the wife and i went to the Ducks Unlimited banquet last night......they usually comp us a $50 couples ticket for the paper covering it.....so we usually wind up spending $$ since they dont ask the paper to underwrite anything.....usually the paper buys a "all in package" to get in on all of the in house drawings and raffles and such and my wife winds up bidding on artwork and i bid on scuptures and the like.......last night we walked out of there with a couple decoys from the live auction and a couple blankets my wife bid on in the silent auction.....however my wife was also bidding on a Terry Redline painting in the live auction......she had the bid at $600 and someone bid $625 and she didnt go any higher......she still aint sure if she is happy or mad that she didnt get it......really didnt have the $ but Redline had a stroke not long ago and is suffering from alshimers and isnt likely to do any more paintings.....anyways befre refreshments we walked out of there with a $350 bill...
heres the decoys i picked up
heres the decoys i picked up