Megan le Fey Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 It looks as it we are about to lose our little bit of paradise. All day I have seen and heard the mowers and the chainsaws and we are losing the fields of long grass and flowers and also the pines (so far) from the lovely little bits of woodland around us. The last two years we have been lucky I suppose. Our dear old landlady had just left everything as it was and anyway, the hay was too poor for anyone to bother with. Sadly, she has Parkinsons and after a few falls, her family have moved her into a Maison Retraite and I guess they are doing the new broom thing and fair enough, it must cost a bomb to keep her there and after all, farmland is for farming. Still, it's sad as we had got used to walking in the fields and woods amongst the flowers and the beasties and we will miss them. I worry most about the woods. It's not too much of a problem if they only harvest the pines but they are mixed woods and also have lots of young oaks and some sweet chestnuts. If they decide to clear it all, what will happen to all the deer and the sanglier, the lizards and hedgehogs, the foxes..............?The orchids have already gone. I hope they had had time to set seed before they were cut.[IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h15/miggimeggi/IMGP0651.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Anne - I've PM'd you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 That sounds so sad. You should move to the Gers where there are endless hectares of wild mostly oak woods on the sides and crests of the rows of hills which spread down from the Pyrenees. There is some clearing going on, but as yet not enough to make much difference. Pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Petomane Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 There is a serpent in every Paradise. Read "Genesis"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan le Fey Posted June 2, 2007 Author Share Posted June 2, 2007 But I really like serpents too.[:P][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Petomane Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 H'mm. Perhaps you should read Freud, too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 I like snakes as well.[:D]Freud, like many people, was obsessed with sex, poor man, anyway, I thought it was a fear of snakes or did he manage to make it cut both ways?Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Petomane Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 You think Freud was obsessed? Have you read Wilhelm Reich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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