The grass in the rows of the vineyards is greening up, trees are flowering, and there's new life on the farm. It's workday today, and J and I wandered around checking out the crofters' work, and taking treats to the rabbits and donkeys.
Our favorite rabbit is Phoebe, who used to hide from us but now comes out of her hiding place when we visit (with carrots). J likes her because, as he says, "she used to be shy, but now she's brave.Just like J."
It took us some time to find the donkeys today, but they were happy when we did because we took them our leftover, dried bread from the last week (did I mention that there are bakeries every half block here?). We had to sit down to rest and take some pictures--this place is hilly! Where are those donkeys, anyway?
One of the goats gave birth to twins just this morning, which is very exciting! The baby in the first picture is much older, but still likes to jump on things (machinery, trees, people). The goats are a heritage breed, native to the South Tirol. Note the mama goat's horns--my leg (not the one with the pig teeth marks--the other one) had a run in with one of those horns a couple of weeks ago (an accident, that time--goats are friendly).
Other animals of note are the giant woolly pigs (no, the one who knocked me down was much, much smaller, embarrassingly smaller), and geese. Dino, the male, doesn't seem to care for us much. Our intercom buzzed from the front gate yesterday morning. All we heard was loud honking, so I'm thinking the geese buzzed us. I imagine they said something like "see, we can even get to you in your home." In my spare time, I've been looking around this castle for a suit of armor.
We're off tomorrow with the crofters and some of the family to Venice for a field trip. Pound spent a good bit of time in Venice, so we'll look around some of his haunts, appreciate some art and architecture, and enjoy the canals and boats. I suppose they have cafes in Venice, too.
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