Fairoaks Shadowfax Dancing

There was an aura, something special about Shadowfax that was obvious, especially to children. The story we shared with them was Shadowfax was a Queen, and was here visiting. I remember one little girl being totally enchanted upon hearing the story of her kingdom, guarded with Bouvier Royal Guardsman posted on the turret of her castle. A friend, both of ours and of Shadowfax, is a concert pianist. Whenever he visited she would badger him until he played the piano for her. When she was in the final stages of cancer he came to visit her before leaving for a European concert tour. She rested peacefully beside the piano while he played one final concert for her. She passed away while he was in Europe, but the memory of this special tribute to her will always be with me. Her portrait is on the wall beside her beloved piano.

Owned and loved by Bill, Vonie, and Billy Hollinger