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MEET LYNN MEADOWS
The first hint is the small sign identifying Lynn and Tom Meadows' house in Glenshire --OWLPINE MEADOWS -- but it's not until you step inside that the full impact hits. Someone in this family is really into Owls. Big
time! Up the walls and around the bend.
Lynn has collected owl motif thingamabobs for thirty years since her little brother gave her a plastic owl-shaped radio. The left eye controls the volume and the right eye changes the channel. "Isn't that the
glitziest thing you've ever seen?" she grins, but it was the start of a long career of acquiring anything with owls on it: paintings, rugs, curtains, pillows, mobiles, tapestries, wallpaper trim, even postage
stamps neatly framed upon the wall.
She has shelves full of cookie jars inviting you with big eyes to dip in for a snack. Several sets of glassware, flower vases, coffee mugs and figurines fill the cupboards and tabletops. "When the kids visit, I
tell them to ask their dad for a penny for every owl they can count. Look here, there are twelve glasses in each set -- five sets, that's sixty right there. They usually get tired by the time they've reached the
refrigerator," which is covered with owl magnets.
Then she opens the door to The Owl Room.
The shelves of at least two bookcases are crowded with salt and pepper shakers, etc. Guests who spend the night get the funny feeling they're being watched. Lynn gets that mischievious glint in her eye and asks
"Who?"
She and Tom estimate there are about 3000 owl objects in her house, including all the issues of The Owl Collector's Newsletter. Lynn tells of another collector who catalogued all her owls, labelling them with bar
codes. She encouraged Lynn to do the same, but Lynn informed her she had other things to do with her life.
For instance, Lynn, who holds a Master's Degree, is the desktop publisher of Our Town Truckee and The Review. She's a private pilot and a member of the Ninety-Nines, an association of Women Pilots.
Merging her knowledge of flight and love for raptors, Lynn built a halter which allows a recovering raptor to practice flying while remaining restrained until it can be properly released back into the wild.
WSI thinks of Lynn, who is serving her third year on the Board of Directors, as an Associate of the Wildlife Shelter, Inc. She has truly given of her time and experience and expertise for many years.
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