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Scott and Kim Kline stayed at the Lathrop House B&B
when they exhibited their Alpacas at the 2007 Big E.
"We have fallen in love with these magical creatures! Being deeply involved in every aspect of their care, we have learned much in these first few years. We have dedicated our breeding program to strive to create the best total package possible. We strongly believe in the North American Alpaca.
"Our Alpacas Are More Than Just Another Fleecy Face!" Our goal is to raise high quality, friendly alpacas that are the complete package. We focus on colored huacayas that have strong, correct conformation and wonderful fleece. Great emphasis is placed on the animal's temperament, disposition and ease of handling."
Havenfield Farm Alpacas may be visited in Birdsboro, PA
and at
This photograph by Sarah A. Mohajery is of a music room in one of the Shah's palaces located in Isfahan, Iran. The room was designed to enhance musical acoustics.
Sarah A. Mohajery was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She attended Chatham College where she received her BA in Psychology and English Literature. Sarah also performed in ten theatrical productions with Chatham's Theatrical Group. She will be graduating from Springfield College with her MS in Clinical Art Therapy with licensure eligibility in Mental Health Counseling. Sarah has always relied on photography as her refuge. She has exhibited her photography in Pittsburgh and in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Go to www. flickr.com and where it says search type mohajery
Bryan Berg, the "Cardstacker", visited with us while building a cityscape of Boston for the Big E, September, 2006.
Ray and Pat Damiani were here during the Big E too, to present his Flemish Giants, which are......
Bill and Liz McCutcheon brought their bright and kind spirits and then shared with us his beautiful paintings, as seen on:
You Again
The problem is my mother doesn't know
who I am, what year it is.
She's forgotten that she loves rose
talcum and Tabu on her wrists, taught
me right from wrong, drilled weekly
spelling words into my head, nursed
me when I was sick.
It's as if she's never seen me before,
labors to say my name, tongue lost on
slick river of stones separating us.
I put soft felt slippers on her feet, tan
sweater over her shoulders and for a moment,
I think there's recognition in her eyes.
Or maybe it's the way light falls across
trees twisted and dying behind the house.
Ann Falcone Shalaski
Published in Main Channel Voices - Vol.2, Fall, 2006
Ron
and
Ann
at
Ann's
poetry
reading
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Lathrop
House
B&B
May,
2007
Trainer Larry and bloodhound Holly,
star of A Tale of Two Dogs by Tigress Productions
who stayed at the Lathrop House during the filming.
"A bloodhound named Holly recently stole Diana Mara Henry’s heart.
The dog arrived at Henry’s bed and breakfast, Lathrop House in the Forest Park section of Springfield, on a clear summer day with her trainer and a British film crew, which was following Holly on her trek from West Virginia to Massachusetts, where she would make an attempt at becoming a K-9 with the State Police.
“It was our first celebrity canine,” said Henry, an acclaimed photojournalist by trade, whose photos are housed in both the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian.
As a photographer, Henry said her eye is trained to find beauty in unexpected places, just as she did in Holly’s droopy, forlorn face.... the big, lumbering bloodhound... trotted quickly to Lathrop House’s front door and settled in easily once she’d checked into her room.
She, too, turned her visit to Springfield into a new life, passing the State Police exam and joining its ranks. There are others in Henry’s guestbook who have done the same, finding new careers and choosing to stay in the area."
from "Noted Photojournalist Diana Mara Henry’s B&B Offers a Snapshot of Springfield"
By JACLYN C. STEVENSON