Can You Imagine? III

In some places, instead of statues of soldiers or politicians or horses, they put up statues of sheep.

This lovely creature stands atop the Colvin Fountain in the middle of the the High Street in Moffat, in Dumfriesshire in the Borders region in the south of Scotland.   

      

It was donated to the town in 1875 by William Colvin to celebrate Moffat's long history with the sheep and wool trade.

In the land of my people  , sheep have been a part of peoples' lives for at least a thousand years, and a sheep statue is the central icon of that history. 

Is it any wonder I ended up in the world of fiber?

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Comments

[Beth S.]

I was going to guess Iceland, but Scotland makes sense too. ;-)

[marta]

Beautiful photos, fabulous post, as always. I look forward to each new post. How's Oley?

And, yes, Schmarta is a traditional Scottish name.

[Judy]

Terrific! Was there a pilgrimage involved?

[Diane H K in Greenfield]

LOVE that sheep sculpture. I wonder if small replicas can be had...

Did you know that there is a piece of public sculpture depicting a hand spindler here in one of the downtowns of Franklin County?! If you can name the location and/or post a picture of it, Miss M., I'll give you a prize!

[claudia]

That is way cool.

[Laurie]

That is one magnificent creature. The fiber link is hardwired in your people.

[maryse]

ha! i think it's cool that "your people" are a wikipedia entry.

[mamacate]

It explains so much...

[Kathy]

The fiber thing is clearly your destiny.

[Carole]

Did you go there and take those photos yourself? They are amazing. But I'm thinking Dale would be bummed to not have statues of Civil War soldiers.

[Sylvia]

I wonder if it's the same Colvin as Judy Colvin, who raises Shetland and BL sheep in Montana...?