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North America » United States » Washington » Port Hadlock April 26th 2011

I'm happy to begin this entry by announcing the birth of two new baby lambs! Both girls; one came Friday and the other Saturday. The third sheep who was put with the ram on the same day should be having her baby any time now! I spent the morning first spreading grease on a machine designed to hold bulls still while the vet makes sure they can't father any calves and then I picked and bunched tulips to sell at the farmer's market. It occurred to me how bizarre my life is and I thought that made it time for another blog! Someone this morning thought it would be a good idea to put the goats in to graze where the sheep were before they had babies, which is an area marked by only a roped ... read more


Hard to believe it's already the start of our third project; this means my term with AmeriCorps is just over halfway complete... It was a long ride up to Port Hadlock, Washington from Sacramento! We split travel time into two days: 10 hours the first up to Portland and then 5 hours the next day. While in Portland we were able to grab dinner with our favorite law enforcement officer/former teammate Brooks. Our location this round is split into two parts: where we live and where we work. Part of the sponsor's agreement with NCCC is that they provide housing for the team and Sunfield Education Association doesn't have housing facilities on the farm the way Sugar Pine camp did. Instead, they worked out a deal with Fort Flagler State Park to let us live in ... read more




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