We hope you had a wonderful Holiday Season! We received this gift from a friend of ThorpeWood. It’s in a shadowbox frame. The text is a quote from Jan Struthers. “Physical weather certainly is beyond our control. But human weather – the psychological climate of the world – is not beyond our control. The human race Read More »
Good Day, Sirs and Ma’ams, My name is Garpur. I am a 7 year old gelding (boy horse) here at Stoney Lick Farm. My name means “Hero”. My coat color is Dark Chestnut which is a reddish brown. Miss Joy has nicknamed me ‘Curious George’ because I am very curious about life and like to investigate Read More »
Hi Beautiful Friends! My name is Thokkadis! I am a 12 year old mare (female). My coat color is Dun Pink Chestnut. But if you look at my picture you can see I am not pink! The Dun means I have a dark stripe down my back from mane to my tail. The Pink Chestnut color is light reddish Read More »
It’s a rainy afternoon in early summer on Catoctin Mountain. The curvy road to ThorpeWood takes you to an elevation above 1500 feet. There are no city sounds up here, only the sound of the rain hitting the leaves and the trickling spring of Bussard Branch. A rainy day on the mountain is a pleasure. Read More »
Mark your calendars….Saturday, April 9th for a Ruut concert at the ThorpeWood lodge! It has been a few years since Ruut has shared her music with us and she is so excited to be coming back to the Mountain! Her new record will be done at the end of January, so we will do a Read More »
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In today’s Frederick News Post, you can read a wonderful article about how Frederick county is involved in the drive to bring back the American Chestnut. ThorpeWood is mentioned in the article which discusses the plight of the Chestnut and the efforts to bring it back. In 1997, ThorpeWood established a 374-tree orchard to help Read More »
It’s Valentine’s Day – Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! – and our thoughts naturally turn to love. Of course, here at ThorpeWood, our thoughts turn to you, our friends and supporters, and we enjoy having a day to take the opportunity to tell you how much we appreciate you and to share our thanks. Our thoughts Read More »
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