Quote Originally Posted by sundial View Post
Ok, here's one from the wanderings. I went to see a family who were known to be hill people. For you northerners, hill people are like hillbillies. Anywho, I went in to talk with the family. As I tentatively sit in the living room, my eyes wander over to the corner of the room and I see a huge hornets nest that is strategically placed as an accent piece. And then I see another. Did I just see....? Oh man, she caught me looking and now she wants to take me on a tour of their 2 room house. Meanwhile, *Betty Joe* (not her real name) is fingering and wiggling her loose tooth. Her son, *Billy Joe*, is coming from the woods. Is that a rifle in his hands? A squirrel? What the...? Too late, Billy Joe sees me and comes in to announce we will have squirrel for supper. And won't I stay to et? Meanwhile, Betty Joe announces, "I did it! My tooth came out! Billy Joe, will you pass this over to her to show her." Yes, I had to handle her tooth. She was beaming with pride!
Maybe I'm weird, but none of this actually seems odd to me. They sound like friendly people I'd enjoy meeting! Me and my other women friends around here have done lots of interesting things like bring home beautiful dead insects or empty wasp nests we find to display on a shelf, shot possum with a rifle, caught, cooked and eaten snapping turtle...just part of life in the country. Sometimes you don't even need hills to be hill people.
Sundial, your paintings are wonderful!