tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299752542024-03-07T19:47:20.942-05:00Sheltering PinesSheltering Pines is 36 acres out of an original 80 acre family farm located in Allegan Michigan. I raise Shetland sheep - all colors/markings/patterns. I started raising Shetlands in 1996 with my friend, Bill Eatmon. I knew that spotted shetlands were our favorite from the beginning and started out immeditately to collect spotted genetics from all over the country. We are NASSA Flock #417. I enjoy visitors and love showing them our Shetland sheep.stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-69269402302029684992013-04-04T20:35:00.001-04:002013-04-04T20:35:15.936-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I got the results back from my micron tests yesterday. I am posting them below. It looks like I have a lot of room for improvement!<br />
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<tr height="34" style="height: 25.5pt;"><td class="xl65" height="34" style="height: 25.5pt; width: 91pt;" width="121"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><u>Name</u></b></span></td><td class="xl66" style="width: 24pt;" width="32"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>MIC</b></span></td><td class="xl66" style="width: 22pt;" width="29"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <b>SD</b></span></td><td class="xl66" style="width: 23pt;" width="31"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>CV</b></span></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 26pt;" width="35"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>CEM</b></span></td><td class="xl66" style="width: 29pt;" width="38"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><</b></span></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 28pt;" width="37"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>CF <u>%</u></b></span></td><td class="xl66" style="width: 29pt;" width="38"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><u>SF</u></b></span></td><td class="xl66" style="width: 21pt;" width="28"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><u>SL</u></b></span></td><td class="xl66" style="width: 25pt;" width="33"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><u>MIN</u></b></span></td><td class="xl66" style="width: 28pt;" width="37"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><u>MAX</u></b></span></td><td class="xl66" style="width: 26pt;" width="35"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><u>FPFT</u></b></span></td><td class="xl66" style="width: 26pt;" width="34"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">MFE</span></td><td class="xl66" style="width: 31pt;" width="41"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><u>SD</u></b></span></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 39pt;" width="52"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><u>CRV</u></b></span></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 40pt;" width="53"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><u>SDC</u></b></span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"></td><td class="xl65"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><u>AVE</u></b></span></td><td class="xl65"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><u>MIC</u></b></span></td><td class="xl65"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><u>MIC</u></b></span></td><td class="xl65"></td><td class="xl68"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u><b>15%</b></u></span></td><td class="xl65"></td><td class="xl65"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">MIC</span></td><td class="xl65"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">mm</span></td><td class="xl65"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">MIC</span></td><td class="xl65"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">MIC</span></td><td class="xl65"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">mm</span></td><td class="xl65"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">MIC</span></td><td class="xl65"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Along</span></td><td class="xl65"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Dg/mm</span></td><td class="xl65"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Dg/mm</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Andalucite</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">25</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">10.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">85.2</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">85</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">26.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">23.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.2</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">61.6</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">44.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Appalachian Spring</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">4.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">18</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">92.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">75</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">21.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">25.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.28</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">66.6</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">49.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Axle</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">20</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5.6</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">28</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">10.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">16.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">96.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">20.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">50</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">17.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">20.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">19.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0.99</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">88.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">64</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Carmina Burana</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">19</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">3.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">98.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">20.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">95</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">19.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">23.2</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">19.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.21</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">71</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">53</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">China</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">14</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5.6</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">99.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">20.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">105</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">20.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">21.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">73.2</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">49.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Copper Sky</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">6.2</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">26</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">12.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">2.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">83.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24.6</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">85</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">20.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">27.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">23.6</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">2.42</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">54.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">44.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Debonaire</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">26</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">20</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">9.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">81.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">25.2</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">95</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">23.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">29.2</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.49</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">53.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">41.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Fanfare</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">20</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">3.