We kept hearing tinkling bells on the hillside and sometimes in the olives below our orchard. We both assumed it was a stray cow or horse and when we took a late afternoon walk there was plenty of evidence on the paths. However we were wrong, it’s the sheep who haven’t grazed around us for a couple of years since Piero reduced the size of his flock.
They seemed to be totally unsupervised, Piero the shepherd wasn’t in sight, but working as a team they first went up the road towards the sports ground then descended the hill and wandered down to our back door. At this stage MrFF got worried about car and I got worried about my pots of plants, needlessly. Suddenly a large black dog appeared, herded them together and marched them home.
It was so nice to see the sheep again especially the new lambs. We are already enjoying their pecorino and ricotta produced less than a (food) mile away.
Now that - and the sunshine obvious in your photo- does make me envious.
ReplyDeleteI lived in Frosinone for a few years in the late 1980s. Your photo reminds me of the lovely countryside in Lazio!
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