A trophy of the tiniest kind!

Melvin found this raccoon "expired along the highway" (road kill) on the way into school.  Skinning, salting, tanning, mounting---this little guy was a challenge to work with.  Melvin's big hands made gentle work of it, and this mount "looks alive"! 

GG and Melvin found a board and driftwood that "talked to them", and the clever addition of a "persimmon" allows a tiny, throw-away raccoon to be "balanced on the edge of success" forever.