Vintage jewelry
My mothers grandmothers old pendant.
My grandmother Ellen would marry my grandfather AL Collins and together with their remarkable energy and intelligence would continue both their families traditions of breeding high quality sheep and developed a breed of merino sheep that was extremely tough and adaptable and this breed would would be named in my grandfather's families honor and exported around the world including South America, South Africa, South America, China, Russia and the USA and you can still see their breeding in to days modern merino sheep when I see photos of some sheep from these parts of the world.
At the time people in many other merino studs thought it was all good marketing and tradition.
Today we can look at the density of the woolen follicles in the skin and measure the consistency of the wools micron over the body. We can now see that it was a well bred breed of sheep that can now be proven with science to be a special breed of merino.
Today with micron and follicle density measurements available plus many other traits to select for we can use computers to help breed your sheep.
It is not as hard to do technically now as we understand the genetics involved so in theory any country science program or committed individual should be able to breed a very good meat and wool sheep.
It was believed my grandfather and his stud masters new all the 14000 stud ewes in their breeding program as individuals.
My grandmother was incredible at entertaining guests that would visit from around Australia and the world and was renowned for her hospitality.
I find it humbling to see the tough and simple luxuries our forebears treasured.
My mother fondly remembers her grandmother wearing this simple jewelry as a little girl when visiting her grandmother as a young girl in rural South Australia.
Macro Mondays "Vintage"
Vivitar 105mm f2.5 at f2.5 PB190401
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Vintage jewelry
My mothers grandmothers old pendant.
My grandmother Ellen would marry my grandfather AL Collins and together with their remarkable energy and intelligence would continue both their families traditions of breeding high quality sheep and developed a breed of merino sheep that was extremely tough and adaptable and this breed would would be named in my grandfather's families honor and exported around the world including South America, South Africa, South America, China, Russia and the USA and you can still see their breeding in to days modern merino sheep when I see photos of some sheep from these parts of the world.
At the time people in many other merino studs thought it was all good marketing and tradition.
Today we can look at the density of the woolen follicles in the skin and measure the consistency of the wools micron over the body. We can now see that it was a well bred breed of sheep that can now be proven with science to be a special breed of merino.
Today with micron and follicle density measurements available plus many other traits to select for we can use computers to help breed your sheep.
It is not as hard to do technically now as we understand the genetics involved so in theory any country science program or committed individual should be able to breed a very good meat and wool sheep.
It was believed my grandfather and his stud masters new all the 14000 stud ewes in their breeding program as individuals.
My grandmother was incredible at entertaining guests that would visit from around Australia and the world and was renowned for her hospitality.
I find it humbling to see the tough and simple luxuries our forebears treasured.
My mother fondly remembers her grandmother wearing this simple jewelry as a little girl when visiting her grandmother as a young girl in rural South Australia.
Macro Mondays "Vintage"
Vivitar 105mm f2.5 at f2.5 PB190401
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA