GONE TO THE DOGS: December 2017

Once again, it has come to our attention that many people still wonder regarding the sign/name on our house and cards, so:

WHY WESTWIND HOUSE?

Due to our English heritage and our Yorkie love we wanted to have a sign designating our house name.

One summer when my brother Linc, was here, he asked, "Why Westwind House?"

I explained that when we were in England we learned that people named their houses and put signs on them to show the names.

We liked the idea.

When we got Tray in 1982 in Caribou, Maine, we gave her the official name of

BRINDLE TRAY OF WESTWIND,

because we lived on Westwind Drive, because it sounded right, because I liked Brindle, and because I had always wanted my own Little Doggie Tray.

(I first heard about Little Doggy Tray from a book that my mom used to read to me every night, at my persistent request, when I was 3 -5 years old, It was about a Scottie Dog Family "dressed to the nines" in their kilts and tammy hats.)

From then on every place we lived became Westwind House.

My personally created cross-stitch designs were under the name

"Westwind House Design".

Following that I started creating computer-generated greeting cards so the backs had to include "Westwind House".

After Tray we had Tanner and named him TANNER BOY OF WESTWIND HOUSE.

Tanner's illness and early demise left us with the beautiful gift of "Therapy Dog" Max (whom we lost at age 13 in August 2011).

When Linc learned the answer to his question, he determined he must make that much-desired sign for us.

It arrived here on December 18th, 2007, and our son Chip helped set it in place on January 1, 2008.

Because Max was already named when he was given to us, his official name of Maxwell, A Little Boy Blue, did not include a Westwind reference, but he was very much a part of what made a house a home. He is sorely missed

After Tanner left us, Missy (SUE'S SERENDIPITY OF WESTWIND), a rescued Silky/Yorkie, now 13 years old, was added to our family the last day of February in 2008. When sweet Max passed, we waited a while, the found Ari Daneil. Having already been given such a regal name that means “Little Lion” it became enough that he be titled “Little Lion of Westwind House”!

We are most thankful for the presence of these two as they, we, and the entire Westwind House family, friendships, and memories continue to grow.

JOHN-SUE-BRINDLE TRAY OF WESTWIND 1982-1998