Gotta say WWOOFing ain’t always a dream. One day you might find yourself holding an over-sized ladle stirring “confiture du lait” (literal translation: milkjam) for four hours at a time, in a rapidly heating room, accidentally burning yourself and trying to defy the romantic pursuits of another WWOOFer. You might find yourself with bad cooks …
Day 9: 30 Days of Animals
Day #9 of Challenge #1: 30 Days of Animals, check out the challenge here Missing the cute little lambs... Last night I watched the French animated film, "Ernest et Célestine," about the unlikely friendship between a bear and a mouse. The animations are done with watercolor!! Shoutout to Mackenzie Bettmann for sending me some drawings!! …
Day 6: 30 Days of Animals
Day #6 of Challenge #1: 30 Days of Animals, check out the challenge here Shout out to Christine Gros for sending me this drawing she completed of an animal! (A human)! Don't forget to send me your drawings!
Day 3: 30 Days of Animals
Today we transported three béliers (rams) from one of the barns to the other. Before embarking on this journey, we placed the rams in a seated position (imagine a slumping teenager eating cereal on the couch watching television) and then clipped their nails. The nails are clipped twice a year and grow incredibly fast. Tomorrow …
Day 2: 30 Days of Animals
Day #2 from Challenge #1: 30 days of animals. Check it out here. This is my favorite petit agneau on the sheep farm I am currently WWOOFing at. I name him moo moo. His mum doesn't produce any milk for him, so I feed him and his friend twice a day from a bottle. When …
Week 1: Surviving on Sheep Farm in France
My first word was “bouteille,” French for bottle. Every night, or rather, multiple times per day, my French mother would fill up bottles full of soy milk for me to drink (this being, of course, before research was done potentially linking excessive soy milk consumption to breast cancer and a slower mind). It’s okay, I …
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