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">19</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">7.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">98.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">19.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">75</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">18.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">19.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0.95</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">75.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">60</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Fur Elise</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">21</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">3.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">19</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">6.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">4.2</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">98.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">19.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">95</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">18.6</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">90</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">19.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.17</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">79.6</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">57.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">J'adore</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">25</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">20</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">8.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">86.2</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">85</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">23.6</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">27.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">80</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">23.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.07</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">49.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">38.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">L'air du temps</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">3.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">16</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">6.6</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">95.2</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">85</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">21.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">26.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">80</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.51</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">68.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">50.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Gold Leaf</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">3.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">18</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">7.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">97.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">20.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">100</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">20.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">22.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">21</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0.57</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">69.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">47.7</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">SheltrgPines </span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">25</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">4.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">18</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">8.2</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">88.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">85</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">23.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">26.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24.6</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.05</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">62.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">51.4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Midsummer Dusk</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">25</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">3.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">15</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">6.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">92.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">23.5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">95</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">23.4</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">25.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0.58</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">85.8</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">57.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Nocturne Shade</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">26</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">4.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">17</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">8.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">86.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">70</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24.3</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">26.9</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">25.7</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">0.84</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">71.1</span></td><td class="xl67"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">52.7</span></td></tr>
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Thankfully the weather was great and I was even able to let the flock outside for 2 days after shearing. We're getting snow today though and I have them locked inside the barn as the wind is pretty high and the wind chill lower than I want them subjected to.</div>
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On January 30, 2013 we celebrated my mother's 100th birthday! </h2>
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Group photo of the family in attendance at the celebration. (there were a great many unable to attend)</div>
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It seems spring 2012 is speeding by. Lambing finished up here at Sheltering Pines on April 9, 2012 and the lambs are growing well on pasture that started at a record date here in southwestern Michigan!<br />
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http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-8827223779959042132011-12-05T10:13:00.000-05:002011-12-05T10:13:50.758-05:00Sheltering Pines Adult Ewe Flock Autumn 2011-Spring 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYWdxowF0M-7vt1P94y7DLOsOvNkAHfi4vRPNIcbi6mZis1ndfUY8hIpTx7U3pNOqWKLViJJplgFdT9LH2W9jM3drh7m6rlOfk3JeqaLcFNWbLv3_vZgfkQs3Qsk7GKbWXIlT/s1600/anais2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYWdxowF0M-7vt1P94y7DLOsOvNkAHfi4vRPNIcbi6mZis1ndfUY8hIpTx7U3pNOqWKLViJJplgFdT9LH2W9jM3drh7m6rlOfk3JeqaLcFNWbLv3_vZgfkQs3Qsk7GKbWXIlT/s400/anais2.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SheltrgPines Anais Anais - gray katmoget blesset ewe out of V Creek Guinevere x Wintertime Fudge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Bred to SheltrgPines Grand Luxe, pictured at bottom, for spring lambs).</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SheltrgPines Andalucite: moorit smirslet ewe out of SheltrgPines Ceylon x Wintertime Fudge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Bred to SheltrgPines Grand Luxe for spring lambs).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SheltrgPines Champs Elysées: moorit smirslet ewe out of SheltrgPines Ceylon x Wintertime Fudge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Bred to SheltrgPines Grand Luxe for spring lambs).</div><br />
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http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-51958458797116400072010-07-08T09:23:00.002-04:002010-07-08T09:23:18.152-04:00"Separation" - a short poem by WS Merwin (new Poet Laureate)Separation <br />
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Your absence has gone through me <br />
