guy was a stowaway.
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But it all turned out okay. He slipped from Magi's grasp and fell into the drink.
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I'll check out this large lunch menu.
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Oh ... no meals at all for landlubbers.
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Are they abandoning ship?
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What does she know that I don't?
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I'm not risking a sinking ship for a meal!
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Great news, Magi! You've found a joint serving BIG lunches. I'll go and get changed into something more comfortable.
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Okay, we've staked this out as our table, Magi. Now let's take our nose bags to the counters groaning with food.
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Hmmm ... what does the calorie meter say?
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Come on, Magi, bring the nose bags over here!
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I'll start from this end with collecting the yummies.
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Yep, the calorie meter says I can eat heaps of these.
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And we'll pile on some of this delicious stuff, too!
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Hmmm ... the calorie counter says I can have seconds.
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Wowee! It indicates I can even have three helpings!
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Why did those two mutter that they didn't believe we could eat all of that on our plates? We haven't even started on our desserts as yet!
See also:
001 Bob on the Road: Have Camera, Will Travel
003 Bob on the Prowl
005 Bob's Fowl Day
006 Boating on the Swan River With Bob
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The travels of Bob in Australia
need to be divorced forever
from the tales of Leprechaunia
they just don't fit together!
In the peninsula of Inishowen in Northern Ireland
A Devlin married a McLaughlin on the shores of Doagh Bay
Forced to leave their homeland, the couple fled without say
And landed in Leprechaunia one sunshiny day.
Their days were filled with labor, their nights another thing
And so it was just a matter of time, small wee ones came with a ping.
So with that little tale, Allen, I ask you....how can I be divorced from my heritage?
I adore these salutes to the wee one that focus on her incredible appetites for food, fun and adventure. You made me smile with your captions Magi. My love to you both.
After these meanderings with Bobling Bobette, it is over to her for additional photo-essays of our sightseeing in West Oz.
And thank you very much, dear friend.
And yes, Kathryn, I am smaller then you....that is the truth.
By the way, Carolyn, I found several of Zach's college texts about the Art of Film Making, would Dale be interested?
Yes, all that exercise requires fueling ... fruit and big breakfasts kept us going.
The photos are a permanent record of our tours; and although we shot thousands of pics, there were many more we could have taken - perhaps on a future trip.
As for the man on the yardarm, I actually did see him get down to the deck...Magi must of had his eye on some girl from Leprechaunia at that point.
But you have to realize that neither Magi nor I cook so to see this fare in front of us, we literally think we have died and gone to heaven. Hopefully, "the Table" Magi is always talking about is equally blessed with such a fine array of foods.
This has been most fun you two. Wonderful pictures and nice to see e.e. from the other side of the lens. Good work Magi.
I'm looking forward to a similar experience with Jan in 2010, Adrian. I'm glad you enjoyed this outing with Bob and me. Thanks very much.
Thousands of pictures, right? There is grist for the mill for months to come... I am enjoying each and every one of this series, Magi and Bob. Keep them coming!
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Thank you for sharing your photos.
Mr Beelzebub loves the way you drink tea, Bill. I think he has a special burning pit in mind for you and all the other tea addicts. LOL
No, I don't think that Bob is a purple nun swimming out to passing ships - that only happens inLeprechaunia itself. Perhaps the dogs swam out to the ships to escape my hungry stare.
So you were a man overboard, were you, Bill? Did they make you walk the plank?
Oh, a calorie counter ;)
another wonderful day in the land down under.
Thanks for all the smiles on this gloomy, rainy day.
I'm pleased that I brought a bit of Aussie sunshine to your rainy day.