Day: June 13, 2017

Tie o’ the Day #2 is draped over the antlers of the one deer I kinda killed. I didn’t have the whatever-it-takes to shoot this young Bambi, so I aimed high in order to miss. I believe Dad took a shot at the same time I did–to make sure I brought it down. He never missed a deer–including the deer he killed as he sat back on a ridge to take a shot and sat on a cactus. 🌵 Dad ‘dermied “my” “California 2-point.” 🦌 I think he knew I wouldn’t want to hunt again. But I think he wanted to give me something to help me remember the understanding we came to on that day. Plus, those are basically jackalope antlers! And that’s just funny.🤡

Tie o’ the Day #1 went with me and Suzanne to a Birthday Lunch for Dad at J & J Sapor–a new and good-fooded restaurant in Farmington. Dad didn’t show up, so Suzanne told me to give her one of my “Dad faces” for this photo. Of course, I had to go with his mustache-and-beard face. That’s how I will always see Dad in my heart and in my dreams. 🍰☕️🎂