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http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-72273766088876558242009-05-22T19:10:00.013-04:002009-06-23T06:47:39.001-04:00An Era Ends at Sheltering PinesI came home from work this morning and my old friend and trusted livestock guardian dog, Alpha (thus named by her breeder because she was the alpha puppy in the litter) had died in her sleep. I knew she was getting old and had problems but as we always are.....I was not prepared for her to leave this world last night. She was curled up in a hole she had dug to keep cool in and apparently died in her sleep. I will miss her terribly. There is a lot of "history" and sentimentality wrapped up in that old dog. She was Bill's and my first experience wih LGD's. A Maremma by breed and a dog that had many people fooled for the most of her life...she seemed aggressive and most people were terrified of her. I knew her secret: she was a "love" deep inside. Alpha came to live with Bill and me in Nov., 1997. We had gotten our first sheep in 1996 and were afraid of predators and roaming dogs. Alpha came from Julia Farmer's farm in West Virginia. She raised Nubian goats and bred Maremmas. Julia was very particular about placing dogs...she is an incredible person who loved her dogs and wanted them to go to the right home. I will be forever thankful to her for allowing Bill and me to have Alpha. Alpha was 13 years old this year which I am told is pretty old for large breeds. I had a good cry and will miss my wonderful friend and think of her every time I go to the barn. There is a big "hole" in my life right now. I will post some photos of Alpha through the years below.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0o-EktbpTnxyswVoONh0Q6gWD2PpTaksv-_MJO4QqyutoFOj17FHVrLM9NXhT5r9p8pxR2d0gu3PoXtNoXfmbThJwzBPNPb5xOpUkExD9oaCaNAh94uvB7uYyD9aDyQ2tJ3Ic/s1600-h/Laura+and+Alpha+march+1998.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0o-EktbpTnxyswVoONh0Q6gWD2PpTaksv-_MJO4QqyutoFOj17FHVrLM9NXhT5r9p8pxR2d0gu3PoXtNoXfmbThJwzBPNPb5xOpUkExD9oaCaNAh94uvB7uYyD9aDyQ2tJ3Ic/s400/Laura+and+Alpha+march+1998.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338806826887346114" border="0" /></a>Alpha guarding over a very pregnant Laura in March 1998<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUVFZhY4Ks_B823D13yEf669cbqAwsY7ESscNQGwTouuwWp3NuNgSR2Gv2qkdSHnC3zH9Gx6cvgsXUxphsK49qdMvPRQiAj-xOmXk1AupLF5EHMcIz7tTrJLuoJZf-HsZSecS/s1600-h/Alpha+in+barn+1998.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUVFZhY4Ks_B823D13yEf669cbqAwsY7ESscNQGwTouuwWp3NuNgSR2Gv2qkdSHnC3zH9Gx6cvgsXUxphsK49qdMvPRQiAj-xOmXk1AupLF5EHMcIz7tTrJLuoJZf-HsZSecS/s400/Alpha+in+barn+1998.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338807332613129394" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Alpha lying in the barn Nov. 1998. Julia (Alpha's breeder) loved this photo and used it on her web site for many years.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pINSMOjxp0_Dhuhr8lrWfgH_kDiec1QYCcFn607foieUE4Sf5KHUdJRsxblmrJCAjmfbJGf9JIs-fdaqTrZPhAksHjQWgUNZuvqhurfNiNU2j-yv7HSF6CQEi_PIDqKqzbgO/s1600-h/nov+26+1998.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pINSMOjxp0_Dhuhr8lrWfgH_kDiec1QYCcFn607foieUE4Sf5KHUdJRsxblmrJCAjmfbJGf9JIs-fdaqTrZPhAksHjQWgUNZuvqhurfNiNU2j-yv7HSF6CQEi_PIDqKqzbgO/s400/nov+26+1998.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338807881613586114" border="0" /></a>Alpha, Nov. 26, 1998<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-CH1-w23-sQCnWYCVqEkr2Pm8wcZHIAV2RWrhk9gX1H0fUM-qTaxKDUDTN7LSTbR9o1-9VHVBc2eUUiNE6_uTvvyqlb_HvpmcO44jnuJBkys3P4WkIcpk6P2qNoylSz9GbNI/s1600-h/AlphaBillMay312002+after+stroke.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-CH1-w23-sQCnWYCVqEkr2Pm8wcZHIAV2RWrhk9gX1H0fUM-qTaxKDUDTN7LSTbR9o1-9VHVBc2eUUiNE6_uTvvyqlb_HvpmcO44jnuJBkys3P4WkIcpk6P2qNoylSz9GbNI/s400/AlphaBillMay312002+after+stroke.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338808481759710514" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bill and Alpha May 31, 2002 soon after she suffered a stroke from the then new heart worm 6 month injection medicaion. That med was removed from the market as many pet owners had horrible problems with it hurting their dogs. We thought Alpha was going to die and were trying to prepare ourselves for her death by buying a new dog, Bella. But thankfully she made a miracualous recovery and lived many more years.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrw4MaRWQoLN0E0PkEJf0K8OAqgzr-MCYlZNz7gz3GNSkhhlwBiqiYyNuo4KaUbe4WzuJR6uHIikz6mSyx8rlk5CVJI_mBgirj98ezrGM6AAXJXEGt6Olyp6CT1GEbTo9SFUG/s1600-h/AlphaBella+june+2002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrw4MaRWQoLN0E0PkEJf0K8OAqgzr-MCYlZNz7gz3GNSkhhlwBiqiYyNuo4KaUbe4WzuJR6uHIikz6mSyx8rlk5CVJI_mBgirj98ezrGM6AAXJXEGt6Olyp6CT1GEbTo9SFUG/s400/AlphaBella+june+2002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338809483323775570" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Alpha "vegging" near Bella's kennel soon after Bella's arrival. (june 2002) We were afraid alpha would no "take" well to anothe dog after having been alone for 5 years...but we were soon to learn that a 2nd dog was just what the "doctor ordrered"! They became inseparable friends...and you hardly ever saw one without the other after Bella became used to her<br />new home.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtFBvO6HlV-pAAEMKtzCYIyFgfnppwZQqXEOWFB8zfPn-w5ypm_3LvEu9of_y0ismc_6Ed8U3L9V0lrEBxjEnge-A4_zc-_3R0YglzZMzfaobg1Y67IkR4LW-015AiCnWulUO/s1600-h/BellaAlphaAug92002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtFBvO6HlV-pAAEMKtzCYIyFgfnppwZQqXEOWFB8zfPn-w5ypm_3LvEu9of_y0ismc_6Ed8U3L9V0lrEBxjEnge-A4_zc-_3R0YglzZMzfaobg1Y67IkR4LW-015AiCnWulUO/s400/BellaAlphaAug92002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338810459243921474" border="0" /></a></div></div>Bella and Alpha together Aug. 2, 2002 after becoming good friends.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0j7fwPH98heOcONJW_FiY1dG6ElMc1pdi4eSIueCtwzkvPzKr9r0lv9iNEd1qWPNk5JQhwmz3lzsQGoAbXsd1b58AWftYE_AhEufAAtpjfpv6NNKAf8KMPnWGuvzh623TYgPK/s1600-h/AlphaBellajune+2003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0j7fwPH98heOcONJW_FiY1dG6ElMc1pdi4eSIueCtwzkvPzKr9r0lv9iNEd1qWPNk5JQhwmz3lzsQGoAbXsd1b58AWftYE_AhEufAAtpjfpv6NNKAf8KMPnWGuvzh623TYgPK/s400/AlphaBellajune+2003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338811014164772978" border="0" /></a>Alpha and Bella doing their "daily rounds" June 2003<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbP17XEitrTIRSclc1Zo_vJ4TSh9YFqeh1ovJ4nLuRwtcNdr5Z2DOnNnRUy9QymseKYwhTxHuznIBs4Ajj-E2f3jP7L1vwyI-gmNk5D1orMukMbvsketpfg2Kyk66bZ1F86bp/s1600-h/BellaAlpha+may+21,+2004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbP17XEitrTIRSclc1Zo_vJ4TSh9YFqeh1ovJ4nLuRwtcNdr5Z2DOnNnRUy9QymseKYwhTxHuznIBs4Ajj-E2f3jP7L1vwyI-gmNk5D1orMukMbvsketpfg2Kyk66bZ1F86bp/s400/BellaAlpha+may+21,+2004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338811706340112738" border="0" /></a>Alpha and Bella May 21, 2004<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8WPME6nn0dhIy-HUahCMRUP0i408PbkDiERxxGEevEgoivyMJB5chApt2DUx9uSnD4t0u-pkn_jhJQgYcHzurtQI1xwGY7V5EXxJLIQ7WdnfJydpm_OTZAoo6Q0a-39Cp-xF/s1600-h/bella+alpha+May+6,+2006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8WPME6nn0dhIy-HUahCMRUP0i408PbkDiERxxGEevEgoivyMJB5chApt2DUx9uSnD4t0u-pkn_jhJQgYcHzurtQI1xwGY7V5EXxJLIQ7WdnfJydpm_OTZAoo6Q0a-39Cp-xF/s400/bella+alpha+May+6,+2006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338812266605055378" border="0" /></a>Alpha and Bella May 6, 2006<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEGktf2lxs9o__xDnfj1Fkl3QCfzp4msMF3SXB50FVnHVJt6hSn5OJtSNR02frBZ32YvmhwWGC8clZoEo-ZFc71H2AtmlSvtwAMSEVTtPDi-Y3OucKppP5daJ7QqsAdTeiT43/s1600-h/IMG_2145.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEGktf2lxs9o__xDnfj1Fkl3QCfzp4msMF3SXB50FVnHVJt6hSn5OJtSNR02frBZ32YvmhwWGC8clZoEo-ZFc71H2AtmlSvtwAMSEVTtPDi-Y3OucKppP5daJ7QqsAdTeiT43/s400/IMG_2145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338814104622729106" border="0" /></a><br />Alpha, May 19, 2009 (2 days ago): her last photo<br /><br />Good-bye Alpha. You were an incredible dog and I shall never forget you.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-4241832286118368722009-02-05T00:32:00.007-05:002020-01-19T15:33:46.604-05:00Mother's 96th Birthday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My mother turned 96 years old on January 30, 2009.</div>
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Here are a few photos from here "open house".</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2SOravxWIHx2LptczDfyLFGai9igC-xfNFXiiy2D9Xu8LN0HC16iuOwLYFJH7Q7lH0M3fGxUeSL4CHQGa0_gN9lmtkxASukVkJ8e2CTpb7E65CS9X-Uve7fujmDaDFR5Z4Fw/s1600-h/Mom.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299182189498427954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2SOravxWIHx2LptczDfyLFGai9igC-xfNFXiiy2D9Xu8LN0HC16iuOwLYFJH7Q7lH0M3fGxUeSL4CHQGa0_gN9lmtkxASukVkJ8e2CTpb7E65CS9X-Uve7fujmDaDFR5Z4Fw/s400/Mom.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Mom<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SVKdhAW3XkSgzzzk_CCn4j_8S8pYQT_p2aZlM2YmgOUjYsjvV5q5ScKql0XKV7zRz-U0iZQw0WroHPOdz4sXlqwmX3OtMtyaubrr4dYoKWzV40sbke0utfyBzGZ6TziM9rWR/s1600-h/Jenna+Tough.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299182996251837010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SVKdhAW3XkSgzzzk_CCn4j_8S8pYQT_p2aZlM2YmgOUjYsjvV5q5ScKql0XKV7zRz-U0iZQw0WroHPOdz4sXlqwmX3OtMtyaubrr4dYoKWzV40sbke0utfyBzGZ6TziM9rWR/s400/Jenna+Tough.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
My niece giving her "tough" pose. (her black eye was an accident acquired from<br />
