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166. i did my first taxidermy project

Fri Jul 11, 2014, 03:07 PM

Jul 2014

took a small private class. stuffed a pheasant.
big fun. very tactile.
they handed out little slices of logs.

i have a small flock of chickens now, is what made me want to take the class. hoping to sell some feathers. have lovely birds.

i immediately started being flooded ideas for the hilarious things one could pose a stuffed chicken on/in.
i thought it was super easy, but very complicated at the same time. but in my wheelhouse.
i turned the worst pelt in the class, not my fault, into a decent stuffed pheasant.

chauncy-

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=700317563323259&set=pb.410796658942019.-2207520000.1405109120.&type=3&theater

rocking chair aint got me yet, tho, so i dont have much time for hobbies.
wont be able to help myself come time to cull the flock, tho.

and yeah, meet up. maybe we could do a dinner cruise on the lake.
or y'all could come to the farm.

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