TERRY JOHN WOODS on HOME SWEET HOME: ROUND THE GARDEN

ROOSTER 1995-2010 (HIS CHEWING THE CHRISTMAS WRAPPING PAPER RITUAL)

I REMEMBER BACK IN MID DECEMBER OF 1995, DALE CALLING ME IN TO THE BEDROOM TO WATCH SOMETHING ON TV. I LAYED ACROSS THE BED AS THE VIDEO PLAYED. THERE WAS DALE IN SOMEONES BASEMENT WITH CHILDREN RUNNING ALL AROUND, I'M THINKING WHAT IS THIS ABOUT. IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM WAS A HUGE BOX WRAPPED IN GREEN, DALE CONTINUED ON IN THE VIDEO SAYING HE WASN'T SURE WHAT TO GET ME FOR CHRISTMAS SO HERE WERE SOME OF MY CHOICES. HE REMOVED THE LID TO THE BOX AND ALL I SAW WERE LITTLE BOBBING GOLDEN RETEIVER HEADS, ALL AS CUTE AS COULD BE. I WAS CONFUSED AS WE HAD DISCUSSED NO MORE DOGS AFTER I LOST MY 17 YEAR OLD GOLDEN PYRITE, WE HAD JUST OPENED A NEW STORE AND OUR LIVES WERE CRAZY AND DALE STILL HAD HIS TWO WOLVES. DALE WOULD PICK EACH PUPPY UP AND SAY NO YOU'RE NOT THE ONE, AND THAT CONTINUED ON FOR FIVE OR SIX PUPPIES AND THEN HE PULLED THIS LITTLE GUY WITH A NAME TAG AS BIG AS HE WAS, THE TAG SAID ROOSTER, DALE STATED THIS IS THE ONE.(I HAD WATCHED A DOG SHOW AND SAW A LITTLE PUG NAMED ROOSTER AND SAID IF I EVER GET ANOTHER DOG I WANT TO NAME HIM ROOSTER, DALE REMEMBERED)SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS WE WENT TO VISIT ROOSTER, HE WAS TO YOUNG TO BRING HOME BEFORE CHRISTMAS. WHEN I MET HIM HE WAS BY HIMSELF PLAYING WITH A RIBBON TOTALLY IGNORING ME AND EVERTHING ELSE. THIS LITTLE GIRL PUPPY THERE WOULD NOT LEAVE ME ALONE, JUMPING AND TUGGING AT ME, I WAS DRAWN TO HER. DALE SAID IF YOU WANT HER INSTEAD WE CAN SWITCH, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW ROOSTER PICKED US, I DID NOT PICK HIM. WITH THOSE WORDS WE WENT BACK A WEEK LATER AND BROUGHT ROOSTER HOME TO THE FARMHOUSE. HE WAS A BUNDLE OF JOY, VERY INDEPENDENT, BUT STILL LOVING. HE GREW TO BE A EXCELLENT CATCH OF THE TENNIS BALL,AND SNOWBALLS IN THE WINTER TIME, HARDLY EVER MISSING ANY, HE ADORED HIS STUFFED ANIMALS AND ALWAYS HAD ONE IN HIS MOUTH AT ALL TIMES. THEN HE GOT INTERESTED IN ROCKS, THERE WERE ROCKS EVERYWHERE, IN THE HOUSE, ON THE LAWN(SOME THAT WENT THROUGH THE LAWN MOWER AND BROKE WINDOWS). I REMEMBER HIM PUTTING ROCKS ON ANYONES SHOES WHO STOOD STILL LONG ENOUGH, AS HE KNEW THE ROCK WAS GOING TO MOVE WHEN THAT PERSON STEPPED . WHILE RESTORING THE HOUSE HERE HE WOULD PUT ROCKS ON THE BOARDS AS THE CARPENTERS WERE SAWING BECAUSE HE KNEW THEY WOULD MOVE OR FALL SO HE COULD RUSH AND GET THEM. IT WAS HIS LITTLE GAME THAT HE PLAYED BY HIMSELF. HE LOVE A GOOD PARTY AND WAS QUITE THE HOST. EVERY YEAR WE WOULD THROW A SUMMER PARTY WITH A HUNDRED OR SO GUESTS. WE WOULD LET ROOSTER OUT(WITH A HAND WRITTEN NOTE STAPLED TO THE TOP OF HIS COLLAR "I'M NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH ROCKS"). HE WOULD GREET THEM ALL AND HE WOULD COME TO FIND US "OCCASIONALL" TO SEE WHAT WE WERE DOING. WE WOULD GIVE ALL OUR GUEST GLOW NECKLACES TO WEAR AFTER THE SUN SET, BY THE END OF THE EVENING ROOSTER WOULD BE WEARING THIRTY OR SO AROUND HIS NECK AN ALL YOU COULD SEE WAS THIS RAINBOW OF COLOR SWIMMING IN THE POND. I REMEMBER HIM COMING UP TO OUR NEIGHBOR NETTY AT ONE PARTY AND RESTING BESIDE HER WHERE HE JUST FELL ASLEEP IN THE SITTING POSITION NEXT TO HER. HE WAS A LOVER OF ITALIAN FOOD, ANYTHING WITH TOMATOE SAUCE HE ADORED. IF WE LEFT A PIZZA BOX ON THE COUNTER HE WOULD NOT COME TO BED UNTIL WE THREW IT AWAY AND IT WAS OUT OF SITE. HE CHASED THE NEIGHBORS DOG CRICKET HOME EVERY CHANCE HE HAD FOR YEARS. YOU JUST HAD TO SAY THE CRICKET AND HE WOULD START LOOKING FOR HER, I THINK IT REALLY WAS A SILENT CRUSH HE HAD ON HER. AS HE GOT OLDER HIS PERSONALITY WAS GREW EVEN MORE, HE GOT VERY VERBAL IN LETTING US KNOW WHEN HE WAS HUNGRY OR WANTED SOMETHING. I KNOW WHEN WE BOUGHT THE NEW HOUSE IN MAINE I THOUGHT THE TRIPS WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR THE OLD MAN, BUT WE TOOK HIM AND HE FIT RIGHT IN, EVERY TIME HE WENT BACK HE HAD HIS OWN ADJENDA, JUST AS LONG AS WE WERE THERE HE WAS FINE.I LOVE TELLING THESE STORIES OF ROOSTER BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE.HE WAS SPECIAL AND I THANK HIM FOR GIVING FOR FIFTEEN YEARS AND MOST OF ALL CHOOSING US. ROOSTER I LOVE YOU.

