stephmodo: For the Love of Cows

For the Love of Cows

• 28 October 2009















































Living in the French countryside means seeing a whole lot of cows...every day and all day. I have no complaints though; I fell in love with this aspect of country living and enjoyed observing the cows and their habits. They are the happiest cows I've ever seen--the ones living in Beynac. You may think this sounds crazy but it wasn't uncommon to see them trotting around their pretty green, hillside pasture. They seemed pretty content :) Needless to say, when we stumbled upon this turn-of-the-century print of a beautiful cow at a local antique market, I knew it belonged in La Maisonnette.


I believe these will be the last of the images from La Maisonnette du Coteau I'll be sharing here. If you would like to see more, click here.

9 comments:

  1. We noticed a lot of cows and also MANY donkeys while visiting Provence. Is this true in this area also?? We were told that donkeys are old-fashioned lawn mowers. Makes sense, I guess.

    Thanks for posting these pics. They are quite incredible!

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  2. wow! thanks for posting all your great pics.. you really did an amazing job with the place! incredible!

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  3. Thanks for all the great pics...sad it's the end of them, though :) Still want to get there one day and experience all you have shared!

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  4. I am so excited whenever I see a post about La Maisonette! Even if it is really about cows! I can't wait to stay at La Maisonette someday!

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  5. Being an antique lover, I am curious about the buffet. Tell us about it....Is it an antique? How old is it? Where did you find it? I love versatile pieces that can be used in different places in a house ;-)

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  6. The buffet is from the 1600's...it came with the cottage :) I can't tell you how cool it is to have something that old at La Maisonnette! For the first time in my life, I love antiques :)

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  7. I think I am going to go through La Maisonnette withdrawl! You have no idea how much we loved seeing how much progress you guys made as we all cheered you on. I too, love seeing happy cows, luckily I have some right down my road. Not as cool as France, but I'll take it!

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  8. Oh how I love the cows! We've just built a home where cows are roaming all around. I love your cow print!

    I also love the cow painting on your 11/2 post. When that home was published in House Beautiful, I knew that was the look I wanted for my mantle. After tracking that painting down (oh the cost!) I had a local artist paint one of the cows around our home. I'll be posting about it next week!

    Thank you for the inspiration!

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