Two Polish Lowland Sheepdog brothers in Italy - now about to head to France
Monday, 5 January 2009
Amazing sunset over Todi.
It's a holiday tomorrow in Italy. This fact imposed itself on our consciousness midway through the afternoon and necessitated a quick trip down to the local supermarket to stock up with supplies.The lines at the checkout were indescribable so we beat a hasty retreat and decided that we can eat out. On the way back the sky turned into the deepest crimson I've literally ever seen before settling into a glorious orange as the night fell. Quite stunning and probably an augury of the bad weather that has been forecast. I know 'red sky at night' but the colours this evening were quite exceptional. We had planned to go to Assisi tomorrow but will see what the weather holds in store tomorrow morning.
2004 - We sell the farm in Scotland and move to the warmth of southern Europe. 2 lively Polish Lowland Sheepdogs - Wilf and Digby - our patient and comical companions. After a year in Provence we head to Italy to restore a hilltop Roman watchtower . Following an unpleasant 'housejacking' in late 2009 we set off for new adventures in South West Franceto get to grips with a large and exceedingly rickety old farmhouse. Empty nesters life after the violence of Italy has a gentler tempo. Digby passed on from piroplasmosis in May 2010. HIs brother, despite being diagnosed with cancer and having become blind ,soldiered on for another two years. Bob and Sophie joined us in 2013. Bob passed on in 2019. Sophie enjoyed the fresh air in Scotland after we returned in late 2022 but ran ahead in the summer of 23. This blog records all those little things about living with dogs that are too unimportant to make it into a diary but which make life, life.
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