MY SECRET HAUNT, BE THERE OR BE SQUARE

WHEN I'M IN MAINE, NO MATTER WHAT SEASON, YOU CAN MOST LIKELY, ON ANY GIVEN DAY, FIND ME AT COLUMBARY HOUSE ANTIQUES IN CAPE NEDDICK ON ROUTE ONE. THE PLACE IS BRIMMING WITH GREAT ANTIQUES AT GREAT PRICES. THE MAIN HOUSE HAS A STUNNING COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE ART, ANTIQUE FURNITURE, SMALLS, AND DECORATING ITEMS. THE GROUP SHOP AT THE LITTLE RED BARN HAS OVER 25 DEALERS INCLUDING ME, THAT OFFER GREAT ITEMS FROM FRENCH TO FORMAL, COUNTRY TO COLLECTIBLES, AT REALLY FAIR PRICES. YET ANOTHER BARN ATTACHED TO THE MAIN HOUSE IS OPEN SPRING THRU FALL. IN THERE YOU'LL FIND LARGER FURNTIURE, GARDEN DECOR, AND GREAT ART SURROUNDED BY HAND HEWN BEAMS AND BARN BOARD. DONALD AND JACK ALWAYS HAVE A SMILE ON THEIR FACE AND WILL GLADLY HELP YOU WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. OVER 25 YEARS IN BUSINESS COLUMBARY HOUSE IS STILL GOING STRONG AND THAT SPEAKS VOLUME. VISIT TODAY! http://www.columbaryhouse.com/

ANTIQUE GLASS FISHING BOUYS NOW ARE NOW USED ARTISTICLY AS GARDEN ART AT OUR SOUTHERN MAINE COTTAGE.

