Mary Cabot Wheelwright
Posted: February 28, 2011 Filed under: Lotsa Lhasa Info Leave a commentKathy shared this with me several years ago, along with this note “Mary was well into her 70’s with this pic…
Apparently from a series titled The Way We Really Were, the lead-in: A controversial plan devised by a New Englander and a Navajo resulted in the preservation of history.
The Peaceable Kingdom
Posted: February 27, 2011 Filed under: Lotsa Lhasa Info Leave a commentThe article printed in House and Garden some years ago began “A beautifully restored Newport farm is the site for a bold program to protect and preserve rare and endangered breeds of farm animals. ”
The article is about Swiss Village Farm. From the website, “Rare breeds of livestock carry valuable and irreplaceable traits such as innate disease resistance, heat tolerance, parasite resistance and mothering ability qualities which may be needed at some time in the future. It is conceivable that a current popular breed may become jeopardized due to a shift in the factors that let to its predominant role, such as industry demand or infectious disease.”
Read the article and see more photos.
Nancy Warner
Posted: February 26, 2011 Filed under: Art and Photography Leave a commentJulie’s probably tired of the artsy blog entries. 🙂 This past October Rick and I spent nearly a week in my hometown, Norfolk, NE. We were suppose to be on a train ride with my sister Lori and her husband Ron. Alas, alack, a broken nose changed that. Instead of heading west to ride the Durango-Silverton train, we headed east. Whenever we’re in Norfolk Rick and I make sure to visit the Norfolk Arts Center. The current exhibit has never failed to delight us. This time the photographs of Nancy Warner were featured. From her website, ” Nancy Warner is a fine-art and portrait photographer with a large, natural-light studio in downtown San Francisco. Her Going Back exhibit will appear in several eastern Nebraska venues through 2010.”
That was the exhibit we saw – Going Back: Midwestern Farm Places. The images were beautiful and haunting.
Dustin’s charcoal drawings
Posted: February 24, 2011 Filed under: Art and Photography Leave a commentFebruary is Flylady’s month to declutter. What better way to celebrate than to find yet another treasure. A reminder of my nephew Dustin’s charcoal drawings. I googled his name, hoping he has a website. No luck. I did find this photo of his wife Kari sitting on a bench they made for 2010 Benches On Parade. BOP is a community arts project that showcases local creativity and civic pride while helping raise funds for local non-for-profits.
Here’s one of his charcoal drawings…
And a Great Dane belonging to friends…
Probably my favorite of his work is a drawing of mom’s grooming shop…
Here is a
Notes from the heart
Posted: February 22, 2011 Filed under: Art and Photography | Tags: Debby Rothman Leave a commentAh! More treasures decluttering! On the back this series of note cards titled  Notes from the heart, ” Colorado artist Laura Mehmert has become know for her moving paintings and sculptures. She creates her cards, journals and prints from these original works of art.” This one it titled Lily.
I groomed Lily her entire life and fondly remember those freckles on the end of her muzzle. She was a sweet dog with a big heart.
What fun surprises I found exploring Shop on Laura’s website. More clients! All of these dogs have passed, but Carol and I had the good fortune to groom each of them for most of thier lives. Abner grew up with a little girl. Her father would drop him off and request ‘manly’ bows…said Abner was actually a pit bull in the witness protection program.
And Shu Shu. She represented the Shih Tzu in Animal Planet’s Breed All About It on the Lhasa Apso.
Shu Shu died several months ago. Thateus went to live with her owner and Cinsha.
Kunza at FleetFire Timbers 