Bear and Zebra at McDonald’s
New Friends Photo Op at McBreakfast
Yes, It was another McDonald’s morning and this time we went to the one in the new Walmart at the Oro Valley Marketplace. This is the famous Walmart, because there was so much opposition to it coming to Oro Valley. There are some who live here that like to think Oro Valley is Scottsdale. I think it is more like Irelanddale, but I digress.
Wanting to teach our granddaughter how to survive in the current economic downturn; yes she will be 5 next week making her old enough to learn the value of a buck. We decided to kill two birds with one stone, for the younger readers please forgive the metaphor. We took her to the new McDonald’s in the new Walmart. The two birds, give grandpa the time to read the Sunday paper while Grandma and one generation removed cruised the toy isles at their leisure.
The old guy (that would be me) took his time reading the paper and discovered the Mexican food from the night before was no longer desiring a place in his rented space, but alas, no girls in sight. They had entered the dreaded time wrap of toys, games and clothes for little girls. (I knew they weren’t just going for the toys).
Left in my charge (to keep the old guy company) were the bear which is almost ever present and the newly acquired zebra, joining his buddy penguin from yesterday’s minnows will eat you alive.
With the paper finished and camera in pocket I set them up in a nice friendly pose with nothing but orange walls for a background. As focus was being achieved someone decided to eat their McBreakfast in the booth behind.
For a moment I pondered the idea of asking the gentleman if he would mind moving so I could get an good background shot for my bear and zebra newly formed family composition. However, reflecting on how that might sound I opted not to risk being thrown out of McDonald’s with bear and zebra in hand ( a potentially even more embarrassing situation that babysitting them in the first place. )
Snapping a few shots from various angles I settled on the one above only to have the Grandmother of the bear (that would be the mother of the young lady who possesses the bear) ask me where the bear’s other eye was. It was still there, and remains so even as we speak, so to speak. I explained that due to the nature of the shot the bear’s rather large proboscis had obstructed the eye from the lens of the camera, but should she doubt this, all she need do was go to the other room where bear was now napping with zebra after a long morning at the D’s getting acquainted and having their pictures taken.
As to the Mexican Food seeking an exit strategy, we won’t go there.
