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Honestly, I’m a bit surprised. I’m sorry if this is something that it isn’t really appropriate to write about and if it might disturb some people, but my gosh, Canadians smoke weed like I don’t know what. And atleast among students in Alberta and people in general here in British Columbia, it seems quite accepted.Continue reading “Chapter 98: The weed is greener in Canada”

This morning when I went out to feed the horses, the mist was just dissolving, leaving the grass with silver edges. The rising sun was making the snow covered peaks of the mountains shine and the horses were neighing their good morning welcome (feed us now please!). And diving from the roof, the swallows wereContinue reading “Chapter 97: A weekend in April”

So, following Jay’s training programme, the first thing you have to do, is to establish yourself as a strong leader. To accomplish that, Jay has a number of exercises that you do from the ground, in a roundpen (a circular riding paddock with a high fence around, maybe fifteen meters in diameter). Doing these exercisesContinue reading “Chapter 96: Jay’s three principles”

But Jay doesn’t really do western nor English. He looks like a proper cowboy, with the hat and the boots with long spurs and the sunburned face, but what he trains and teaches isn’t what any ordinary cowboy would teach. Jay says that cowboys know animals, but don’t really care about riding well, and theyContinue reading “Chapter 95: … and then we have Jay”

One morning, when the dogs woke me up far too early, I went out into the living room and saw the morning mist through the patio windows. It made the lack of sleep worth it. This place can be really beautiful sometimes.

Yesterday, Jaime and Paloma left. I felt sad to see them go, because we had had such a good, relaxed time together. But they were immediately replaced by two Austrian girls and a French girl. A lot of new names to learn and introductions to remember. The work this morning was total chaos. First, thereContinue reading “Chapter 93: The strain of having nine wwoofers”

Since I don’t have a computer of my own here, only this tablet of mine, I’m forced to rely on the mercy of others to be able to go through my photos. Yesterday, I borrowed Dianes computer. So, here are a few odd pictures from the last couple of weeks. Zena and Millie, enjoying aContinue reading “Chapter 92: Random photo update”

These bushes grow everywhere. Even in the park where we went riding with Jay. Beautiful pink flowers. These looks like hägg. They might not be, they didn’t really smell anything at all. But still, pretty flowers. Skunk cabbage. Dianes meadows are full of them. Apparently, they can help horses with breathing problems. An old indigenousContinue reading “Chapter 91: Some more signs of spring in the Fraser Valley”

Mr. P having a Monday night burger at the Fort Langley pub with Jaime and Paloma. They are extra cheap on Mondays, like less than half the usual price, and they’re so good. Might even be the best burgers Mr. P has ever had. And he doesn’t usually like burgers. Too messy, have to beContinue reading “Chapter 90: Mr. P has a Monday night burger”

When we only were three wwoofers, we couldn’t really get a day off. It would have been too tough to do everything with just two people. So instead, Diane decided to give us a treat. She had us start working earlier, and when we were done with lunch we all packed ourselves inte Dianes bigContinue reading “Chapter 89: The car tour of Vancouver”