Two Polish Lowland Sheepdog brothers in Italy - now about to head to France
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Wild flowers galore and a study in contentment
Sincewestoppedusinginsecticides on the land the numberofwildflowersandbirdshasincreaseddramatically. However, ourcarefullyandexpensivelynurturedlawns are beingtakenover by a ratherbeautifulbutprolificwildplant - I thinkitmust be a formofwhitewildcrocus. Ifanyoneknowsitsnamepleaseadvise - all hints gratefully received. Wilfisashappyas a dogcan be - so far todayhehassaidhelloto the lovely post lady,twoelectricians, fivebuildersandthreegardeners - naturally all havebeenpresentedwith a balltothrow. Thisafternoon the plumbers are comingand some garden furnitureisbeingdelivered so the excitementisn'toveryet. Readers of this blog will note from the photographs that as the day progresses the white fur around the mouth gets dirtier and dirtier and the overall coat more and more tangled.
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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What a beautiful weed!
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