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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mountains’
As seen from the garden
Posted in a glimpse of France.., Counting Sheep, Farming, tagged Farming, mountains, pastures, sheep on 1 August, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A wet goodbye
Posted in Family Stuff, tagged Alps, countryside, mountains on 19 October, 2007 | 8 Comments »
« You know they’ve lodged a complaint about the church bells ringing at night?” The man opposite me grumbled to his companion, banging his glass down on the table, his moustache twitching in outrage. “They’re almost as bad as that couple who’ve moaned about the cockerel crowing….!” I turned away from the farmers’ conversation of [...]
Walking on the moon
Posted in Beginnings, tagged Alps, mountains, walking on 15 October, 2007 | 8 Comments »
I sidled up to the edge of the plateau and looked over. A stream of pebbles carved a passageway down through slabs of worn stone, in a vertiginous descent towards the green smear of vegetation far below. I shuddered and recoiled, my chest constricting in panic. My future husband stood to one side of me. [...]
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