Jennifer Buxton: Karen Crossley's Alphabet

Jennifer Buxton contacted Anne Field and me a few days ago to discuss a final wrap up post she was writing about the Karen Crossley alphabet project. As is usual for Jennifer, it is well written and keeps the focus on the topic - honoring and remembering Karen. I am sure that you will enjoy it.

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In November of 2019, Canadian hobbyist, Karen Crossley, launched an occasional blog series in which she discussed various members of her herd from A to Z.

She made it to H before passing away in July 2020.

2020 was a tough year, and her death was a real blow to the hobby blogging community.

Lynn Isenbarger, Anne Field and I decided to honor her memory by finishing her alphabet. I went first. 

Then I passed the baton to Lynn who passed it to Anne who passed it back to me.

And that's how it went for the next couple of years.

Last Saturday, Lynn wrote the last post in the series.

It took us thirty one months, but Karen's alphabet is complete.

Thank you for the inspiration, Karen. We still miss you!

Thank you also to Lynn and Anne for joining me on this journey. I appreciate both of you more than words can ever say.

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Thanks, Jennifer.  And to you, too, Anne. It was a pleasure to honor Karen with you.

Give me a W Again!

In order to honor Karen Crossley, a Canadian hobbyist who unexpectedly passed away in July, 2020, Jennifer Buxton, Anne Field, and I are finishing Karen's project of going through her collection by alphabet and sharing models whose names begin with those letters.

Today's letter is (again) W - yesterday was some of the chinas that begin with W; today we will look at the plastics.

The model is called Lafayette by Breyer and since I live in West Lafayette, his name is (naturally) West.

Windsong Amethyst

Windsong Leoti (named for the town my Honeywell great grandparents homesteaded in the late 1800s.)

Windsong Lillian

Windsong Molly

Windsong Sierra

Windsong Fabio

Windsong Straight Bet

Windsong Bluebell

Windsong Sanibel

Wind Point

Windsong Ra

Windsong Carnivale

Windsong Cryptic

Windsong Blue Boy

Windsong Breeze

Windsong Cherie

Windsong Pride

Windsong Sultanna

Windsong Sultan

Windsong Marilla

Windsong Stella

Windsong Leoti (a duplicate name)

Windsong Ogahla

Windsong Treasure

Windsong Grane

Windsong Matrix

There are more models with names that begin with W, but I'm going to stop there. 

With just X, Y, and Z left, we are near to completion of Karen's project. Jennifer is going to do X so it's back to her for the next alphabet post!

 

Give Me a W!

In order to honor Karen Crossley, a Canadian hobbyist who unexpectedly passed away in July, 2020, Jennifer Buxton, Anne Field, and I are finishing Karen's project of going through her collection by alphabet and sharing models whose names begin with those letters.

Today's letter is W and when your stable name is Windsong and you tend to use that as part of your models' show names, this was an easy alphabet post to write. In fact, I'm going to break it up into china (today) and plastics (tomorrow.)

Windsong Clover

Windsong Comella

Windsong Sherif - my favorite china and most winning piece in my entire collection.

Windsong Zara - another favorite and one that has won a lot.

Windsong Adelaide - I've had her since the 1970s.

Windsong Misty

Windsong Ferseyn

Windsong Two Bits

Windsong Raku - a hard to find Lakeshore done in Raku.

Worth the Wait - my lovely first colourway Beswick Appaloosa that hobby mother Simone Smiljanic sold to me about two years before she passed away.

Plastics tomorrow - stay 'tooned!

Give Me an S!

 In order to honor Karen Crossley, a Canadian hobbyist and active blogger who unexpectedly passed away in July, 2020, Jennifer Buxton, Anne Field, and I are finishing Karen's project of going through her collection by alphabet and talking about the models whose names began with those letters. 

Today's letter is S, and I have a slew of models whose names begin with that letter! 

Something Blue - a 1960s wedgewood Running Foal. 

Skip-Bo - a Lakeshore Houdini who is named after one of our family's favorite card games.

This Metlox Poppytrail Drafter/Circus Horse, Snowdrift, is a big boy who came from Karen Grimm's collection during Clinky Mania in 2018. Teresa Rogers kindly picked him up and mailed him to me since I could not attend the event.

Cybis made Poppy, the Performing Circus Pony and I renamed him Snowball.

Scojeadon, named after the real Quarter Horse mare I cared for throughout junior high and high school, is a Parr's Dream Doll resin painted by Janis Whitcomb in the early 2000s.

Segovia, a Breyer porcelain that was a special run at BreyerFest in 2004.

Salutation, a 2005 Collectors Choice (I love Kathleen Moody's Missouri Fox Trotter mold!)

Santanna, a no-warpaint 1970s Indian Pony.

Silverado, one of a handful of Stones in my collection.

And last but not least, Sultanna, my 2020 NaMoPaiMo horse and named after Abby's pasture mate!

The real Sultanna.