tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post4702542154297018403..comments2023-06-05T16:18:39.636+02:00Comments on Snippets from me: Our first roundupVerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-47637526972259396372010-06-16T22:01:38.096+02:002010-06-16T22:01:38.096+02:00Julie:) Thanks for the reminder to have more '...Julie:) Thanks for the reminder to have more 'me' time. I did spend half an hour sorting out my feet last night, so methinks that counts towards some personal pampering. Otherwise, am looking forward to having a shower, - eventually. When the bathroom is built, and the plumbing put in, and the electrics connected...and so on and so on! Might be a while, so doing my feet every so often will have to suffice! But I do walk the dogs each day for at least half an hour, and that does give me head-space. <br /><br />Ondine:) Hi again. We want to encourage as many flowers as we can to keep our bees (when we get them) here and not foraging onto farmland which might be sprayed by chemicals. For our animals, we must bond with them because ultimately we will be terminating their lives as in the manner of smallholders, and one of the best gifts we can give them prior to that, is a good life, a peaceful life, a calm life, and a loved life. As for the flowers: now the farmer who was renting our fields does so no longer, wild flowers are growing in profusion everywhere. Bless you for taking the time to visit with me again.<br /><br />LofS:) Thankyou so much for your encouragement! And we remind you of James Heriot - Wow! Glad I took you out of yourself, and hope your day went well thereafter.Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-81738897287507160752010-06-16T18:26:48.568+02:002010-06-16T18:26:48.568+02:00Oh my goodness, fun with woolly things! Your post ...Oh my goodness, fun with woolly things! Your post put me in mind of the James Herriot books I read, and all of his wonderful stories about sheep, and lambing. <br /><br />I like reading your stories, Vera. I get to travel across time and space with you. First to France and your place, then back through time to the days of James Herriot's memoirs. <br /><br />What a nice trip for the morning, and thank you for it. You did so very well both with the sheep and telling the story!Land of shimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671954452597068904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-28410987663192947642010-06-16T13:17:54.315+02:002010-06-16T13:17:54.315+02:00Hello Vera, Thank you for that interesting and co...Hello Vera, Thank you for that interesting and comprehensive reply. I ask because I worked in Wales for many years,and there the sheep are left out on the hillsides for months on end. I can see now why your small holding way is different. <br />I like your idea of wild flowers all around your land,(and your photos of them are lovely) is that difficult to achieve? ~ the flowers, not the photos!!<br />All the best,<br />OndineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-7615330475605736322010-06-16T12:28:25.893+02:002010-06-16T12:28:25.893+02:00Oh I am so proud of you - I hope hubs was suitably...Oh I am so proud of you - I hope hubs was suitably impressed with your calmness and presence of mind. Men do worry, don't they. <br /><br />I think your sheep know that they are well off and loved far more than the local farmers love their flocks.<br /><br />Hope you do get time for you though - silly 'me' time<br /><br />JulieFrench Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-10962917348299820072010-06-16T05:55:43.009+02:002010-06-16T05:55:43.009+02:00Ken:) Glad you enjoyed the post, and hope you are ...Ken:) Glad you enjoyed the post, and hope you are managing to stay patient with your learning of French. <br /><br />Ondine:) Hi. Nice to have you visit with me. Why bring the sheep in at night? Because we have had the flock for only a few weeks, and they need to get to know us so that when we need to shear them, or give them wormers, etc., they won't be so worried by the experience. By establishing a routine, they and us will be more confident with each other. It also makes life more interesting for them. And us. Makes them feel like family. Leaving them out in the field would make them feel detached from us, and smallholding is about being a family with your animals, and not detached as in running a farm with hundreds of animals. Smallholding is about being 'hands on' with the lifestock, giving them a good life, because the reason for them being with you is that they are part of the food chain of the family. Good question, Ondine, and actually gave me food for thought!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-36675674739523501722010-06-15T23:31:37.727+02:002010-06-15T23:31:37.727+02:00Hello Vera,
You seem to work so hard each day! I&...Hello Vera,<br />You seem to work so hard each day! I'm no shepherdess mind, but why can't you just leave the sheep in the far field all the time? Why do you need to bring them into shelter each night? Maybe there are predators in your area?<br />You are doing sterling work. All best wishes.<br />OndineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-40711757442769531512010-06-15T21:27:41.432+02:002010-06-15T21:27:41.432+02:00You were brilliant Vera! Such a good experience. Y...You were brilliant Vera! Such a good experience. You sound like veterans now. Very entertaining post.Ken Devinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01659672111856249878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-79795681996143456812010-06-15T20:16:59.463+02:002010-06-15T20:16:59.463+02:00Diane, I also have a Samsung and use it also on Au...Diane, I also have a Samsung and use it also on Auto, but I still don't get those gorgeous close-ups. As I said, I think I will go back to the instructions!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-28736275434598559132010-06-15T19:17:54.600+02:002010-06-15T19:17:54.600+02:00Hi Vera, re your query, I don't know how my pi...Hi Vera, re your query, I don't know how my pictures come out the way they do. I am not a photographer and I don't understand speed and apertures etc. As I have said before I have a cheap samsung digital L201 which was so cheap that my husband and I bought one each. I mostly use it on auto simply because I don't know what I am doing!!! DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-15675164596344845892010-06-15T18:44:27.679+02:002010-06-15T18:44:27.679+02:00Hello Diane.....it was indeed a 'good day'...Hello Diane.....it was indeed a 'good day's work', and took us one more step towards being confident smallholders. <br /><br />Guta, thankyou for your kind words. As ever, you are able to write the most appropriate and inspirational comments, and I thankyou for doing that.Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-33457834830075233722010-06-15T15:02:34.993+02:002010-06-15T15:02:34.993+02:00Lovely post! It could make a good scene in a movie...Lovely post! It could make a good scene in a movie ; the sheep, the team work of you, vet& husband, the blood test. Like in a war, there's strategy, tactics, logistics, two sides: the sheep, and the three humans. Beautiful!DUTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979375799258978432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-74659643196083211192010-06-15T11:55:00.539+02:002010-06-15T11:55:00.539+02:00Well done, sounds like a good day's work to me...Well done, sounds like a good day's work to me.<br />DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.com