NOT MORE WHITE! OFF COURSE SILLY

WHITE MAKES ME HAPPY, MAYBE THAT IS WHY OUR VERMONT HOUSE IS PRETTY MUCH ALL WHITE. A FEW YEARS BACK MY FRIEND MAGGIE FROM BOSTON GAVE A CALL AND SAID "I HAVE FOUND TWO CHAIRS YOU MUST HAVE" SHE EXPLAINED THEY WERE A PAIR (WHICH I ALWAYS LOOK FOR) AND HAD WONDERFUL LINES AND THEN QUICKLY ADDED THEY WERE BRIGHT ORANGE!!! AFTER PICKING THE PHONE OFF THE FLOOR I TOLD HER GET THEM, I'D DEAL WITH THE ORANGE LATER . WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN VERMONT I QUICKLY SLIPPED THEM WITH WASHED PAINTERS CLOTH. THESE CHAIRS ARE MY FAVORITES TO DATE. SO REMEMBER, OVER LOOK THE OBVIOUS AND ALWAYS TRUST A GOOD FRIEND WITH TASTE.

OLD BED TICKING JUST NOT FOR BEDS ANYMORE

MY FRIEND DONNA FROM CANADA VISITS ME TWICE A YEAR IN MAINE AND ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING UNDER HER ARM AND MAYBE UP HER SLEEVE TOO. SEVERAL YEARS AGO STRUTTING UP THE LENGTHY PATH TO OUR SUMMER HOUSE I SPOTTED HER CARRYING THIS CLUMP OF TICKING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND OFF TO THE WASHING MACHINE I WENT. SEVERAL WASHES LATER, PILLOWS I THOUGHT AND BIG ONES AT THAT. SEW, SEW ,SEW, AND FILLED WITH DOWN ONLY, HOW WONDERFUL THEY ARE. SOFT AND FADED, AND PERFECT FOR THE WHITE SOFAS IN VERMONT. VINTAGE FABRIC IS A MUST IN ANY HOME IF YOU WANT THAT CASUAL LIVED IN FEELING AT A GREAT VALUE.

TERRY JOHN WOODS on HOME SWEET HOME

TYLER WAITING FOR SANTA...HE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GIVE THOSE REINDEER A CHASE OVER THE YEARS

OUR BACK DOOR GUARD DOGS WITH THEIR HOLIDAY COLLARS ON

PAINTED SHUTTERS ON THE OLD BRICK HOUSE, OUR NEW HOME

ONE ROOM FINISHED, WELL SORTA?!?!

IT HASN'T BEEN THE SAME SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE. GO RUN IN THE SKY ANGUS. WE MISS YOU.

MY NEW BOOK DUE OUT THIS COMING SPRING

AND HE HUFFED AND HE PUFFED...OUR NEW RESTORATION PROJECT...JUST GRAND

NEW BEARS ADDED TO MY WEBSITE. CHECK OUT THE CUTIES!

IF YOU HAVE TIME, BECOME MY FRIEND ON FACEBOOK!

EVEN MY GREAT NIECE MALORI LOOKS GOOD IN WHITE. WHAT A CUTIE

WEATHERED SHELLS FROM OUR BEACH IN NORTHERN MAINE. WHAT COULD BE BETTER?

LAYERING ISN'T JUST FOR FABRICS, TRY VERTICAL IRONSTONE PLATES

SAVE A CHAIR, RIDE A BICYCLE!

ANGUS....TANNING? YOU GOOFY NEWFIE!

WICKED WICKER, EASY ON THE EYE AND GREAT FOR STORAGE!