playing Wii with her friends. lol<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHDVtpwoA2uzm1BO8tQiHgV-wd80f1OLoufMuSsKeyoUSo5Wygu8Itgu_z3zx9htvVBDrOyKILaau_Tji328LWFV6crF_8fJzGEIYXcBHOhRMDjOBEGFNVImYpgCwX2yFavyy/s1600-h/agens-fiskars.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299186280259643842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHDVtpwoA2uzm1BO8tQiHgV-wd80f1OLoufMuSsKeyoUSo5Wygu8Itgu_z3zx9htvVBDrOyKILaau_Tji328LWFV6crF_8fJzGEIYXcBHOhRMDjOBEGFNVImYpgCwX2yFavyy/s400/agens-fiskars.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>3 of my great nieces<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOlcLE_dMHKV2zEpOlG2beevDEzRQzS3dN9f-FX0ZKrI3jxLlf_kvTX29mm3gWCUxS2C4gFSx9lUAA8M1DE-YJqx9wi-zEtwH9amm1joCePOKRzUknlpZnoeP0bd-IIEKW5iH/s1600-h/Phil+Lori+and+Aunt+Florence.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299187112530613426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOlcLE_dMHKV2zEpOlG2beevDEzRQzS3dN9f-FX0ZKrI3jxLlf_kvTX29mm3gWCUxS2C4gFSx9lUAA8M1DE-YJqx9wi-zEtwH9amm1joCePOKRzUknlpZnoeP0bd-IIEKW5iH/s400/Phil+Lori+and+Aunt+Florence.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
My cousins with my Aunt (father's sister). She's 87.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-20398313876089401022009-02-05T00:19:00.008-05:002009-02-05T00:26:58.435-05:00Lake Michigan in October<div style="text-align: center;">My niece took these shots back in October. I thought they were neat so I'm posting them. They were taken at Holland, Michigan...about 30 min. from my farm.<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-JWjc8DTuck7QuZAvqg8MS62Du4wTnVGSZJaOfTQl0d1_JFfOtMtzZ6XwsWyoze2vi0Uz-DCFvkZkF18a6y9M33nbEVOl5VCSqyF1CqOmi4nFA5BAP1jd-F6d9AV6ZXGi5rv/s1600-h/Holland,+MI+Light+House+10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-JWjc8DTuck7QuZAvqg8MS62Du4wTnVGSZJaOfTQl0d1_JFfOtMtzZ6XwsWyoze2vi0Uz-DCFvkZkF18a6y9M33nbEVOl5VCSqyF1CqOmi4nFA5BAP1jd-F6d9AV6ZXGi5rv/s400/Holland,+MI+Light+House+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299178916881110066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoR1LmULeHhMBlb7k3H6m72LfnUQhlUOrwU-c52-WFaDrOHM_96_EmXMuh0zjZXLbyYZZbR-7Lh3INO8tVSPpNcDgJ484LLmhyMcd_VQ6IA1sflMQFU0jkCafA8u4JUrdMCaxd/s1600-h/Holland,+MI++Light+House+8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoR1LmULeHhMBlb7k3H6m72LfnUQhlUOrwU-c52-WFaDrOHM_96_EmXMuh0zjZXLbyYZZbR-7Lh3INO8tVSPpNcDgJ484LLmhyMcd_VQ6IA1sflMQFU0jkCafA8u4JUrdMCaxd/s400/Holland,+MI++Light+House+8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299180459394386114" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_rKBfrDOKz41JTpx_F_IjzhscI6AVZiIPPfscwVvVMjkH3lTDZ2c0wA2CvD_GuYCmMn-4WqHU0H7LA0C_uuL2AeYjJwW9BL8N2gs6IBMRm2VxPju3AneuKvbETfqBfki8dZd/s1600-h/Holland,+MI+++LIght+House+9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_rKBfrDOKz41JTpx_F_IjzhscI6AVZiIPPfscwVvVMjkH3lTDZ2c0wA2CvD_GuYCmMn-4WqHU0H7LA0C_uuL2AeYjJwW9BL8N2gs6IBMRm2VxPju3AneuKvbETfqBfki8dZd/s400/Holland,+MI+++LIght+House+9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299180357977367714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegAV2zUj5VAApChAhmG4UVokPFJ50rhffJDDsMR1NVdaV3j1bNCFShuLPSwX0owKKqzgD9uXGa1-H8z2bMiDpp1vIXHUUAGZ-5BTV8Kn-J3AoRde-v07QWVoVbTDk82xQWte9/s1600-h/Holland,+MI+Light+House+7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegAV2zUj5VAApChAhmG4UVokPFJ50rhffJDDsMR1NVdaV3j1bNCFShuLPSwX0owKKqzgD9uXGa1-H8z2bMiDpp1vIXHUUAGZ-5BTV8Kn-J3AoRde-v07QWVoVbTDk82xQWte9/s400/Holland,+MI+Light+House+7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299179469653198290" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWdTDhtkK__rulO2CvxLZcetU2ZLzlBcPWG7TiIhy7Vr3kYLDVP0kEfaZC2NSczz6zshM1b5TQWiZ-0NSAibPxXv8-3UvL3rs6L5VzuChukHcBGc4xbfQdHsjKDJlMQyjvj02/s1600-h/Holland,+MI+Light+house+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWdTDhtkK__rulO2CvxLZcetU2ZLzlBcPWG7TiIhy7Vr3kYLDVP0kEfaZC2NSczz6zshM1b5TQWiZ-0NSAibPxXv8-3UvL3rs6L5VzuChukHcBGc4xbfQdHsjKDJlMQyjvj02/s400/Holland,+MI+Light+house+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299179141090776338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFp8bX5qiTYzds4yiTzVRtefyVPzJG6jauds9NofBamel8JZNu5G83xhxBBNem1BL8fC0neyUZwSYQAbLeWeKrtvl7vy3w_cVzrSHiyybhI7lPKR-I40ror-FkwR6gUkM4pNnA/s1600-h/Holland,+MI+Light+House+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFp8bX5qiTYzds4yiTzVRtefyVPzJG6jauds9NofBamel8JZNu5G83xhxBBNem1BL8fC0neyUZwSYQAbLeWeKrtvl7vy3w_cVzrSHiyybhI7lPKR-I40ror-FkwR6gUkM4pNnA/s400/Holland,+MI+Light+House+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299179245939507314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8VvJO8CYSxDZPVqXVFtZ7H72rhSflQn-Vt0MvLhAGmN-owNRfD3GKlM-05nLL55_11K_T2Wcv7mIMDnlP3wXPO4xXBlV_e710g_s19S4yTixHR8odzACIZZTukBjTAEkFqx4/s1600-h/Holland,+MI+Light+House+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8VvJO8CYSxDZPVqXVFtZ7H72rhSflQn-Vt0MvLhAGmN-owNRfD3GKlM-05nLL55_11K_T2Wcv7mIMDnlP3wXPO4xXBlV_e710g_s19S4yTixHR8odzACIZZTukBjTAEkFqx4/s400/Holland,+MI+Light+House+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299179355798521650" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-47440900883502664112009-01-08T14:02:00.002-05:002009-01-08T14:06:51.766-05:00SomewhereI saw the PBS special, "Hit Man" featuring David Foster and friends a couple of weeks ago. Was a fantastic feature. It is available on dvd at the music stores. Anyway, Katherine McPhee (who has an incredible voice) sung "Somewhere"....the song from West Side Story. It has always been one of my favorite songs. I can listen to it over and over again. I think Katherine has the best version of it I've heard. Anyway, the lyrics are very special to me.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Somewhere"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">There's a place for us,<br />Somewhere a place for us.<br />Peace and quiet and open air<br />Wait for us<br />Somewhere. </div><p style="text-align: center;">There's a time for us,<br />Some day a time for us,<br />Time together with time to spare,<br />Time to look, time to care,<br />Someday!<br />Somewhere.<br />We'll find a new way of living,<br />We'll find a way of forgiving<br />Somewhere.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;">There's a place for us,<br />A time and place for us.<br />Hold my hand and we're half way there.<br />Hold my hand and I'll take you there<br />Somehow,<br />Someday,<br />Somewhere!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-27456031312198903412008-12-24T16:32:00.016-05:002008-12-24T18:31:57.848-05:00A Perfect Bride for a Picture Perfect Christmastide Wedding<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCXsw1UtcyfY2JubDlScoUjuiw81Jtqzxdyx82SqfoeR-z4gweRl1cHP41YkpbrBOAOniuK9ctI51RmZUiLXkjleODgjbGkcsTOEh18S2lnibStwJ6F7BCNdUm-4V4v8HzrFe/s1600-h/Ashley's+Wedding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 390px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCXsw1UtcyfY2JubDlScoUjuiw81Jtqzxdyx82SqfoeR-z4gweRl1cHP41YkpbrBOAOniuK9ctI51RmZUiLXkjleODgjbGkcsTOEh18S2lnibStwJ6F7BCNdUm-4V4v8HzrFe/s400/Ashley's+Wedding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283474095720576402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My niece, Ashley Morgan Rogers was married on Saturday,<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span>December 20, 2008, to Asa Frank Glass. The wedding was perfect.</span><br /><span>These photos were taken by Ashley's cousin, Jamie Brokus.</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHPQgRkH-4jT1nBknVSB-jy499aL1UG4IRhqOfC7kHFn82JkOgHv23H9IxGSpd9Q_TM932GI56iaEOUA6F6r1OuFRZMs4zIwxxB25PYihFrPQoJ6K6Pwv0Sz4d3Bp3XTu0jD_/s1600-h/Bride+arrives+at+the+Altar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHPQgRkH-4jT1nBknVSB-jy499aL1UG4IRhqOfC7kHFn82JkOgHv23H9IxGSpd9Q_TM932GI56iaEOUA6F6r1OuFRZMs4zIwxxB25PYihFrPQoJ6K6Pwv0Sz4d3Bp3XTu0jD_/s400/Bride+arrives+at+the+Altar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283501960935349250" border="0" /></a>The Bride arrives at the Altar.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXCdUm6xBZe_k9Ak-fHPThhG7z_C4CtfMfoKKywj_Et9Qr0cE4ppS3KWGRPPdVe1AAKgbKF3Htv_uftK5HHY6QLgWToiipvZt2iw6CxOshQ1m3ZJkpx7cxOV4CfBebkcJ53fb/s1600-h/Ashley's+wedding++-+terry+lifting+the+veil.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXCdUm6xBZe_k9Ak-fHPThhG7z_C4CtfMfoKKywj_Et9Qr0cE4ppS3KWGRPPdVe1AAKgbKF3Htv_uftK5HHY6QLgWToiipvZt2iw6CxOshQ1m3ZJkpx7cxOV4CfBebkcJ53fb/s400/Ashley's+wedding++-+terry+lifting+the+veil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283474575515560898" border="0" /></a><br />Ashley's father lifts the veil.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_qT6JufQTR-WuD-GGKeAiM5IZLJN04GcdmQJlqeVqJygPCoe2rBQxx0Bkoru9MeWfRJZyBb6Zn7sjtjAuml1Nt3QPED5hEaIKRF_H0dX5IQhCmejkcU0XX-ImgJOPPWcvvqs/s1600-h/ashley+being+given+away+by+Terry+and+Beth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_qT6JufQTR-WuD-GGKeAiM5IZLJN04GcdmQJlqeVqJygPCoe2rBQxx0Bkoru9MeWfRJZyBb6Zn7sjtjAuml1Nt3QPED5hEaIKRF_H0dX5IQhCmejkcU0XX-ImgJOPPWcvvqs/s400/ashley+being+given+away+by+Terry+and+Beth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283475256710555810" border="0" /></a><br />Ashley's parents "giving her away". (my sister and her husband)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8n4kXOZI5QZ9MuSUBucq44avdAoY9ngxycxdpOqr63_pUiAGOlu1OLgwZe30hAWcV4BKHP6MTG5cC1eob-vXLDpjt3w8Qqh1oAtsYWFExjJWohD281-ZOdSF7KRMie6kLb1Rr/s1600-h/Ashley+and+Asa+at+Altar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8n4kXOZI5QZ9MuSUBucq44avdAoY9ngxycxdpOqr63_pUiAGOlu1OLgwZe30hAWcV4BKHP6MTG5cC1eob-vXLDpjt3w8Qqh1oAtsYWFExjJWohD281-ZOdSF7KRMie6kLb1Rr/s400/Ashley+and+Asa+at+Altar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283476128160204338" border="0" /></a><br />Ashley and Asa at the Altar.