…that\u2019s my report from Thistle Hill. After a year and a half I\u2019m finally on my feet. But I won\u2019t be chasing cows again. That will be up to my grandson, Church.<\/p>\n
Church just graduated from Denison University with a degree in biology. He\u2019s managing the farm and entering the master\u2019s degree program at George Mason University.\u00a0 He has a wonderful touch with animals and a good eye as well. He\u2019s grown up with Devon and so he will be a formidable package as Thistle Hill goes forward.<\/p>\n
Hopefully I can convince Church and his mother Carolyn to contribute to this blog. Carolyn\u2019s schedule, as a cancer surgeon and director of Integrative Medicine at Baylor University Medical Center, doesn\u2019t leave any spare time but her education and experience make her a tremendous asset for the Devon breed.<\/p>\n
Wooz would be thrilled to see the way her family is taking hold. The Thistle Hill herd has never been stronger and we all invite you to visit.<\/p>\n
Finally it would be remiss of me not to note the passing of Gearld Fry. Gearld more than anyone was the driving personality behind the revival of the Devon breed. As insiders know, we had our differences but I supported him, first nominating him to the board of the American Devon Association and then in founding the North American Devon Association.<\/p>\n
He was a visionary…a dreamer…and a bit of a rogue. But always a delightful companion. Rest In Peace, Gearld.<\/p>\n
David<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …that\u2019s my report from Thistle Hill. After a year and a half I\u2019m finally on my feet. But I won\u2019t be chasing cows again. That will be up to my grandson, Church. Church just graduated from Denison University with a degree in biology. He\u2019s managing the farm and entering the master\u2019s degree program at George Mason University.\u00a0 He has a wonderful touch with animals and a good eye as well. He\u2019s grown up with Devon and so he will be a formidable package as Thistle Hill goes forward. Hopefully I can convince Church and his mother Carolyn to contribute to this blog. Carolyn\u2019s schedule, as a cancer surgeon and director of Integrative Medicine at Baylor University Medical Center, doesn\u2019t leave any spare time but her education and experience make her a tremendous asset for the Devon breed. Wooz would be thrilled to see the way her family is taking hold. The Thistle Hill herd has never been stronger and we all invite you to visit. Finally it would be remiss of me not to note the passing of Gearld Fry. Gearld more than anyone was the driving personality behind the revival of the Devon breed. As insiders know, we had our differences but I supported him, first nominating him to the board of the American Devon Association and then in founding the North American Devon Association. He was a visionary…a dreamer…and a bit of a rogue. But always a delightful companion. Rest In Peace, Gearld. David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5117"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5263,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117\/revisions\/5263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}