Grouse Overnight Winter Roosting Burrow

While we have many photos of our own ~ still mostly waiting to be unpacked, sorted and organized for publication here ~ we are staunch admirers of great photography and great photographers, especially when the subject matter happens to be English Setters and wild gamebirds.

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We happened across this well-executed photo above several days ago while exploring other Blogs on the Internet, and received permission from the Owner and Photographer to use it here to share with our growing base of regular readers.

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This photo is from the Magick Canoe ~ Burning Silo ~ Blog (click here) whose owner and creator ~ Bev Wigney, a photographer, writer and naturalist residing in Eastern Ontario, Canada ~ shot the scene on one of her many sojourns with her Collie, Sabrina, around her rural Canadian farm. She writes on her Blog about this particular photo, "... To the right of the burrow is a mark in the snow. That’s where one of the wings hit the snow as the bird took flight ..."
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Thank you again, Bev, for your generosity in giving us permission to share this outstanding photo with our readers.

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The Road to Tinkamtown

"The past never changes," he mused."You leave it and go on to the present, but it is still there, waiting for you to come back ..." ~~~ by Corey Ford

Look forward to seeing more of Corey Ford here in the "Fetters Setters ~ Tributes and Memories" section. The Lady of the House is in the process of preparing at least one fitting tribute to this fellow English Setter lover (among many other planned contributions).

However in the meantime, the more we looked at the picture below ~ if you look really close to the far end right side of the snow-covered country lane, you will see the figure of a man and his English Setter ~ the more it brought to mind Corey Ford's "The Road to Tinkhamtown" from his book, "The Best of Corey Ford."

Our roads and surrounding woodlands look like this tonight, a good night to stay in ~ with an ample supply of Hot Cider, plenty of warm pups in all colors and sizes at our feet and near the hearth ~ and work on the ever-expanding Fetters Setters Blog.
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For the full text of
Corey Ford's "The Road to Tinkhamtown", click here.
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