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
JOHN-TANNER BOY OF WESTWIND -SUE 1999-2005
MAXWELL, A LITTLE BOY BLUE
SUE-SUE'S SERENDIPITY MISSY OF WESTWIND-MAX-JOHN
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