The Solitude

Friends come over and during the day some do things that brings a smile to the face and warms the heart and they leave us plenty of memories to treasure. 

Evenings are often spent around our outdoor fireplace and sometimes the quiet and the stillness of the night is just awesome and it's wonderful to have friends over at these times to share the moment. 

                                         

At times we do have the rough patches with very dear friends and in those patches everything else that's otherwise  so magical when they are around fades away and one misses them oh so much. 

Food & Drink

It"s a long way to the nearest Pizzeria so when we do get a chance we indulge ourselves. Friends drop by at times bringing us something special...... like baguettes and good cheese and it"s those times we miss " Baker Street" and  "Tantos" and all those wonderful places and the times spent there in the company of good friends.

We do get our drinks from the store at the Brookfields Mall and we're never short of cheap vodka locally to mix up one of our favourite cocktails " Chilli Vodka" 

                                     

Some days are just Wild !

We go on with our everyday schedules and then there are days when everything stops for some wild moments.

 We had seven of them up on the hillside close to us and everybody stopped what they were doing to watch and admire our majestic visitors.

Not all wild moments are pleasant however. We had a leopard take down one of our calves less than a hundred yards from our farmhouse. 

Initial feelings of anger however gave way to accepting the situation calmly......  We were in his territory after all and he was only doing what came naturally to him. Ah well, maybe it was a leopardess . Either ways we did the mandatory reporting to the wildlife department and let the whole matter pass. 

Actually wished we could leave the carcass and hope for a sighting of the leopard but we just buried the calf the following morning and later that evening we could hear his calls as he searched for his missing prey.