We's havin' a wee bit o' work done in the buggy barn .....
An' we got to squabblin' over whose side is his'n or hers. All these years he done had a workbench an 'was plenty happy. Now that some new shelves, Aunty's work area and a broom closet is goin' in, he is doin' the man thang an' goin' territorial on me. Next thang ya' know Uncle got his lip poked out in a mighty baboon pout.
He say he doan have enough space fer his stuff.
Doan pull out the violins jes' yet, all you fellas what is noddin' in sympathy wif' his lament. Ya'll think ya knows jes' what poor ole Uncle means, but, looky, it ain't like ya think. Uncle has the Pork Rind Office, the Pork Rind off site storage, an' huntin' hidey-hole down in the woods....Aunty has jes' one place, the homeplace.
Well, anyhoo--that skirmish will play out, but it put me to thinkin' what Uncle would do iffin'all ya'll came a callin' on us. After seein' to some libation, Uncle would steer ya into his study, what is crammed full of his fun stuff.
Ya wanna see some of it?
An hour later you'd a heered about the best times of his life remembered each time he picks up one of his 'membrances.
Like this heah, the first big gobbler Uncle ever shot, the turkey feet--wif' long spurs...
Some Jean Lafite bronzes Granny give him....
His Daddy's old Polaroid....
17 inch, three pound speckle pearch caught in a Florida lake...it ain't no record, but Uncle is proud of it anyhoo...
a few books fer hunter-fisher menfolks.....
... A lion's head Meerschaum wif' amber stem....
a Gator Girl
a humidor (ga ga! the smell!) his in-law done give him...
a Randall Made knife Aunty splurged on long years back when we was broke on our backsides but it were Christmas ya know?....
His own Daddy's ole reel....
the cars he doan have but hangs on the Christmas Tree each year...
Gators....
His Grand-pappy's pocket New Testament...
a wonnerful scrimshawed tusk....
He'll tell ya about the time he had a toddy wif' Arnold Palmer...
some ole timey decoys....
a painted goose box fer holdin' even more treasures...
heh....a European mount deer haid...8 points bein' a good size fer a Florida deer...
That rack from the side...
The SwampGO GAtors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
