Two Polish Lowland Sheepdog brothers in Italy - now about to head to France
Monday, 6 April 2009
The earthquake
More information is coming out about this mornings earthquake in Abruzzo. It now sadly, looks as though the death toll will rise to more than fifty. Although it was 80 miles away it managed to wake Wilf and myself.Our wonderful cleaning lady when she arrived this morning was quite unaware of what had happened and had managed to sleep right through it. The builder by contrast had jumped out of bed, grabbed his new grandchild from the room next door and rushed out into the garden. Looking back the strange thing was not so much the tremors but rather the strange whooshing noise that an earthquake makes. I can best describe the noise as a couple of metres of thick snow sliding off the roof. Wilf has been sound asleep under the olive trees for much of the morning after his sleep deprived night.It is now getting hot,rather than warm,so an aggressive coat trimming will soon be on order.
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.
1 comment:
WOW that sounds a little scary!
We have never experienced an earthquake before.
Glad you and your family are ok.
Enjoy your nap in the sun friends!
Lots of Luv & Kisses
Addie and Lucie
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