This message is from: Linda Lottie <horselo...@hotmail.com>
Thank you Phil......always enjoy reading your "tour" reports Sweden & Norway??????? Hummmm, I think I may have to start saying my pennies LOL The "skeets" are huge over here in my neck of WI, as well. I am hoping for an early freeze.......heeeeheeeeee, and I don't like the cold, but, this year, I will be less grumpy. For one thing......my youngest daughter is getting married so we are busy, busy, busy. And, I'm still working on a long term plan to winter in New Mexico.......remember those pennies?????? LOL They are going FAST :) Keep writing Phil......Linda in NW WI......Sven, Lena and soon, Hasse will move home for the winter and maybe beyond as Anne begins a new phase of her life. She visits often so Hasse won't forget her :) He is a favorite around her because he LIKES to lope!!! LOL > From: n...@norskwoodworks.com > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > Subject: Fjords in Norway > Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:22:06 -0500 > > This message is from: Phillip Odden <n...@norskwoodworks.com> > > > Hello from Phillip Odden in Northwestern Wisconsin where the days are > cooling off but the mosquitos are still pretty bold. > > Just got back from our Odden's Rural Life Traditions Tour to Norway. > Else is still in Norway visiting her family and friends. > > The tour went very well. Twenty two of us left together from the US. > One woman from Norway joined our tour as well. She knew that she would > be unable to visit several of the farms and private homes on her own > that we visited as a Norwegian living in Norway. You need an > introduction to visit these private homes, farms and businesses. We > worked with people and contacts we have come to know with our 35 years > of experience traveling in Norway pursuing our interests in > traditional Norwegian Folk Art and for the past 14 years Fjord Horses. > During the tour 7 Americans already traveling in Norway joined our > tour for a few special days. Some of our tour members stayed in Norway > to visit family there. > > We saw a number of Fjord Horses including the impressive stallion > Torset Blakken at the Fjord Horse center in Nordfjordeid. Frozen Semen > from this stallion is now available in the US through Olivia Farm. We > saw a number of mares at the Førde mare show. The scenery on the West > Coast of Norway was most impressive. There has been a lot of rain this > summer so the many rushing water falls were quite spectacular. We > visited a number of cultural centers including three Stave Churches > built in the 13th century. The Borgund Stave Church was most > interesting to me since Else and I are involved in recreating this one > for California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks California. > Currently I am working on carving the large Door Portals for this > project. > > This was a study tour of Norway. We learned about Agriculture in > different regions of the country. We learned about Folk Art and we > learned about the horses of the country and we learned about the > connection between Folk Art and Horses. In this way we learned much > about the history of Norway. And we learned why the Fjord Horse was > bred as it is because of the environment and use. People on the tour > with Norwegian ancestors learned a lot about themselves too through > the information they learned regarding life and values at the time of > immigration. And we were able to compare and contrast the modern > values and modern way of living between our two countries as we had > opportunities to observe and question Norwegian people along the tour. > > Else and I were very pleased with the tour and we plan to offer it > again in August 2012 with very few changes. In 2013 we plan to offer a > different tour which will include parts of Sweden and Norway. > > Now it is time to get ready for the annual Villa Louis Carriage > Classic. Marcy and Herger are chomping at the bit. > > Take care and be safe, > > Phil Odden > > Important FjordHorse List Links: > Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e > FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
