Friday 13 November 2020

View from the terrace, yesterday afternoon.


Billy really wanted to round them up, but he didn't think they looked 'woolly' enough.

 

It was yet another lovely day. I did quite a bit of mowing, more pruning and leaf sweeping, and prepared two gourmet meals.

Wills bought us a new Panasonic CD Stereo system (or systeem as it says on the brochure). Our old Sony system had seen better days and was about 25 years old, so a new one was very welcome. Much of the afternoon was spent setting it up. The sound quality is superb.

I'm off shopping this morning. It's amazing how much stuff gets added to my list over the period of 7 days. We must be eating too much.

Do you have Cows in your front garden?


19 comments:

  1. No, they make an awful mess of the lawn.

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    1. The brown-ish ones are Montbeliard (sp?), and the white ones are Blonde d'Aquitaine. Both lovely Cows.

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    2. There's a small hert of blonde d'Aquitaines just up the road from mde. They have a lovely docile look about them.

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  3. Good to see them getting used to one another. I used to have a Collie cross who wasn't happy unless all the animals were in a corner and standing still. It used to take a special word or two to get her to sit and wait.

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    1. Billy's very calm with them. He did try to round them up yesterday, but they bolted.

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  4. Surrounded by cows here Cro as we live next door to a Dairy Farm. We shan't miss the mucky lane when we go!

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    1. Mucky lanes can be a pain; especially when it comes to selling the house!

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  5. In winter the cows come down from the mountain to the lower olive groves. They sometimes get into our orchard but prefer to graze the land opposite our bedroom window. They wear big clanky bells and keep us awake, the more they eat the more noise they make. So far they haven’t arrived.

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    1. We call it the 'transhumance' here. Both sheep and cattle come nearer home for the winter months. Sadly no big bells here; I rather like them (for a while).

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  6. This morning I saw a rabbit in the yard. There are no rabbits in the wild here. Apparently she/he decided to go free.

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    1. Local farmers often kept Rabbits here, and they always escaped. Now one occasionally sees large colonies of Rabbits living just outside the farmyard. You'd need a rifle to have one for supper.

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  7. I hope Wills got your Viber working again too, or BooBoo. The younger they are the more savvy they are with this new fangled stuff

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    1. This machine is (amazingly) quite simple to use. It has beautiful sound too.

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  8. Yes, often. Not only cows, but sheep and goats. I live across the road from a farm and some nasty kids thought it was funny to let them out The poor farmer lady after trying everything she could, finally gave up and for the past two years no longer has animals. My husband was always upset about them ruining his perfect lawn, but I didn't mind as much, except during rainy days. The farm was here first and all the animals from there used to roam around my yard when it was part of that farm. She does, though, still has about about 60+ acres left.

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    1. That's a very sad tale. How can a bunch of idiot kids be allowed to destroy someone's livelihood? It doesn't sound right.

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  9. No cows, at least the four footed kind but.....

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  10. I believe Billy is a prudent shepherd.

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