Two Polish Lowland Sheepdog brothers in Italy - now about to head to France
Monday, 9 March 2009
The top of the mountain covered by hail.
Another hectic day getting ready for the influx of visitors. Thankfully, the weather is remaining balmy although as you can see from the bottom photo a hailstorm has blanketed the top of the mountain behind the house. Tomorrow the house is to be cleaned from top to bottom so we shall be out and about with the boyz so as not to get in the way of our marvellously efficient cleaning lady. She is very patient but finds the presence of two shaggy Polish Lowland Sheepdogs to be both a distraction and an impediment to her work. The boyz will be delighted to escape the vacuum which produces a sound that they clearly hate!
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.
No comments:
Post a Comment