Papaw Dew's Deer Camp

My dad's back yard has become a deer camp. Now we are making it cool.

A ramshackle booth on a giant pallet; two walls are covered in plastic, one wall is covered in algae, and the floor is covered in white exterior latex.

I got one coat of exterior latex on the floor of the shower. Time ran out letting it dry before the second coat. I should have some time tomorrow to paint.

Three dogs lying in the dust front of a box fan: the two Chihuahuas are facing the fan, while the rat terrier has his butt pointed toward the fan.

I don't know why the rat terrier doesn't wish to cool his head and chest the way the Chihuahuas do. Does all his heat collect in the hindquarters?

A screen tent with the zippered door wide open, covered with some mosquito net that is gathered at the nearest edge.

In a previous entry, I mentioned replacing the zippered entry with some mosquito net. That started making us crazy.

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In a screen tent are the legs of a seated figure; the get are in crocs and the legs are in shorts that go below the knee.

My dad is wearing his coulottes. Seriously, though, I have a terrible envy of his below-the-knee shorts. He doesn't remember where he found them.

The top of a 100w power station showing two and a half out of five bars of charge illuminated.

Fifteen hours of fan and about three hours of LED light, and the battery is about half depleted.

A ramshackle booth made of scrap wood on a giant pallet; the floor and near wall are covered in thick, clear plastic.

The shower / latrine has been in need of painting for some time. The weather has not permitted.

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Inside a screen tent, a small portable power station with a small clamp-on fan attached to its handle and connected via cigarette lighter adapter.

A lifesaver lately. I got this little clamp-on DC fan last year or year before. I got the battery a few years ago. I don't actually know how long the battery lasts with this fan on. It went for hours and hours and only went down to about 80%. But when I turned it off for the night, I forgot to unplug it, and I found out around 40% in the morning.

A winged insect with a very long thin abdomen clinging to a mosquito net.

I am relieved to discover that half of the creatures I was accusing of being wasps or not actually wasps. They are assassin bugs, or robber flies.

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A screen tent with camo net covering the roof, the left side, and part of the front.

No, we are not going stealth.

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A tiny white pickup truck covered in streaks of green algae, with lots of leaves in the bed, in which plants are starting to sprout.

Papaw is going to tow this away to someone who wants it.