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Woke up to a foggy morning, giving the farm a mystical look. Later in the day, some of the chickens were dispatched, I wasn’t part of the group who who did that. Max, who arrived the other day, was in charge of the butchering. He also used some of the clay on the property to…

I had my first visit to a Tim Hortons today, the Starbucks/Dunkin Donuts of Canada. On my way there I passed a sculpture made out of painted chairs. I got a latte (it was fine, nothing to write home about) and a sausage egg croissant, which was good, and I ogled all of the sweets…

The day started with a gorgeous sunrise, I’m so glad I was up to witness it.  I borrowed Nina’s car to venture into Sherbrooke. It was pouring again so a good day to check out some of the museums in town. My first stop was the musée des beaux-arts (fine art museum). Outside was a…

Nothing special to report about today except for the views on my morning and evening walks (and some goats)

The last couple of days have been filled with the usual chores and helping in the Fromagerie. Today was a misty day, which made the farm look very different. Everyone hung out inside so I got to listen to Chloe playing guitar and singing and others watching TV or movies on their phones. I can…

After morning chores and milking (a little frog hopped down the stairs and into the milking room today!), I went with Valerie to the Saturday market in little town called North Hatley. The town is set around the edge of a lake with lots of large houses, so the Saturday market is mainly for the…

Woke up in the middle of the night to a thunderstorm, the room lighting up from lightning flashs and rain cascading down. It was delightful! I ended the day in a similar way, as I went to bed it was storming again. In between it alternated between sunny and cloudy, with particularly dramatic skies in…

Today was the first of my two days off in a row. I had a few ideas of what I wanted to do if no one was going to be leaving the farm and could give me a ride-walk to Martinville and have a look around. There isn’t much in town except houses and a…

Beautiful dawn this morning, so glad I was up to enjoy it. Today was another day of putting up hay in the barn. Luckily, we didn’t have to do as much, they were only two truckloads this time because they are having much larger bales made, which will entail a tractor driving them into the…

Not much new stuff to report over the last couple of days. I got up early on Monday, which was Labor Day in Canada as well, in Quebec it’s called Fête du Travail, festival/ celebration of work. I saw a gorgeous sunrise, it is just so beautiful the way the mornings quietly unfold here. Well,…