Rosseel Farm & Garden Supply

I was fortunate to grow up in an area of central Massachusetts populated with several flourishing farms. We lived on 31 acres of rich farm land but my father was a printer who generously allowed a local farmer to grow and harvest hay on some of our fields.

Sometimes our farmer neighbor would store hay bales in our big red barn and on a few occasions he used our barn to house some of his cows.

We had great experiences working on some of the farms in our area. Today, one of those farms is a golf course.

One farm and garden business has been thriving in Chesterfield, Michigan since 1959. Rosseel's Farm & Garden Supply is a family owned and operated business established in 1959 by James Rosseel in Chesterfield, Michigan, just outside of Detroit. His sons Joe and Bern run the business today with a strong emphasis on customer satisfaction.

Rosseel's serves Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Ontario, Canada farmers, landscapers, and construction companies.

They carry a wide variety of farm, construction, lawn and garden equipment for sale along with new and used implements and attachments.

You can visit the Rosseel's Farm & Garden Supply website here.

Jan Rosseel "Belgian Autumn"

Jan Rosseel is a photojournalist from Belgium. Rosseel is a visual storyteller.

From Jan Rosseel's Bio:

"His work is best described as visual storytelling, between narration and documentation. He works as a collector of memories using photography, video and objects. The starting point of his research-based projects are historical events and the notion of memory. Stories that do not only reconstruct historical events but stories that also ask questions about the reliability of our memory and our brain. He works as an investigator using methods of scientific research and journalism to build a narrative where truth and fiction coexist."

Rosseel's book "Belgian Autumn" tells a frightening story. In the Autumn of 1985, a series of shocking murders and robberies at Belgian supermarkets came to an end. A gang of unknown criminals called the Brabant Killers launched 23 attacks between March 1982 and November 1985, killing 28 people and wounding 40 more. Jan Rosseel's father was one of the victims.

The amount of money stolen from the grocery stores was out of all proportion to the unspeakable human slaughter and carnage that occurred.

These horrific, heinious crimes have never been solved. This fact marks an abhorrent bloody stain on and remains one of the darkest periods in Belgian history.

"Belgian Autumn" was part of Jan Rosseel's graduation project at the KABK, The Royal Art Academy in The Hague. It was published in a limited edition of 28. Each book had the name of one of the victims embossed on a rubber band.


It was named one of the most interesting books from 2013 by Yumi Goto for Emaho Magazine.

More:

Suspect arrested in 30-year-old Brabant Killers case

André Rosseel Winner Of 4 Stages Of the Tour de France 1951, 1952

André Rosseel was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Rosseel won 4 stages in the Tour de France.

1951 Tour de France:

Winner stages 8 and 15

1952 Tour de France:

Winner stages 2 and 16

Here is Rosseel at the 1:07 minute mark of video crossing the finish line first to win one of the stages.



Below is another video of André Rosseel winning the 2nd stage of the 1952 Tour de France. You can see Rosseel at the 1:00 mark of the video.

Taylor /Talia Rosseel- The Chain

PJCVS Talent Show winners Taylor Hubbard and Talia Rosseel perform their rendition of The Chain (Ending only).

"Jan Rosseel No Budget Cup" by Jan Rosseel

This is Jan Rosseel's trailer from an ongoing story on low budget motor racing in Belgium.


Jan Rosseel No Budget Cup from Jan Rosseel on Vimeo.

Nick Rosseel Chopin Nocturne Op. 27, No.2 in D flat Major

Here is one of Chopin's musical poems performed by Nick Rosseel.

GIP Nick Rosseel 2012-2013 Lemmensinstituut Leuven.

Charles Rosseel Blog Post About Artist Frank Raymond Rosseel

River St. Lawrence Oak Point, ca 1916, F.R. Rosseel

Frank Raymond Rosseel was a painter, writer and illustrator who was born in Ogdensburg, New York in 1857.

Many of Rosseel's artworks are housed in the Frederic Remington Art Museum located at 303 Washington Street in Ogdensburg, New York. The connection between Rosseel and the location of the Remington Art Museum is interesting.

Frank Rosseel's father John and his grandfather Joseph both acted as representatives for the Parish family. The Remington Art Museum was originally the Parish Mansion, built by David Parish in 1810. Through his agents John and Joseph Rosseel, Parish also bought hundreds of acres in New York state helping to develop St. Lawrence County.

In the two centuries after David built the Parish Mansion, it was inhabited by his nephew George Parish, his mistress Madame America Vespucci and many other interesting people including Eva Remington, the wife of Frederic Remington who arrived after her husband's death in 1909. Eva and several of her friends, including owner George Hall, founded the Remington Art Memorial in 1923 which was later changed to the Frederic Remington Art Museum.

This report is from the Remington Museum Organization.

"Frank Raymond Rosseel’s watercolor paintings and other works. F. R. Rosseel found a career for himself in newspapers and magazines, illustrating many of the articles that he wrote. His writings appeared in national magazines over a period of forty years until 1935. He worked for such publications as the Buffalo Express and the Marine View of Cleveland, where he was referred to as ‘the historian of the Great Lakes,’ having covered stories in that region, and using the lakes as his subject matter in many artworks. He also enjoyed painting and sketching St. Lawrence River scenes in his native Ogdensburg. Rosseel was born just a few years before Frederic Remington, and the two knew each other. Rosseel was quoted in writing saying 'I did know and sketch with Frederic Remington when I was 18 or 20.'

As a book author, Rosseel found inspiration writing about Madame America Vespucci, again having lived in the Parish Mansion as George Parish’s mistress. Rosseel’s grandfather was George’s agent. F. R. Rosseel came to possess a collection of historical family letters and papers on which he used to write a book. Vespucci was an interesting subject, arriving in Ogdensburg after being won in a card game by George Parish from John Van Buren, son of Martin Van Buren, then current President of the United States. America was travelling at the time in upstate NY as Van Buren’s mistress. She was from France and was seeking status as a U.S. citizen, pleading the case that she was a descendant of the famous explorer Amerigo Vespucci, for whom the north and south continents were named after.

Rosseel possessed unusual ability as a painter and sketcher, many of his subjects being old time river boats and landmarks. He and his wife lived in Eden, NY. Rosseel died in Hamburg NY in 1936."

Frank Raymond Rosseel was also responsible for marketing the Pan-American Exposition of 1901.

From Buffalo Spree Magazine:

"It was, some might justifiably say, Buffalo’s finest hour, as millions traveled over land and sea to witness the wonder of emerging technology at the dawning of a new century."

"The Pan-Am was one of the best marketed events in early American history. The journal Profitable Advertising in June 1901 said advertising was “the golden key that has opened the door of success to the Pan-American Exposition.” The Publicity Committee, which included E.H. Butler, William C. Cornwell, and Darwin Martin, appointed Frank R. Rosseel to spread the word. Rosseel’s successful merchandising created the legacy that Penney, Lavin, and Grant use to effectively continue his work."

Source: To Preserve & Extend The Pan-American Exposition Lives on Through its Collectors By Darwin McPherson. The story of Pan-Am collectors Charles Penney, Fred Lavin, and Kerry Grant.