'Nother sheep hide on a rack leaning against the house waiting to be hung. You don't see the roadkill raccoon hide also waiting to dry. Of course, the daughter has no place to hang these things at her own place.....
Fer cryin' out loud, this sort of thing seems to be in the DNA on my wife's side of the family. Primitive skills people, slaughtering animals for meat, skinning, tanning hides and such. Hasn't anyone in my family heard of boats but me?