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkOQamq5TR-euMfkTUBpfTsXSD8EV3MWfV_XkRH58usZUsHj_E02XFbktT64j9IOp0XHxXTlRspS4vEx3HX2h4BvIpDMXpUfpqnWJLSoK7B7MP3k8jPBWRmaY_smNCYOe6nPg/s1600-h/Ashley+and+Asa+at+the+Altar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkOQamq5TR-euMfkTUBpfTsXSD8EV3MWfV_XkRH58usZUsHj_E02XFbktT64j9IOp0XHxXTlRspS4vEx3HX2h4BvIpDMXpUfpqnWJLSoK7B7MP3k8jPBWRmaY_smNCYOe6nPg/s400/Ashley+and+Asa+at+the+Altar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283476747190929138" border="0" /></a>In living color!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgVY0D6yFsF7lXv9LUJNF0Bd4dBXCMd9vgLnzPjK_AqgQwAlFo4Yxx6v4_E32nVNMLuF1x547LsFVRHAFZZFZW2xTb3lMUzfNyyhgQdYDAYcBNPORD_DOOeKJjb5qvjl0Nq40/s1600-h/Ashley+and+Asa+Glass+being+introduced.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgVY0D6yFsF7lXv9LUJNF0Bd4dBXCMd9vgLnzPjK_AqgQwAlFo4Yxx6v4_E32nVNMLuF1x547LsFVRHAFZZFZW2xTb3lMUzfNyyhgQdYDAYcBNPORD_DOOeKJjb5qvjl0Nq40/s400/Ashley+and+Asa+Glass+being+introduced.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283477128297438994" border="0" /></a>"HITCHED"!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK18ej-Eo-Ws7EfUnAUPN8sfCP1NF9skrMeTenlCrKcjFcnGce7HPbX-2ywI2XsVLbI0XtT1fJf4b8Pka4hpdLJERNKEOhiqxO7DsNss67aErf_Zt0lVV-KY1sR8_QqmchLGl-/s1600-h/Asa+and+Ashley+at+wedding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK18ej-Eo-Ws7EfUnAUPN8sfCP1NF9skrMeTenlCrKcjFcnGce7HPbX-2ywI2XsVLbI0XtT1fJf4b8Pka4hpdLJERNKEOhiqxO7DsNss67aErf_Zt0lVV-KY1sR8_QqmchLGl-/s400/Asa+and+Ashley+at+wedding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283477599719072130" border="0" /></a>The Happy Couple!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpO7pruXSGig16lx3t4J9lzpxTvo2tQDzPl6x1VdaudvAiJCsf1cIweoc_dNQriQr70OJmMmqlZmqiJqz_OEEJ4yFNYOMl3awHsk4ehOjDLOUSLxISILb8FzAdgAyAIuLrrsSM/s1600-h/Ashley+in+wedding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpO7pruXSGig16lx3t4J9lzpxTvo2tQDzPl6x1VdaudvAiJCsf1cIweoc_dNQriQr70OJmMmqlZmqiJqz_OEEJ4yFNYOMl3awHsk4ehOjDLOUSLxISILb8FzAdgAyAIuLrrsSM/s400/Ashley+in+wedding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283478403848477698" border="0" /></a><br />The Bride.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-uMAkyGZo0gjRbMzxwxkS5L5_IzoYXBfGpfh9uwqBRg7CgxshsSSYqXIwev3_cr5D58bRPEmrMVyVcdburWB4BnqsIDL3Hgmvt5h6pJWS26uIwr0DvGlWptrbhoSYTTYHInJ/s1600-h/ashley+at+reception.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-uMAkyGZo0gjRbMzxwxkS5L5_IzoYXBfGpfh9uwqBRg7CgxshsSSYqXIwev3_cr5D58bRPEmrMVyVcdburWB4BnqsIDL3Hgmvt5h6pJWS26uIwr0DvGlWptrbhoSYTTYHInJ/s400/ashley+at+reception.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283499866657943074" border="0" /></a>At the Reception<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjuPxeZbWETXA3TPjKeP3TxyFI2t1TQxyLyuPPAl1IRSpKEWU8BFuS7KVvcKrogw6B1wpbDt5cBDn1PwhplhGJxwU_WHxhW-4KPYT0bnjXwlSM0fbaVvGTfcof9ugKcloBtFT7/s1600-h/ashley+and+Terry+in+Bride+-+Father%27s+Dance.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjuPxeZbWETXA3TPjKeP3TxyFI2t1TQxyLyuPPAl1IRSpKEWU8BFuS7KVvcKrogw6B1wpbDt5cBDn1PwhplhGJxwU_WHxhW-4KPYT0bnjXwlSM0fbaVvGTfcof9ugKcloBtFT7/s400/ashley+and+Terry+in+Bride+-+Father%27s+Dance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283498854686486418" border="0" /></a><br />Father/Bride dance.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-G4iOvE255sFhRpGu9djlimLomEYfIwWcyE8r_Y_jAhvDa8w_cQQTx5DYqqoDdGdQVGgIRK5Vu3Dbu_14-LSl621Ji3g2xFiT8S43R_9hmsYIGRPdsXx6mOocSoO_Txbzlwv/s1600-h/candid+shot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-G4iOvE255sFhRpGu9djlimLomEYfIwWcyE8r_Y_jAhvDa8w_cQQTx5DYqqoDdGdQVGgIRK5Vu3Dbu_14-LSl621Ji3g2xFiT8S43R_9hmsYIGRPdsXx6mOocSoO_Txbzlwv/s400/candid+shot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283500335731856162" border="0" /></a><br />Candid Shot!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyf1gmKRc_SqyUN8ylg7C_g0Zbidd-iLYZj-oHR8Qxc59Xt8Mrpu1036PrKjnBnI-QzrYWE59nRz68ZJ7PnVdXhSv3BiOwVUal6O9XJ53ut2GTjZEwQkVHh-_WrIf2cexvNUm/s1600-h/ashley+and+asa%27s+wedding+cake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyf1gmKRc_SqyUN8ylg7C_g0Zbidd-iLYZj-oHR8Qxc59Xt8Mrpu1036PrKjnBnI-QzrYWE59nRz68ZJ7PnVdXhSv3BiOwVUal6O9XJ53ut2GTjZEwQkVHh-_WrIf2cexvNUm/s400/ashley+and+asa%27s+wedding+cake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283500909560475122" border="0" /></a>And the Lord said, "Let there be CAKE"! And there was cake. And the Lord saw that it was good. And He did imprint it with the "Fleur de Lis", Ashley's favorite symbol. And the People Did Eat! :-)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-1541452227526113922008-12-06T09:59:00.003-05:002008-12-06T10:03:38.865-05:00Love is in the Air<div style="text-align: center;">I had meant to post this photo back in October during breeding season but I forgot to upload it. This is Wintertime Blues and SheltrgPines Morgan le Fey whispering "sweet nothings" in each other's ears! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUq-CfGnwUsvfS_3TXpFZpNSTUfrR1EVK0QiDty7sqs1LWcCj7b9VsHaMxvOXDtvq8J_2LlWvz70itrhWUJ8lmxlxdE1ucdb1p04n7puGyj8ZjGfZKZYOr03aMrUz_5buGDJDp/s1600-h/morgan+and+blues+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUq-CfGnwUsvfS_3TXpFZpNSTUfrR1EVK0QiDty7sqs1LWcCj7b9VsHaMxvOXDtvq8J_2LlWvz70itrhWUJ8lmxlxdE1ucdb1p04n7puGyj8ZjGfZKZYOr03aMrUz_5buGDJDp/s400/morgan+and+blues+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276692729933778514" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-60168227124624229312008-12-03T01:49:00.003-05:002008-12-03T01:58:05.806-05:00The Old Barn<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljlnjvLOyyaL3JwFSOJcokr2y6tedtduZCEavuR1zjHe14UWBuJjcFtbn1EH6kbwhSM1SmhOw5-X3PmwZL26tmpgK8UXipdnp_pq6t2U3KNdAsO6sZlPyP2kVmNw8xFz1m-Gj/s1600-h/BarnBeamsVerse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljlnjvLOyyaL3JwFSOJcokr2y6tedtduZCEavuR1zjHe14UWBuJjcFtbn1EH6kbwhSM1SmhOw5-X3PmwZL26tmpgK8UXipdnp_pq6t2U3KNdAsO6sZlPyP2kVmNw8xFz1m-Gj/s400/BarnBeamsVerse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275452553774711810" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Old Barn<br /><br />The logs are warped and weathered<br />Heaving in the cold West wind,<br />Rain beats down on the sagging roof,<br />Yet the barn still stands,<br />Stubborn, resisting the elements,<br />Waiting for support, a helping hand.<br /><br />The horses' name plates still hang<br />Precariously by rusty nails - Mayda, Major,<br />You can hear their hooves pounding, echoing,<br />Listen and hear the cow mooing<br />Contentedly in their stalls<br />A bit of hay is here and there.<br />Left from another time.<br /><br />Cut, dried, peeled, by loving hands<br />The old barn stands proud,<br />A symbol of strength and endurance,<br />Still at the mercy of nature's whims.<br />Waiting for caring loving hands to nurse her wounds<br />And make her well again.<br /><br />--Margret (Rusty) Vander Veen<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-10620246733447100852008-12-01T18:46:00.013-05:002008-12-01T19:39:05.547-05:00Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow<div style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving has come and gone and now the weather seems to be telling us<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas cannot be far off with the Second Sunday in Advent quickly<br /></div>approaching. I snapped a few snow photos today.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAR27MM16TZzaMNuttoH8nJ-AGXUsqriP-dMmIPY-gu3WkZrXsibkKXJzrHd7FfFZjBfeCUGsMKZFKRLjvT05pfBmoKfHdJ7Loy6TkpcE5_EZmedcwReGGdSbCVMyHY0n4gAa/s1600-h/house.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAR27MM16TZzaMNuttoH8nJ-AGXUsqriP-dMmIPY-gu3WkZrXsibkKXJzrHd7FfFZjBfeCUGsMKZFKRLjvT05pfBmoKfHdJ7Loy6TkpcE5_EZmedcwReGGdSbCVMyHY0n4gAa/s400/house.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274976948365965250" border="0" /></a>House<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcLabSDfTL8dOZRjRqV88dwXqVhr48nrdis_LG0eAR80lW1EmVS-4ZMuZ15f131z7HaCRP5z3UHrKDHS6BOJt7FM6-PZ3GV_bQ8Kk5RK8IOCUpLap3oJtgQgwtcSDl1PpW6oj/s1600-h/barn.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcLabSDfTL8dOZRjRqV88dwXqVhr48nrdis_LG0eAR80lW1EmVS-4ZMuZ15f131z7HaCRP5z3UHrKDHS6BOJt7FM6-PZ3GV_bQ8Kk5RK8IOCUpLap3oJtgQgwtcSDl1PpW6oj/s400/barn.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274977533834635698" border="0" /></a>Barn<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjy0dQ006KLCvUWu5e3s7FLar_XGUoRZAtrmbAIdYGjttX4nQ508GgIr3JVre-PTvxjwFI8ro3hxqZqdkW3wKG8koPuhv9347WGeHH2qtdc94uzanOxcTMlq-5Px_GTUw5OlS/s1600-h/sheep1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjy0dQ006KLCvUWu5e3s7FLar_XGUoRZAtrmbAIdYGjttX4nQ508GgIr3JVre-PTvxjwFI8ro3hxqZqdkW3wKG8koPuhv9347WGeHH2qtdc94uzanOxcTMlq-5Px_GTUw5OlS/s400/sheep1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274978323479266946" border="0" /></a>Alpha and Shetland Ewes<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlgNoyVkyF8w3A0AFMR8bJLm9mxtkLm1rVBz1ZXNd6ybAjw6KvAeux5YpNfpTjTUZyKm41jgIWfiZNbo_Nqm4sUHMbjSmVm7swWsj4htj2f3wy0vsLhgF2UOE6VS9R8AFBa5E/s1600-h/sheep2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlgNoyVkyF8w3A0AFMR8bJLm9mxtkLm1rVBz1ZXNd6ybAjw6KvAeux5YpNfpTjTUZyKm41jgIWfiZNbo_Nqm4sUHMbjSmVm7swWsj4htj2f3wy0vsLhgF2UOE6VS9R8AFBa5E/s400/sheep2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274980678269073298" border="0" /></a>Shetland Ewes<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3gRXfLTOcaMSgklxnUSGfzqzRoeMfJ5ThpLmJ65Og3OfTmzLDw3toBVjhMF3CmJK6Zof7n2TZQ8OwVfAUUMoBhJMXQhvrN766KTM6WTMwt3Nuxw8quqkpXBA1Zc5bYTs_eB5/s1600-h/alpha.