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As seen from the garden

Posted in a glimpse of France.., Counting Sheep, Farming, tagged , , , on 1 August, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I know that this blog is sheep, sheep and more sheep, but I just couldn’t resist this view from our garden yesterday evening. Up until now, I’ve always wondered why I never get anything done when the sheep are grazing next to the house. But after a bit of soul-searching, I think it’s probably due to [...]

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Our own planet

Posted in a glimpse of France.., Counting Sheep, Farming on 28 July, 2010 | 2 Comments »

There’s something deeply calming about our strolls to bring the sheep down from the mountain every evening. With only the dogs to keep us company it feels like we’ve escaped to another planet. A very quiet planet where the Mistral gusts all year and nobody else exists. The sheep are never in much of a hurry [...]

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The demon shoe-eater

Posted in a glimpse of France.., Dogs, Farming, the Alps, tagged , , , , , on 5 March, 2010 | 7 Comments »

It’s hard to believe that this little chap.. looked this just a few weeks ago.. In a very short time he has become one of the more endearing aspects of the farm, as if 280 lambs weren’t enough. Don’t be taken in though. It may not seem like it, but but all this joie de vivre hides a darker [...]

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Playing tag

Posted in Farming, lamb and lambing, Wild Things, tagged , , , , , , on 26 February, 2010 | 4 Comments »

I made it up to the sheep barn today just in time to see the last lamb of the morning being tagged. French bureaucrats make one hell of a meal (no pun intended) out of lamb traceability and every year the requirements become more stringent. Tagging the lambs means a good dose of disinfectant, state of the art [...]

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