Two Polish Lowland Sheepdog brothers in Italy - now about to head to France
Sunday, 4 January 2009
Snow is forecast for later in the week
Tonight's vivid sunset and the biting cold wind are a sign that another band of snow is on the way. The difference between Italy and Scotland is that here in Italy you will see some blue sky every day. In Scotland the thick clouds from the Atlantic can blot out the sun for days at a time. It's still a surprise though how cold it can get here in winter.
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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