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Chuck The Artist
My husband was a man of many talents, not the least of which included those of artist. Chuck could draw, paint, woodwork, and as I found out relatively recently, Chuck could whittle. This cowboy statue was in our house for several years before I asked Chuck where he had gotten it. To my absolute surprise, he told me that he'd made it! While at a family camp with friends Gary & Arlene, Chuck picked up a piece of wood he found while he and Gary were hanging out, and whittled this cowboy out of that piece of wood.
Red Tennies
Chuck had quite a collection of athletic footwear (what my family generically refers to as tennies) and was always on the lookout for a new, unusual or colorful pair to add to his collection. My nephew, Andrew, had seen this pair of tennies and knew they were right up Chuck's alley. Andrew saved his money to buy these for Chuck for Christmas 2005, which Chuck promptly slipped on and wore proudly and often!
Chuck Did Not Like Blueberries!
I have a dessert I make that involves pecan sandies cookies, bananas, a cream cheese/cool whip filling, and is topped off with blueberry pie filling. Chuck was making a run to the grocery store, and so I asked that he pick up a can of blueberfry pie filling for my dessert I was planning to make. He returned from Safeway without the pie filling, as he told me that Safeway was out of blueberry pie filling. I said "Really??...they were out of blueberry pie filling?" Chuck confirmed again that Safeway was out of blueberry pie filling. I asked him if he looked in the right aisle at the store, and he assured me that he knew what aisle to look in, and they were out. I thought to my self, "Well...I suppose it is possible" and decided to use a different topping. A few days later, somehow blueberries came up in our conversation, and Chuck told me that he hated blueberries! Then it dawned on me!! I laughed, and then asked Chuck...."Is that why Safeway was out of blueberry pie filling the other day?" Chuck responded "Uh, yep". I don't remember having any blueberry-related foods in the house after that!