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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 2, 2013 - 12:10am PT
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Art comes to Choss Creek!
A local patron, with a "sheep-ranching" background and "deep -pockets", commissioned a "large-piece" bronze sculpture that is being set up at the north end of Choss Creek.
Cute, life-sized sheep, bronze sculptures.
However.
Some people just have to sully everything they touch!
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Haha! Nice.
And that name..."Choss Creek"...think I've climbed there but it was in a different state....hmmm. There was a creek and it was choss for certain. LOL
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Can Culture be far behind?
Nice double entendre, Fritz!
Not to be outdone in 29 Palms...
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Fritz, you old bugger, you. I just spit beer all over my monitor.
snicker, guffaw.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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I'm sure glad you're not in Ernest, Fritz.
That might seem unnatural.
But it is Choss Creek, after all, so...
My buddy Art thinks they need to plant some fibery things there so it looks more real. Maybe grass clippings?
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MisterE
Social climber
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Art comes to Choss Ck. Idaho-----Can Culture be far behind?
Sweet, yoghurt can't be far behind!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Fritz....Is Art your stage name...?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - May 2, 2013 - 11:58am PT
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Normally the locals fence me out.
The bronze sheep are easier to approach and smell better too.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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An old goat and his charges.
"The spaces between sheep are where the work of the universe is done."--Yvon Doig
"All of life should be a gambol."--Life Is a Gamble's Quail
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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How long before the tweakers rip that stuff off for scrap?
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
WA, & NC & Idaho
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Fritz, I worry about you.
What time is it when a montana boy sees a sheep along side the road?
MOUNTAIN TIME!!!!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - May 3, 2013 - 12:01am PT
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I emailed the photos to a few old climbing pals that have not formed the ST habit.
The best reply to date, about my making friends with bronze sheep:
Much better, no need for hip waders or Velcro gloves.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Here, get ewe some culture.
Born in Boston to a Boston Brahmin family, William Jarvis was the son of Dr. Charles Jarvis, a Boston physician. William Jarvis died in 1859. Earlier, in 1813, Jarvis had deeded land in Weathersfield to the local school district with the proviso that the Jarvis family could use some portion of the land as their family burial ground in perpetuity. Consul Jarvis was laid to rest in that burying ground in Weathersfield, near his home in Weathersfield Bow in 1859. Other family members, including his son Major Charles Jarvis, lie interred beside him today.
Even in death, Consul Jarvis's ties to merino sheep would overshadow his other accomplishments. The epitaph on his gravestone reads:
"William Jarvis, son of Dr. Charles Jarvis born in Boston 4 February 1770 died 21 October 1859. He was consul for Lisbon and acting Charge d'affairs of the United States for Portugal from 1802 to 1811. To have served nine years in a difficult situation, under such able and patriotic presidents as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison is alone a sufficient eulogy on his fidelity and capacity. He was the first large importer from Spain and distributor throughout the Union of that useful animal, the Merino sheep, which greatly contributed to lay the foundation of the woolen manufactures of this country. His early life was checkered by the vicissitudes of fortune but by industry, perseverance, intelligence and good faith, he made himself independent, and spent his latter years in tranquil retirement amidst a numerous family; his last aspiration of affection being gratified by laying his bones in peace amidst those whom he loved in life."
On Jarvis's tombstone is carved a merino sheep in "baas" relief.
But the lasting legacy of William Jarvis may be the landscape he left behind. Before the advent of merino, much of Vermont was fenced with timber. The merino boom gave Vermont farmers a purpose for all those rock cairns dotting the hills they had struggled to till. Farmers hard-pressed to find enough timber for fencing turned to stone. So today's Vermont picture-calendar landscape might not look as it does without the hand of William Jarvis. In that sense, perhaps, this New England merchant helped fashion the poetic landscape of fellow Vermonter Robert Frost.
But let's not keep ewe ignorant about dancin', neither. I love me some dancin' sheep.[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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"The spaces between sheep are where the work of the universe is done."--Yvon Doig
I really like Doig, but I think it is Ivan. This House of Sky?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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YD's 1972 catalog article on clean shearing by Bugs McCool. :0)
Correct for a chance at the Wheel!
Sub-titled Lanscapes of a Western Mind.
That would've given you a night out with this mama and who knows what else?
More Cowture!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Frickin' sheep, anyway. I agree with The Muir. They're hooved locusts.
Hopefully the wolves will eat them ALL.
BTW, Fritz...Redneck is a sort of Culture, right? Or is that a lack thereof?
Meh.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 25, 2017 - 03:55pm PT
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It hurts me to report that a local nearly carried out what Gary posted earlier on this thread:
How long before the tweakers rip that stuff off for scrap?
The story is the guilty & now-apprehended party was having a fight with his girlfriend & decided to show how strongly he felt. I don't think he intended to make off with the statues for scrap, but he scrapped three sheep with his pickup-truck.
It's OK, now Choss Creek is saving up to build a new historical museum to house a somewhat-noted Idaho artist's donated paintings. It may be a while before the sheep get repaired, since the artist that created them is down with cancer.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jul 25, 2017 - 04:38pm PT
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This is why we can't have nice things.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jul 25, 2017 - 05:43pm PT
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And if it had legs it would get up and leave...
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Jul 25, 2017 - 08:55pm PT
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Fritz...On the bright side...You won't get cramps in your hamstrings...
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