the ole Amish benadryl snooker??

Written By Robin Wade

I had the day off Saturday, and took a leisurely drive up across the state line into Tennessee and visited my Amish friend.  As I was leaving, his adorable grand-daughter walked up and whispered to him something in their native language -  German Dutch??  He laughed, and said that she was wondering if Robin would like the white dog.  Since we've taken in more strays (3) than our small home can handle, the answer was no. We found the very sleepy white dog in the back of his storage building.  He explained that he had given it 4 benadryl pills to put it to sleep - permenantly.  It had wandered by, nobody would take it, it wasn't a breed he could sell, he didn't want it.  

I didn't want to find out if 8 pills did work.  He loves the creek.  Is implying he's a retriever.  We are already getting attached.  The white hair is wirey like a great pyrenees, whatever, I think he's going to be a good one.  Haven't gotten rid of all of the fleas yet.

--  Was I snookered by this crafty Amishman?  Perhaps.  I really don't know.

 

 

 

Robin Wade
Robin Wade Furniture is a celebration of nature—a melding of a forward thinking commitment to the environment and a quiet, harmonious design aesthetic. From his "slow studio" in North Alabama, award-winning wood artist Robin Wade designs and crafts one-of-a-kind handmade furniture. Years before a piece is ready to enter a client's home or a gallery, the process begins—naturally—with the tree. Sustainably harvested, each specimen of hardwood is flitch sawn into natural-edge wood slabs, debarked by hand with a draw knife, and stacked to dry, usually for years, before the final cure in the kiln. From here, Wade and his team use both hand and power tools to bring Wade's vision to life, and then finish each piece with a hand-rubbed oil blend. Each organic furniture creation by Robin Wade Furniture balances the raw, natural beauty of environmentally, locally sourced hardwoods with minimally invasive, clean lines—a juxtaposition Wade calls both rustic and modern. “I haven’t yet found a better artist than nature,” he says.
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