Author Archives: carole

It is 11 pm and i am on night duty. My next check is supposed to be 2 am but it looks like Fawn decided otherwise as she is getting ready to give birth any time now. I will have to … Continue reading →

Lake Chelan is about an hour away from Twisp. Saturday was a nice day so we decided to go check it out and go hiking. There is no road to go around the lake and I think you can drive … Continue reading →

The weather has been weird: some really nice days with warm afternoons and some other cold days, with some snow. I guess typical of Spring in this area except for the snow which is usually gone by April 1st (except … Continue reading →

Just wanted to share some pictures of the area so you can all appreciate the natural beauty around here. CC

Spring does not look the same everywhere: some may be fortunate to spend a day at the beach and others may go skiing. On the first day of Spring we woke up to 4 inches of snow. Whenever I think winter … Continue reading →

When we got to about 25 goats needing to be milked, with switch from hand milking to automated milking. Milking is a huge part of the day on a dairy farm and it takes about 3 hours in the morning … Continue reading →

Saturday was an interesting day in a lot of ways. I was not on the schedule so I was planning on taking it easy and maybe work in the greenhouse or something like that. Anyway, I was sleeping in when … Continue reading →

After pulling a 24-hour shift and having a couple hours of sleep, I am hoping that my cup of coffee is going to do miracles for me today: I was on milking duties in the morning and evening, and I was … Continue reading →

Derek and I are on the schedule for Friday/Saturday/Sunday during the day and Tuesday/Wednesday during the night (1o pm, 12 am and 2 am) but it does not mean that we get the rest of the time off, as there … Continue reading →

Well, I thought last week was busy but I hadn’t seen anything yet: the last three days have been VERY busy (working from 6 am until 8pm) and it seems like the goats wait for Derek and I to be on duty … Continue reading →