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3gRXfLTOcaMSgklxnUSGfzqzRoeMfJ5ThpLmJ65Og3OfTmzLDw3toBVjhMF3CmJK6Zof7n2TZQ8OwVfAUUMoBhJMXQhvrN766KTM6WTMwt3Nuxw8quqkpXBA1Zc5bYTs_eB5/s400/alpha.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274981610318124578" border="0" /></a><br />Alpha with her sheep<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3x1ugKdvLf-e8YLDfalNnTEybAyEmzcTliTc4prVmGQtGEg8-UZjVh8QCbd5mnVtDOH9MulMBw0sScTqK_c5a-dIq4_oBUlGK7ailyz35eFgTB_hUNshXYlkaEvaNk5KxgU9/s1600-h/matteo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3x1ugKdvLf-e8YLDfalNnTEybAyEmzcTliTc4prVmGQtGEg8-UZjVh8QCbd5mnVtDOH9MulMBw0sScTqK_c5a-dIq4_oBUlGK7ailyz35eFgTB_hUNshXYlkaEvaNk5KxgU9/s400/matteo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274982205481950082" border="0" /></a>Matteo enjoying his breakfast<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJKBbtiaw8zmLprtAR9i0Pmcf_ZB4-q-ctAw87cD2XaJ_U1NkCcG3Ep_d-8J5jtRYNUtI8ndWUAGON96_4oWEjqmfXgp2fUAvm4f9OJWOmZUnbPHUUZIzSQXQMPIh0F9yomEk/s1600-h/alpha+bella.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJKBbtiaw8zmLprtAR9i0Pmcf_ZB4-q-ctAw87cD2XaJ_U1NkCcG3Ep_d-8J5jtRYNUtI8ndWUAGON96_4oWEjqmfXgp2fUAvm4f9OJWOmZUnbPHUUZIzSQXQMPIh0F9yomEk/s400/alpha+bella.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274982984669069602" border="0" /></a><br />Alpha on the left and Bella behind/right<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkteF_wgMFL1bJ34oR8ZhE0Mc4NmPto1GscJ4icz8F4ZGc7crEMMCyB5kUyKRn-YfR6aRYUb44XAoXmGJZWNepg_16CbW2rKOzxz6D-1dZEqJl_iFYAooViQ1f4ulRC_I-hpm/s1600-h/evergreens.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkteF_wgMFL1bJ34oR8ZhE0Mc4NmPto1GscJ4icz8F4ZGc7crEMMCyB5kUyKRn-YfR6aRYUb44XAoXmGJZWNepg_16CbW2rKOzxz6D-1dZEqJl_iFYAooViQ1f4ulRC_I-hpm/s400/evergreens.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274984523409892450" border="0" /></a><br />Evergreens and snow<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTQSK9iDtTYpHGDnWaA936Wa9HIhKFJO4-niy3gtXnKTrUJsqIM22P5CK3urm5mkb2hTZAtbH_RqpNcB73E_1nEvKI4Zio_lMEJBKol_maO4fVBDSQ2C9awNTVo_dxqGIDc45/s1600-h/geese.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTQSK9iDtTYpHGDnWaA936Wa9HIhKFJO4-niy3gtXnKTrUJsqIM22P5CK3urm5mkb2hTZAtbH_RqpNcB73E_1nEvKI4Zio_lMEJBKol_maO4fVBDSQ2C9awNTVo_dxqGIDc45/s400/geese.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274985293538996242" border="0" /></a>This flock of Great Canadian Geese are flying north! I think they are confused!<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-40938518157616120602008-11-05T06:01:00.002-05:002008-11-05T06:08:27.679-05:00A Memorial Stone For Bill<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafq1Y6MSjN7ChrctuVeL_WuS9kY-rpoqENT9xl-7EUunrFR82infngwxQR6jt2qN9dSeWRQj9YQXJkReRS8KtlaFXQDys358Fu1KQDJ80565SZaDK8EGnm1zmKTJU7sZlcw4i/s1600-h/bill's+memorial.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafq1Y6MSjN7ChrctuVeL_WuS9kY-rpoqENT9xl-7EUunrFR82infngwxQR6jt2qN9dSeWRQj9YQXJkReRS8KtlaFXQDys358Fu1KQDJ80565SZaDK8EGnm1zmKTJU7sZlcw4i/s400/bill's+memorial.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265128677867303138" border="0" /></a><br />Finally 2 years after Bill's death I was able to purchase and have installed a Memorial Stone for his grave. Bill's choice for burial was a surprise to all of us as he had always said he wanted to be cremated when he died. Two days before his death we asked him if there was anything he wanted in terms of directives. He replied that he wanted burial. Then after a pause of about 45 seconds he asked, "And do you think I could have a headstone?". That question nearly made us all break down with tears. Of course we could do nothing but answer, "of course you can have a headstone!". <br /><br />I would like to thank those friends who sent memorial gifts. These helped purchase this memorial stone and I thought you may want to see the final product. Thank you again.....I could not have done it without help.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-65289525711485139402008-08-28T14:19:00.002-04:002008-08-28T14:40:11.972-04:00Remembering BillWell, the 2nd anniversary of Bill's death has come and I was in the hospital on the exact day. (Aug. 26). Interesting karma, eh? On Sunday, Aug, 24 I stepped on a 2 x 4 with 2 big spikes sticking straight out of it. They went into the ball of my foot and I was stepping on it with full weight. Needless to say it hurt like heck. I drove myself into emergency and they gave me a tetanus shot but refused to give me any antibiotics (after I asked for them) saying, "we don't do that anymore". They told me to come back if it became infected. Well, by Monday night it was definitely infected. I returned to the emergency room and waited from 7:30 Pm to 11 PM to see a doctor. (there were only 6 people in the emergency room ...none with life-threatening emergencies). I've never seen a more incompetent emergency room than that in Allegan, Michigan. Avoid that place like the plague. <br /><br />After finally being seen by a doc, they told me I would not be going home that night. I remained on a hard gurney until 3 AM when they finally decided to put me in a room. (really big of them, eh?) I was on an IV antibiotic. At 8 am I was informed I needed to have a surgeon go into my foot and clean out the infection so they gave me general anesthesia. After that I told them I needed to get home as my dogs needed feeding. They assured me I would not be feeding my dogs due to not being able to drive or put any weight on my foot. I still wanted to go home, so they allowed it but I had to go home with a "pick line" (IV) and a portable pump that would give me IV antibiotic. I have a nurse coming to teach me how to change my own IV bags. What a nuisance. <br /><br />I know Bill is smiling down with satisfaction knowing that I now a little about what he went through. He had to have a pick line (IV) about once per year when he got infections in his ear. I was awed at how he handled it. Needless to say, I'm not nearly the good patient he was. <br /><br />It is hard to believe that it has been 2 years since Bill died. I miss him as much today as the day he left. <br /><br />Thanks to Elizabeth for coming out every night this week after work to feed my dogs. She is the only person who has socialized with them and is able to just walk in with them. And thanks to Troy...I think he filled up my sheep water tanks the other night. <br /><br />Bill, I miss you.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-11927198274686416522008-06-27T06:11:00.011-04:002008-06-28T00:14:19.891-04:00Mourning Song<div style="margin: 0px;font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Like a heart in winter beats alone<br />Solitary is this place I call my own<br />Memories of sun<br />That fan<br />An undiminished flame<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Mourning song<br />And still you're gone<br />Somehow I'll find my way<br />To fill my glass up to the rim<br />Unearthing gold each day<br />True is my devotion<br />Always there beneath my skin<br /><br />No forgetting what is left behind<br />Light and shadow from a once elusive sky<br />Wanting to possess me<br />Like an unforgiving rain<br /><br />Mourning Song<br />And still you're gone<br />Somehow I'll find a way<br />To fill my glass up to the rim<br />unearthing gold each day<br />True was our devotion<br />Once a bright undying dream<br /><br />Memories of sun<br />That fan an undiminished flame<br /></span><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Mourning Song<br />And still you're gone<br />Somehow I'll find a way<br />To fill my glass up to the rim<br />Unearthing gold each day<br />True is my devotion<br />Always there beneath my skin<br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></div></div><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" ></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-67503862138765411722007-11-14T06:16:00.000-05:002008-12-12T18:17:23.313-05:00Looking Through Old PhotosI was looking through old photos on my pc last night and transferred a bunch onto one of those little devices that plugs into your usb port. (the little thing holds 1 G of memory!) My pc has been running "oddly" (slow) lately, and I thought I'd better get some of my photos backed up! Anyway, I found these of Bill and thought I'd share them!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhng13O5C2FOlZ8yEhyphenhyphen60_B4lJK6o2hFnv5XNjebBU95sOBIxACQgDRUUEn3zRC16Wirsha0Un1oKZPo5UOVXXsiscE8w0bMXolEtuCS7z9nxWVibglX9aEWWKuhfEjSa1dEph8/s1600-h/Bill++Eatmon3+-+March+23,+1996.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhng13O5C2FOlZ8yEhyphenhyphen60_B4lJK6o2hFnv5XNjebBU95sOBIxACQgDRUUEn3zRC16Wirsha0Un1oKZPo5UOVXXsiscE8w0bMXolEtuCS7z9nxWVibglX9aEWWKuhfEjSa1dEph8/s400/Bill++Eatmon3+-+March+23,+1996.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132653922343377938" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bill - March, 1996<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNyzgd5XAvsnqJ9KT-8vwW_ZfSi0C17Xhlugp5trajp9DIs25NXZEC65f9uT_E94GpAPSiv3uVSDhBI_pI49b81_yIAPyHzi0y_thrry_LkW0fmGLzEOH5o5-FeEgSgN_inZYc/s1600-h/BillBumperJune91999.