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Goodbye June
During summer, nearly all Norwegian goats/sheeps are released for open grazing that generally lasts for around three months. I took this image near a barn in May but now almost all barns are empty.
Unique experience
Approximately two million sheep are grazing in the outlying fields of Norway every summer. That’s unique, and something that you won’t experience elsewhere.
“In Norway, the resource situation is different than in the rest of Scandinavia and other comparable countries. Only three per cent of Norway’s landmass is arable land, but 45 percent is usable or excellent grazing land”, says Tone Våg, sheep farmer and leader of the Norwegian Sheep and Goat Association.
Våg continues: “Norwegian agriculture is dependent on the extra resource of the outlying fields, and pasture is an important source of income for Norwegian farms”.
Boundless sheep
Sheep grazing in outlying fields have free access to whatever they want to eat. That makes the Norwegian sheep happy.
“When you’re taking the sheep to their summer grazing land in the mountains you can hear the happy sounds from the herd. You can tell from how they’re acting that they remember from year to year”, Våg says.
Grazing without fences allows the sheep to act more in tune with their instincts, and they naturally divide into smaller groups with individuals closely related to one another.
If you occasionally encounter sheep far into the wild, you normally don’t need to worry: “Sheep recognises where they are, and they know where they are going” Våg says.
The green caretakers
Whilst out grazing, it occasionally happens that sheep get ill, get stuck or lost – or that they encounter predators. They are, however, not completely left to themselves.
“It’s statutory to check on flock at least once a week during the whole summer. Therefore, it’s not only the tourists who can enjoy the sight of sheep grazing in the nature. I feel privileged that I can take my family with me into the mountains to look after the animals as a part of my regular work”, Våg says.
Another factor is that grazing sheep are preventing the landscape from overgrowing and maintains the biodiversity in the Norwegian nature. According to Våg, almost 300 endangered species are dependent on the Norwegian cultural landscape.
“It’s not overgrown nature the tourists come to see”, says the farmer.
RESOURCE: https://www.visitnorway.com/places-to-go/fjord-norway/happy-sheep/
My first entry to Photo a day Challenge
Contemplation…
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.~
Inspired by Becca’s Nurturing Thursday
Do we know enough?
It was great fun, to learn anew. You think you know enough, but you don’t. You must open up; let it in. be receptive, admit what you don’t know, which few are willing to do. Start from square one. Again ~ Alex Toth
Weekend 97
My weekend begins with this glorious image
HEARTWORK
Each day is born with a sunrise
and ends in a sunset, the same way we
open our eyes to see the light,
and close them to hear the dark.
You have no control over
how your story begins or ends.
But by now, you should know that
all things have an ending.
Every spark returns to darkness.
Every sound returns to silence.
And every flower returns to sleep
with the earth.
The journey of the sun
and moon is predictable.
But yours,
is your ultimate
ART.
~
to be continued …
Good old days – 5
Some steps need to be taken alone. It’s the only way to really figure out where you need to go and who you need to be.~ Mandy Hale
Cropping the shot
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.~ Looking Forward)
Sunday Trees – monochrome
The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.~ Rabindranath Tagore
Inspired by Becca’s Sunday Trees
Hope
Hope is sweet.
Hope is illumining.
Hope is fulfilling.
Hope can be everlasting.
Therefore, do not give up hope,
Even in the sunset of your life.
My Life’s Soul-Journey: Daily Meditations for Ever-Increasing Spiritual Fulfillment)
