Category Archives: Counting Sheep
Our highest field
The drought and heat of the summer are finally having repercussions on the land here. Apart from a couple of storms, we haven’t really had any rain since the beginning of June. The lack of water means that the grass … Continue reading
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Tagged Alps, farm, Farming, France, Hautes-Alpes, landscapes, nature, outdoors, photography, sheep
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Just before the storm
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Tagged Alps, landscape, mountains, nature, photography, sheep, storm
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Sheep by night
The days are already a lot shorter and now when we bring the sheep back down to the barn at 8pm it is almost dusk. It’s very dusty, very hot and the sheep, like us want to get home as … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, farm, Farming, France, landscapes, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, sheep, the Alps
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Rent a mountain
One of the things I love about hiking is that you never know what you’re going to see. We were expecting this view over Le Lac de Serreponçon, Europe’s second biggest artificiel lake: But we didn’t think we’d find such an enormous flock of … Continue reading
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Tagged France, landscapes, nature, photography, sheep, the Alps, Transhumance, travel, vacation
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The mountain dweller 