Jim McRae is a master shearer, he also runs a photography shop and repairs cameras (one of the few left in the country), he trains border collies to herd sheep, he is a master story-teller. He is planning to retire, and when he does, he will leave a hole that cannot easily be filled. He has been a part of our lives for years, and is not a cherished part of our Open Houses. He sings, recites poems, tell stories, shows off his special shearing underclothes.

He is special.