Serendipity

Well, I'm okay now, it was an hour ago. But earlier, while walking my dog, I was nearly injured. By a chunk of pizza. I'll explain. We're headed back up my block, hound and I, going back home, when I hear above me some very noisy drama. 

Flying about in a group of five, seagulls, some tussle going on between them as they zoomed around, loudly squawking. Couldn't tell what was happening, I only thought, hey, you're all a couple of miles from the coast, short flight for them. 

Then suddenly, a big thud thru palm fronds above, only a couple of feet from us by the curb, we walked over to look. Yup, no doubt. Heavy crust, pepperoni, about a half slice. That's what narrowly missed beaming us? Apparently, one of the birds had it, wasn't sharing, gravity took over. 

Close call, could have been bad. Would have been the silliest injury ever. Serendipity comes in the oddest forms.