Welcome to our " L Pine Meadow " site.
Sunflowers are our driveway entrance.
On August 4 2011 we, Ron and Saskia, can call us the owners of a beautiful acreage.
It's situated in the valley of the Assiniboine River in Saskatchewan.
Why the name " L Pine Meadow" ?
The property is shaped in an L form, and in the L we will have our house and yard.
The environment is hilly (Alpine, a little word play here) and the pasture is surrounded by trees like a meadow ...and there it is:
L Pine Meadow.
On this website we will keep a journal of the progress of our acreage.
We're going to create a beautiful homestead with gardens and lots of flower beds.
Fencing, building shelters and outdoor arena's, horse agility course and a couple of extra pens.
We will build up a great place for our Horse Clicker Training Centre " Horses in Rhythm".
(see www.horsesinrhythm.weebly.com )
Above a picture of the driveway entrance. Sunflowers are blooming!
It will be a wonderful adventure, to build up our little Paradise in Saskatchewan and we love to share it with you!
So come back regular as we will ad photo's and write in our journal about the progress.
Ron & Saskia
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In Memory of Ron Dockrill.
My beloved husband and Paul’s father Ron lost his battle to cancer and passed away on October 15 2013.
We were with him when he passed.
For one and a half year Ron struggled and fought and went through very hard times. During this time we had a few months of relief, believing he had beat the cancer. It was a beautiful time full of hope and joy, even though recovering from surgery and treatment was a very painful experience for Ron.
But we were able to ad some amazing moments to our huge ‘box’ of wonderful memories, created in all the years we were together.
Unfortunately the cancer came back and treatment did not help anymore. It was a very hard time for us.
During his long illness, with all the terrible pains and discomfort Ron had to endure, he never, not one time, complained.
Not once.
He endured everything with an admirable grace and strength and would never complain or ask for anything. He was very brave up to the last moment of his life.
The only relief we could feel now was that finally Ron wasn’t in pain anymore.
Every time I see the moon now on a clear evening, it reminds me of Ron and I, looking at her in all her beauty, up in the endless star lit sky.
Every time I see the Northern Lights dancing in the sky now, it reminds me of the last time Ron and I could watch this magnificent wonder of the universe.
Every time I watch a sunset, it reminds me of all the last sunsets we watched together.
Every time I see anything, anywhere, anytime......it will always remind me of my wonderful husband.
Ron and I build up LPine Meadow from the ground. I remember when we just got it, Ron made a great ‘tail gate’ BBQ and we had a wonderful meal with a glass of wine for me and a beer for him. We made a toast to our little piece of heaven: LPine Meadow. We dreamed of creating a simple homestead, solar and wind powered. We dreamed about beautiful gardens full of flowers and vegetables and herbs. We dreamed about a place where we could sit back and relax, watching the butterflies, birds, squirrels, deer, elk and moose and where our horses, dog and cats could have a healthy and happy life.
We dreamed about making LPine Meadow the home of our Clicker Training Centre for Horses: Horses in Rhythm. We knew this was the perfect place for it, to rescue and rehabilitate ponies and horses to give them a second chance in life.
So many dreams.
We started building the pasture fences, gates, made a nice farm yard, created hiking and riding trails and we build our first shed. All done with so much love and laughter.
My dear Ron passed, but I will continue to build up LPine Meadow in his honour.
It will be a place filled with love, peace, laughter and happiness.
Just the way Ron would have wanted it.
And when it’s all done......he will lean back and relax with a big smile. From where ever he is.
xx xx