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNyzgd5XAvsnqJ9KT-8vwW_ZfSi0C17Xhlugp5trajp9DIs25NXZEC65f9uT_E94GpAPSiv3uVSDhBI_pI49b81_yIAPyHzi0y_thrry_LkW0fmGLzEOH5o5-FeEgSgN_inZYc/s400/BillBumperJune91999.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132654265940761634" border="0" /></a>Bill asleep with Bumper. Bumper was a kitten that rode in on a truck bumper where bill worked at the factory. No one wanted her so she came home with him. She had a special bond with Bill for the rest of his years. (Bumper is still with us)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiHXiCKKY9GtH58t-IsW84Y4hGSSsml0t9GihX2_GjvhSAdkZ5hI7HiXPAjJcIZ8Xn9Fd9-Z5MIQO6Q_uVAxLcULr8MKvhogzJ6vxhVGcDxJKG4OCpi-1rT-OkYudbnz7tzTL/s1600-h/billspellbound.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiHXiCKKY9GtH58t-IsW84Y4hGSSsml0t9GihX2_GjvhSAdkZ5hI7HiXPAjJcIZ8Xn9Fd9-Z5MIQO6Q_uVAxLcULr8MKvhogzJ6vxhVGcDxJKG4OCpi-1rT-OkYudbnz7tzTL/s400/billspellbound.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132654665372720178" border="0" /></a>Bill Eatmon Showing Spellbound, his 16 hand purebred Arabian Mare. (Russian) I can't remember the year. Several years ago.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRyJuAWD3_nKPTnNQF3_9Q-siyXkvVJh1SYJldH0SbLomc3-ks4FJrdpammOZqiAB9Kkg7NeXDoOoRWbrnJ5y3dkSEC6_dkR_c14I2HV25-KwE7FjsIW0sEOHvioCCigo-WCV/s1600-h/Bill+with+Betty+Boop+at+Green+Castle,+IN+Show+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRyJuAWD3_nKPTnNQF3_9Q-siyXkvVJh1SYJldH0SbLomc3-ks4FJrdpammOZqiAB9Kkg7NeXDoOoRWbrnJ5y3dkSEC6_dkR_c14I2HV25-KwE7FjsIW0sEOHvioCCigo-WCV/s400/Bill+with+Betty+Boop+at+Green+Castle,+IN+Show+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132655073394613314" border="0" /></a>Bill with "Betty Boop"...his needle felted "creation". (at Greencastle Fleece Fair)<br />(few years ago)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5U68TrGE9MIKj3qR1VF_feWWGX5r1z_ZIhQW1LUb35dv7cgkRn3Ydu7ZpbTJME09bHrRJFfAL6mzXxHI5VD0U6TU_Mwpo4ijjfzPWbrP3xKatTpOIk3KEARu5hVakckFwY72/s1600-h/Beth+-+Thanksgiving+Day+Nov.+27,+2003+modelling+one+of+bill%27s+hats.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5U68TrGE9MIKj3qR1VF_feWWGX5r1z_ZIhQW1LUb35dv7cgkRn3Ydu7ZpbTJME09bHrRJFfAL6mzXxHI5VD0U6TU_Mwpo4ijjfzPWbrP3xKatTpOIk3KEARu5hVakckFwY72/s400/Beth+-+Thanksgiving+Day+Nov.+27,+2003+modelling+one+of+bill%27s+hats.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132655464236637266" border="0" /></a>My sister, Beth, modelling a hat that Bill needle felted. (3 years ago approx?)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlXDIGFVNNdiWLrsj7G_C7R6HcenfjSioZ4_vA_jL7N7AF_UbJLuG2Efla4uXcbKQdvfF7W6UbIUwid5Z9Nn0ZU9s3uyscwCkP8JypznLGc4kMQ8LTk4r33KUsyLJSLA1EJ8C/s1600-h/biill+on+koleed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlXDIGFVNNdiWLrsj7G_C7R6HcenfjSioZ4_vA_jL7N7AF_UbJLuG2Efla4uXcbKQdvfF7W6UbIUwid5Z9Nn0ZU9s3uyscwCkP8JypznLGc4kMQ8LTk4r33KUsyLJSLA1EJ8C/s400/biill+on+koleed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132657130683948130" border="0" /></a>Bill on his Gelding, Koleed. (Arabian Horse) Probably about 1997<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfxXAm3zZldvJvY_fg_dpmEgDDn8GP0epzO1-XgrEhzW4gitAjFdBkTfV1-0d-GIUV7azFPMqZiWorv-4y34crB16R2ftbxNSPv5V7Kn_xPVhM-ahYuNKehZlTHdQH6pAR4Ms/s1600-h/Bill.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfxXAm3zZldvJvY_fg_dpmEgDDn8GP0epzO1-XgrEhzW4gitAjFdBkTfV1-0d-GIUV7azFPMqZiWorv-4y34crB16R2ftbxNSPv5V7Kn_xPVhM-ahYuNKehZlTHdQH6pAR4Ms/s400/Bill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132657409856822386" border="0" /></a>Bill relaxing at home<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-90592825371376537032007-08-25T10:49:00.000-04:002007-08-26T01:27:16.626-04:00August 26, 2006 - August 26, 2007: A long year of missing Bill Eatmon<p class="MsoNormal">Bill, </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Today marks 1 full year without your presence here.<span style=""> </span>There are no words to express how much I miss you…just the dull empty void of going on through life without you.<span style=""> </span>You were definitely the reason for Sheltering Pines and it will never be the same again without you.<span style=""> </span><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>In some ways the past year has gone fast.<span style=""> </span>In most ways it has dragged on like an eternity.<span style=""> </span>You were always such a positive force….the eternally optimistic one.<span style=""> </span>I remember your bouts with illness and the way you never complained.<span style=""> </span>I can't imagine going through what you did.<span style=""> </span>I would have been the worst possible patient I'm sure!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>I'll never forget lambing with you here.<span style=""> </span>When you saw little feet coming out of the ewe…if they were white….we just KNEW the ewe was delivering a wildly spotted lamb which made you quite joyful!<span style=""> </span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;"><span style=""></span></span><span style=""> </span>You always strung cable to the barn hooked to cameras so you could watch the ewes on tv from your bed each night while I was working 3rd shift.<span style=""> </span>I always knew that while I was working the sheep were in the best possible of care.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>You were always a person who loved to laugh, even though much of the time you felt sick.<span style=""> </span>You so enjoyed sitcoms on television and the sound of your audible laughter while watching them is much missed.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>You were always "inventing" something new.<span style=""> </span>A new way to do something in weaving…..a new gadget, gate or setup to make my life easier for feeding/caring for the sheep.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The jugs you built are fantastic.<span style=""> </span>I wasn't sure when I came to the barn one evening after waking up and found them all built.<span style=""> </span>You used the asile down between the 2 sides of the sheep where I used to walk.<span style=""> </span>It was a handy walk-way, but after one season of lambing with those jugs I was sold on them!<span style=""> </span>They are worth their weight in gold.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The landscape did not get tended to much this year.<span style=""> </span>I didn't have the will to do it.<span style=""> </span>Even though many of the gardens were originally put in by myself, you put your "stamp" upon them with your creative gardening.<span style=""> </span>The hosta beds, the goldfish pond with waterfall and running creek.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Your studio has not seen much activity over the past year.<span style=""> </span>Mainly storage for your yarns, the fleeces and some of your handiwork.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Thank you for the 10 years and 2 months that you gave to me.<span style=""> </span>I shall never forget you<span style=""> </span>and I shall never stop missing you.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Love,<br />Steve</p>The following old Irish Folk Song has long been a favorite of mine. A musical group called "Dead Can Dance" has performed it best in my opinion. It has taken on new meaning over the past year:<br /><br />I am stretched on your grave<br />And will lie there forever--<br />With your hands held in mine<br />Id be sure we'd not sever--<br />My apple tree my brightness<br />'tis time we were together--<br />For I smell of the earth<br />And am stained by the weather<br /><br />When my family thinks<br />That I'm safe in my bed--<br />From night until morning<br />I am stretched at your head--<br />Calling out to the air<br />With tears both hot and wild--<br />Oh I grieve for the one<br />That I loved and is gone.<br /><br />The priests and the friars<br />Behold me in dread--<br />Because I still love you<br />My love and you're dead--<br />I would still be your shelter<br />From rain and from storm--<br />And with you in your cold grave<br />I cannot sleep warm.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-75665055846676051382007-07-20T04:34:00.000-04:002008-12-12T18:17:31.458-05:00In the Beginning there was Julie's Cement Cow...............<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0DD8j0ALEMAC6cJZV7X8fJ0Akwo-XskhbRUqkjv3rA48idwizDVzH2LHdsFjMJ_R7nizV79Jio4cdhTHGb6PGJo7TQ_McWT2uNopXrwlzUHKL8xOk5f6GQviJkNxvKo2NM_R/s1600-h/cement+sheep+from+rich.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0DD8j0ALEMAC6cJZV7X8fJ0Akwo-XskhbRUqkjv3rA48idwizDVzH2LHdsFjMJ_R7nizV79Jio4cdhTHGb6PGJo7TQ_McWT2uNopXrwlzUHKL8xOk5f6GQviJkNxvKo2NM_R/s400/cement+sheep+from+rich.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089195760433044498" border="0" /></a><br />NOW........Sheltering Pines has it's very own Cement Sheep! <br /><br />On Wednesday, July 18, 2007, Rich Johnson visited my farm on his way to Indiana to pick up sheep! He brought me a gift of a "cement sheep" that he had painted. He had seen a photo of my smirslet gulmoget, SheltrgPines Onyx Velour, and painted the cement sheep to look like her. I was delighted. We have always enjoyed cement statues here in the gardens at Sheltering Pines, and this new addition is wonderful! Thank you Rich and Jennifer for such a thoughtful gift. :-) I really like it and will enjoy seeing it every day!