I LOVE OLD PUDDING MOLDS, ESPECIALLY ALL IN A ROW

THE NEW HOUSE, MORE TO FOLLOW

THE PERFECT SUMMER HOUSE READING KNOOK!

SHIPS IN A BOTTLE, WHO'D A THOUGHT!

SUMMER HOUSE MASTER BEDROOM, ALMOST READY FOR A NAP!

OLD MASTERS ART, WE HAD TO HAVE IT...IT JUST ADDS WHIMSEY

ROOSTER 1995-2010 (HIS CHEWING THE CHRISTMAS WRAPPING PAPER RITUAL)

A SLIPPED TREASURE

CALL ME CRAZY BUT I ONLY COLLECT CHIPPED CROCKS, DON'T OVER LOOK THEM, REMEMBER LIFES NOT PERFECT!

SUMMER HOUSE KEEPSAKES, GRANDMAS BUREAU, A SPECIAL CHIRSTMAS PRESENT, AND SELF PORTRAIT.(SMILE)

MY NEW PASSION, ENGLISH TRANSFER WARE

TIME TO COOK, DON'T OVER LOOK GOOD REPRODUCTIONS, LIKE THIS WALL CLOCK ($42)!

TRY MIXING MERCURY GLASS VOTIVES WITH ANTIQUE ENGLISH CUSTARD CUPS DOWN THE CENTER OF THE TABLE!

NEW AND OLD, IT WORKS!

GALVANIZED IS GOOD

GOOD LUCK ANGELS FROM PARIS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DALE AND YES I'M REALLY THAT BIG!

"CUSTARD" JUST BORN AND ADOPTED

GOOD MORNING MACHIASPORT, MAINE

NORTHERN MAINE, c 1820

PLEASE PASS THE SCALLOPS, IT'S DINNER TIME

VIEW FROM HOUSE

SOUTHERN MAINE c1830

BAA BAA SHEEPY!

ROCK, SCISSORS, PAPER

ROUND AND ROUND

THE PATH TO THE OCEAN, SMELL THOSE ROSES

SNOOZE, I'M ALL ABOUT PILLOWS, DOWN WHAT ELSE!

UP UP AND AWAY

SHELL SHOCK, BUT PRETTY ON THE WINDOW SILL

GRAY SKIES, GRAY CHAIRS

KNOCK KNOCK, WHO'S THERE?

ULITARIAN OR BEAUTIFUL?

TEDDY POP ART

LIFE IS NOT ABOUT WAITING FOR THE STORMS TO PASS...IT'S ABOUT LEARNING HOW TO DANCE WITH THE RAIN

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

GITTY UP!

LITTLE PAINTNGS ALL IN A ROW

WHITES RIGHT FOR ME, AND THE SEASCAPE MURAL IS JUST DIVINE.

A GOOD DAY TO NAP WITH ANGUS, AND YES THOSE ARE MY FEET!

SHELVES AREN'T JUST FOR BOOKS ANYMORE!

MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL

OHH, BIG BEAR!

WHERE'S MY BOOK

PEAK A BOO, BOO BOO!

TEXTURE! WELCOME IT

MY SECRET HAUNT, BE THERE OR BE SQUARE

ROOSTER, ROO ROO, PUTEY HEAD, STINKY PANTS, FOR JUST A FEW!

I'M ALL ABOUT BEING EQUAL

PANDA FUNK OR FUNKY PANDA

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

ROUND THE GARDEN

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OLD GLASS FISHERMANS BOUYS, TAKE THE NET OFF, THEY MAKE GREAT ART INDOORS OR OUT. TRY IT !

MY INSPIRATION TO KEEP OIL PAINTING

THE FINISHED PAINTING

BIG PILLOWS, LITTLE CHAIRS, IT WORKS IN THE GUEST ROOM

THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING

BOAT A SHORE!

CHRISTMAS AND IRONSTONE

YES, THE RUMORS ARE TRUE

THINKS SPRING OR AT LEAST SOMETHING WARMER