Spring

Went to Scott and Marsha's new pad in Freedom. Tilled garden,found 1 shroom, cooked some good grub. Went Bloomington on Subday to hunt for more shrooms, all I found was a box turtle. Getting ready for a week camping trip with Bub and Dennis in about 3wks. Did find some shrooms in Cicreo late week.

Dulcimer stand

I made a stand for my dulcimer out of 2 kudu horns from the 2nd kudu shot 2yrs ago. I added a gemsbok horn as the third leg. I works well and not something you see everday.

New sign

When the wine guy got shut down last Oct and we got the Miller neon sign, he also had a Dos Equis sign, but broke the bottom part. Believe it or not I ordered the bottom Imported Beer part and had a friend of Scottys fix it for under 100$. Really sets off that end of the room. Also been busy working on cfafts on the indian end of the room.

African Skins

Finally got the lastof my skins and horns that were left out my shipment last August. Well sort of, as you can see my kudu skin is small and lacking stripes. The tracking codes were wrong so I was lucky to get it. If not for my mail carrier knowing what the package looked like, it might have been lost in the post office never neverland. I am going to use my smaller kudu horns for a dulcimer stand. I contacted my outfitter to maybe get a skin from a mature kudu. We'll see, took 6 more months just to get these. I won't hold my breath.

Daytona Beach

Just got back from a short trip to Daytona beach. Once again reward points hotel on the beach was SWEET. Weather was decent, but seas were high, which kept us from fishing. We finally went on the last day, when we sailed on the USS Puketown. 1 1/2 hrs of 6' to 8' wave bashing just to get to the fishing grounds, needless to say 1/2 the ship was sick. I didn't throw up, but fought it for 6hrs. Fishing was fair for fishing on a bobber, mainly sea bass, couple red snapper and a couple groupers. Oh well if I wanted a certain amount of fish I should have went to Kroger's.

Deer Season

Deer season is finally here again. I finally bagged a deer,it has been a couple year drought for me, but I am very happy with deer #56 of my hunting career. I got him a state deer reduction hunt at Potato Creek SP near South Bend. The picture of the woods is where the deer fell and I was in the top left corner way up in the woods. It was 120 steps thru the timber, one of my best 10 shots ever made. 1 1/2 mile track back to the truck did me in, so I called it a day. I could have shot 2 more does. If I didn't have my deer cart I'd probably still be in the woods, with a fire and just eatin' the deer on the spot. I LOVE HUNTING, it thrilling, challenging,primevil, and just plain fun, DO IT. Note: apartment complexes frown upon butching your deer in the back of a pickup in their parking lot. When the cop showed up and said I couldn't be doing that in the parking lot. I told him it was the only place to do it, plus according the DNR it is a crime not to processes the deer( willful wanting waste) the cop shook his head,told me to hurry up and left. Finally a cop with a sense of humor.

OSU Football

I know, I know what's an Indiana boy doing by going to an OSU football game you ask? Well my girlfriend Taunya thought it would be cool. Plus the Candy Man at the North Market gave her free tickets. I have to say we really had fun. Went to pregame concert featuring the Naked Karate Girls, corny get up, but great music and very fun to watch. Had great seats and the mood in the stadium was electric and they handed Purdue there ass at 49 zip. I would go again in a heartbeat