Nobody tells this guy to “stuff it.”
Exercising his God-given right to bear arms.
Although, he does have a thick skin and can probably take the insults. This poor stuffed armadillo presides over the general store at a small town in the Texas Hill Country. It’s an ignominious end for that little old critter, and I confess that I was a little ashamed that anyone did that to him (I thought that after I laughed). I think that dead animals look better in black and white, don’t you?
The town that boasts his presence is a difficult town to find … I told you about that experience in a review post (your comments on that page are greatly appreciated — don’t make me whine). I’ll tell you more about it when my back heals a bit. I’m spending most of my days in bed right now.
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It is very certain that this is the oddest pic this week.
Get well soon.
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Odd, indeed. It was the best I could do under the circumstances
How can anybody do something like that? it is horrible, poor little animal, and at last the result is quite kitsch!
I hope you´ll go better.
Hugs!
.-= lola´s last blog ..Libertad para Pánfilo =-.
I know it’s awful, Lola. I have never understood exactly why people would stuff a dead animal in the first place. I can’t help but feel sorry for the poor critter.
Thanks for the good wishes…I’m slowly healing.
Now that is a spooky picture!
Get better soon – Sheila
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It’s not so much spooky as it is disgusting!
That is funny, great shot. I used to see those things along the road when I lived in Texas. I’ve never seen a living one though.
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I have a living one who roots around in my garden. Evidently, they can’t hear too well, because I can stand two feet from him and shout and it doesn’t phase him/her. They are fun to watch, but VERY destructive of the vegetation. I wish he’d go after the poison ivy….
Oh I’m sorry… I can’t help it. For all that I hate the killing of critters for sport, I have an odd fascination with the taxidermed results. My mom had an armadillo purse when I was a kid and I just adored it. I wish I had it now. It’d suit my witchy style. Bwahahaha…
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You told me about your Momma’s armadillo purse, and I thought of you as I posted this.
Hmmmmm….I’m not sure what to say about that. Interesting, no doubt. Don’t see much of that in Chicago! My grandfather was a hunter and when we were kids we used to have these antlers hanging above the fireplace. My mom took them down to paint one time and when the antlers were on the floor, the dog just freaked out. Wouldn’t stop barking at them and seriously, was scared of them! My mom decided not to put them back up after that…LOL
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I’m afraid that a LOT of folks in Texas decorate with dead critters. I do NOT “get” the appeal of it. A friend who is a microbiologist won’t sit under stuffed animals in restaurants. She says they have mites!
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