Twisp, WA

Hi/ Bonjour,

Everything is going well for both of us in Northern Washington and i love being in the North Cascades. It is absolutely gorgeous and i don’t even mind the cold so much. Okay, i have to admit: i have so many layers on that it is hard to move around…but i like it!

Tout va bien pour nous dans le Nord de l’etat de Washington et j’aime beaucoup les Cascades. C’est super beau et le froid ne m’embete pas du tout. D’accord, je l’admets, j’ai tellement de vetements que je ne peux meme pas bouger…mais j’adore quand meme!

We are staying in the home of Ed and Vicky, the owners of Sunny Pine Farm, and we are really living the life up here. They are both very nice people and very knowledgeable about lots of things i don’t know about so learning is more than just limited to goats; I am thrilled to be learning about drying and preserving food, pruning fruit trees, and cooking awesome dinners with delicious organic food along with taking care of the goats.

Nous logeons chez Vicky et Ed, les proprietaires de Sunny Pine Farm, et nous menons la belle vie ici. Ils sont tous les 2 tres gentils et ont une bonne culture generale, et j’adore apprendre des tas de choses, en plus de l’elevage de chevres. Notemment, je decouvre les joies de secher et conserver la nouriture, de tailler les arbres fruitiers, de cuisinier des repas fantastiques  mais aussi j’apprends enormenent concernant l’elevage de chevres.

We went hiking in the snow today and it was amazing; we saw 3 bald eagles, which are my favorite birds, and it was very peaceful.

Nous avons fait une randonnee dans la neige aujourd’hui et c’etait incroyable; on a vu 3 aigles (mes oiseaux preferes!) et c’etait si tranquile.

We haven’t worked with the goats much so far, except for hooves trimming and cleaning up the barn, but the busy season is coming up in a couple weeks when the kids are coming and we have to bottle feed them every 4 hours. That should be interesting, especially at 2 a.m. when it is 7 degrees outside. I guess i have a couple weeks to get ready for that. By the way, hooves trimming is a hard thing to do where you have to clip and file the hooves  while wrestling with the goat to try to keep it in place, which is not an easy thing to do. I had a lot of trouble doing this task, which unfortunately needs to be done every month or so.

On n’a pas enormement travailler avec les chevres encore, sauf pour tailler les sabots et nettoyer l’etable, mais d’ici 2 semaines, on ne va pas s’ennuyer car les petits arrivent et il va falloire leur donner le biberon toutes les 4 heures. Ca devrait etre interessant, de se lever a 2 heures du matin quand il fait -10 degres….Bon, j’ai 2 semaines pour me faire a cette idee!

Here’s some pictures. More to follow when i get a chance.

Voici queques photos. J’en ajoute plus des que je peux.

Be Happy!

CC