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I haven’t worked hides most of this year due to lack of mental/emotional capacity, but am finally feeling up to it.

Which means in the last two weeks I’ve picked up Nearly every roadkill I’ve seen. Four possum, four squirrels, one rabbit. All skinned out, scraped, and dried or already softened.

Sticking to little critters for now because they’re so much less commitment. My neurodivergence is not friendly to long complex processes with specific timing requirements. So little hides are just right for now.

a hand gently holding an adorable possum hind foot, that has four clawed toes and one unclawed, very roundy adorable thumb-toe
a possum fur stretched out on a frame. the fur is black and silvery grey with a white undercoat, and look very soft
the flesh side of a squirrel skin stretched and tacked onto a wooden board to dry
a roadkill squirrel carcass floating in a rich broth with chunks of vegetables inside a slow cooker
a squirrel stomach stuffed with wool to keep its shape as it dries. the stomach is small - about as long as my pointer finger, but curved around on itself. it's narrow at one end and wider at the end.
a grey squirrel fur laid on a wooden table. it's grey with bits of brown along the spine, has cinnamon brown stripes down the side of its belly, and white edges.
two squirrel skins tacked to a wooden board to dry, flesh side out .
three dead roadkill creatures laid side by side on a wooden deck. on the left a silvery black possum, in the middle a cottontail rabbit, and on the right a grey squirrel.
four possum furs laid in a row on a table. they have mostly black fur along their spines, with silvering towards white at their stomachs. the fur is long and looks very luxurious.
#roadkill #hide tanning #possum fur #squirrel skin #rabbit skin #eating roadkill #squirrel soup #earth skills #ancestral skills 
joan kovatch@joan-gan-broga
Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:47:54
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