Nevertheless, a one month homestay in Manzan family, has given me a total change of my stereotyping mindset about the culture of Italy. Yes, they can be fashion up scale or food and wine critics, but their years civilization and enthusiasm in surviving skill has turn into world indulgence.
Woke up by dawn to feed the hungry animals, and plucking plants for the preparation of lunch and dinner; just like how the Kudat, Sabah ( our indegeneous folks are doing, same fundamental with the concept of " Building community capacity by utilizing natural resources" , i know , it sounds boring and tough... but this is how i can describe in the shortest form...
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| Feeding more then 20 rabbits at one go. Preparing for winter to come. |
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| Goose, Chicken and duckling all lives in harmony |
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| The little ones need to be protected or they will be the victim for the big ones. |
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| Sara, counting her canary, and new incoming chicks .. |
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| Even cultivating bee hive ( just like Kudat Bee farm) is one of the homestay activities. |
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| Feeding Wendy, the only pampered cow in the farm. |
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| Beside lots of healthy grain and mice, Wendy and her folks , the donkeys also being served 'silage" as their dessert. |
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| Plenty of guinea pigs running around. |
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| Turkeys ( Tukiny) finding a shade for themselves, avoiding the summer solar. |
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| Louis, the donkey that woke me up with his " heeee-hoooo" every morning. |
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| Even the piggy ( Roxy) get to eat quality cereals ( i mean mice, corn and micture of dried nuts and seeds) So these are just some domestic farm animals that turned into meals during the winter, of course exclude te guinea pig and dogs if you could see Gulio is hiding behind at the second picture. Further to that, these are only the farm management for the daily morning routine, i will post more on Sara's vegetable and grapes yard, her workmanship of sun dried fruits and grains.Judging at the time they spend in a day on food preparation,no wonder Italia has the top chef in the world. |