<div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-45201157482901274922007-06-30T02:41:00.000-04:002007-06-30T03:11:15.108-04:00So Far Away (Song sung by Amici Forever)<span class="small"> There's a land<br />That gave me life<br />That made me free<br />That made me proud<br />And someday<br />I will return<br />Home to the land<br />Of the long white cloud<br /><br />Where is home?<br />I hear you say<br />So far away<br />So far away<br /><br />I hear your voice from afar<br />It haunts me wherever I stay<br />But I must follow a star<br />So far away<br />So far away<br /><br />In the song<br />Upon the breeze<br />And in the roar<br />Of rolling waves<br />Like the roots<br />Of ancient trees<br />That run so deep<br />In the earth I crave<br /><br />Where is home?<br />I hear you say<br />So far away<br />So far away<br /><br />I hear your voice in my heart<br />I miss you much more than I can say<br />But I must follow a star<br />So far away<br />So far away<br /><br />Where is home?<br />I hear you say<br />So far away<br />So far away<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-31056581628704381662007-02-12T15:33:00.000-05:002008-12-12T18:17:50.705-05:00Another photo of one of my Father's paintings<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOhF8rvTReNiFpdbkeEYjgyLJ4UBSxK0rUv4EL588zW8KNLw8l8RqJ9LfVpVxOJ6Gt1ez0nNvYKLI09MDpf5ULQyiG6rGpPlxITaFDeI311r-p2C2J2BEY5C3aPycCe_Fm-dj/s1600-h/Dad"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030750146747536994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOhF8rvTReNiFpdbkeEYjgyLJ4UBSxK0rUv4EL588zW8KNLw8l8RqJ9LfVpVxOJ6Gt1ez0nNvYKLI09MDpf5ULQyiG6rGpPlxITaFDeI311r-p2C2J2BEY5C3aPycCe_Fm-dj/s400/Dad's+painting+of+deer+by+fire.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A small picture of this subject used to hang over the sofa in my Grandmother's house when I was a child. I was always infatuated with it. I don't know if it is a well known picture/painting or whether it was just something she liked and framed. It looked old at the time! (and I'm 53!) :-) Anyway, my father borrowed it from her back in the late 60's and copied it (painted it) for his art class. It is not a large painting...I'd estimate about 8 inches tall by 14 inches wide. It is still one of my favorites. If anyone knows anything about the original...I'd sure enjoy hearing from you. (If it was done by a known artist) The one that used to hang on my Grandmother's wall is now gone and no one seems to know where it went! I'm glad my father copied it! </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-44866267041466490082007-02-11T10:02:00.000-05:002008-12-12T18:17:51.206-05:00The Frozen Shoreline<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34mVnzit9xkydi6DC3RvhAzN5YtFta-0xIidvae3MfkNhta9zTxoJUikRVput4bwVo1ImXjnXdMvzqK9IHdu1tJ-jHgCJAah9CfeOE3e_Y4RBuM_-R8EOyhkA0NW9MJRUMb_s/s1600-h/sun+breaking+through+snow+clouds.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34mVnzit9xkydi6DC3RvhAzN5YtFta-0xIidvae3MfkNhta9zTxoJUikRVput4bwVo1ImXjnXdMvzqK9IHdu1tJ-jHgCJAah9CfeOE3e_Y4RBuM_-R8EOyhkA0NW9MJRUMb_s/s400/sun+breaking+through+snow+clouds.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030293690508219954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">On Saturday, Feb. 10th, my brother and sister-in-law invited me to go down to the Shorline at Lake Michigan with them. They were going to Chequer's Pub there for a late lunch - early dinner as they serve wonderful Fish & Chips. On the way down it was dark and snowy. I had my camera along with me and snapped a shot of the sun breaking through the snow clouds.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZN3YopggWk5Y2ankY6oRU6Cep49NYvCFaJLGFlyLYHMtmjt1xeQwjy98zkInbfDGzTT_eyWAKX0KDy_B-g9sd9D28cxOyoIrAuOGtnbtoNy-fooTpK9PylFaxgmmVe2yx16cd/s1600-h/overlooking+Lake+MI.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZN3YopggWk5Y2ankY6oRU6Cep49NYvCFaJLGFlyLYHMtmjt1xeQwjy98zkInbfDGzTT_eyWAKX0KDy_B-g9sd9D28cxOyoIrAuOGtnbtoNy-fooTpK9PylFaxgmmVe2yx16cd/s400/overlooking+Lake+MI.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030292676895938082" border="0" /></a>At the Lake shore we drove down Lakeshore Drive. The waves on Lake Michigan had frozen out nearly as far as we could see. We were able to see with the naked eye a "gray line" which would have been the open water...quite a ways out. This shot was taken from up on a "bluff" driving down Lakeshore Drive. (Saugatuck, Michigan) We then went to Chequer's for Fish and Chips! After dinner we drove up to the "Oval Beach"...where in the summer it is packed with swimmers and sun bathers and people enjoying the large sand dunes. It was frozen solid and here is the view out over the beach. The sun had nearly set. It's hard to see, but if you look closely, you can see the waves on the lake frozen in time. It's an odd sight.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nYoq4LXaX4xdGk6XpfW_SN7i9T6AS_6Co2bwg4OIR_mJUdIjRhXwnEr7fDKtO0BPT0VxTkDtcYh8ciEnmuqs0Fzx22pj-QFAanMFSJC_0VtDQFN3WPaX_mQcIJUk5NvUajIQ/s1600-h/sunset+at+Saugatuck+MI.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nYoq4LXaX4xdGk6XpfW_SN7i9T6AS_6Co2bwg4OIR_mJUdIjRhXwnEr7fDKtO0BPT0VxTkDtcYh8ciEnmuqs0Fzx22pj-QFAanMFSJC_0VtDQFN3WPaX_mQcIJUk5NvUajIQ/s400/sunset+at+Saugatuck+MI.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030295511574353490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />As we drove away, the sun had nearly set.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYY0GkCtBvGWRkbiSH8l_PEWRnOBVFkzgCULZheN93d6wq3cugaab-uD6vFg18CDlLxAEgquvg5tyC-XtINPxS-wHD2DujoS1p5OPlkWLCRu03NJ4y0jSJhevFySPbnozql8Fw/s1600-h/sunset+2+at+saugatuck+MI.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYY0GkCtBvGWRkbiSH8l_PEWRnOBVFkzgCULZheN93d6wq3cugaab-uD6vFg18CDlLxAEgquvg5tyC-XtINPxS-wHD2DujoS1p5OPlkWLCRu03NJ4y0jSJhevFySPbnozql8Fw/s400/sunset+2+at+saugatuck+MI.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030294386292921922" border="0" /></a>As we drove home I longed for spring and warmer temps! <br />It won't be long before lambs start arriving! <br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-68701354960678483622007-02-01T15:57:00.000-05:002008-12-12T18:17:51.596-05:00Another Painting by my Father and a Poem by Emily Pauline Johnson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZF5QWkeQHMdFvUImlB1r6xOluwNGCFzLLJZaXjNYpTTPdXvonAnpvWlZaOUuvkEQRZjhZhdmG9gpID4mqboUFNqXwH0JEQiZFlUsoZEGmtUu8Ne8trSzCWwx2SKhmN4Xc9j3/s1600-h/Dad's+painting+of+aspens+and+mountains+lake.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZF5QWkeQHMdFvUImlB1r6xOluwNGCFzLLJZaXjNYpTTPdXvonAnpvWlZaOUuvkEQRZjhZhdmG9gpID4mqboUFNqXwH0JEQiZFlUsoZEGmtUu8Ne8trSzCWwx2SKhmN4Xc9j3/s400/Dad's+painting+of+aspens+and+mountains+lake.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026684519638052354" border="0" /></a><br />Aspens by Emily Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)<br /><br />A sweet high treble threads its silvery song,<br />Voice of the restless aspen, fine and thin<br />It trills its pure soprano, light and long--<br />Like the Vibrato of a mandolin.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
http://homestead.com/shelteringpines2/ShelteringPines.html</div>stephen rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359754483957246588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975254.post-88442096505131875812007-01-31T13:10:00.000-05:002008-12-12T18:17:51.759-05:00Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYchctZ1xWetmxpisWmQnAn5Lhyde8Yqt6G5rJgYyVyr-ZqntH0vVk-Wip1ME5T3sPo0zbWdK5W10o5RXcspiAuAOpLW4BN3MCraTvv7mFW_ZWDNG3tzCNs0tMFhAXy7LSrUh8/s1600-h/Dad's+stopping+by+woods+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYchctZ1xWetmxpisWmQnAn5Lhyde8Yqt6G5rJgYyVyr-ZqntH0vVk-Wip1ME5T3sPo0zbWdK5W10o5RXcspiAuAOpLW4BN3MCraTvv7mFW_ZWDNG3tzCNs0tMFhAXy7LSrUh8/s400/Dad's+stopping+by+woods+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026260062124418482" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening</span><br />by Robert Frost<br /><br /> Whose woods these are I think I know.<br /> His house is in the village, though;<br /> He will not see me stopping here<br /> To watch his woods fill up with snow.<br /><br /> My little horse must think it queer<br /> To stop without a farmhouse near<br /> Between the woods and frozen lake<br /> The darkest evening of the year.<br /><br /> He gives his harness bells a shake<br /> To ask if there is some mistake.<br /> The only other sound's the sweep<br /> Of easy wind and downy flake.<br /><br /> The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,<br /> But I have promises to keep,<br /> And miles to go before I sleep,<br /> And miles to go before I sleep.<br /><br />*****<br /><br />(My father was very good at drawing and painting. He took an art class when I was in junior high school and one of the first assignments to all the students in the class was to paint a picture that was conjured in their minds from reading the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". The picture at the top of this page is a photo of the picture my father painted. It was his interpretation of the poem. It was probably painted about 1969. It has always been one of my favorite pictures that my father painted).<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Shetland Sheep
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