I was placed on Algonquin Highlands Riding Trails for my ten day farm billet. I had a great time, it was really cool to live on a farm as I have always wanted to live on one and I never thought I would get the chance. Muskoka farming is very different from Alberta farming but its still pretty cool. I was living with Tracie and Greg Parrott and all of their animals. They lived on a very large property, most of it was back country which was really nice. Their business does back country trail rides, riding lessons, and camps. Some of the things I did there were pick wild leeks, play with the puppy, feed the horses goats and chickens, catch the run away pony, flatten out some land for a new paddock, level the riding ring, help with a lesson, and go on a trail ride.
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Skookumchuck Hot springs |
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From left: Clover, Sadie, Bertha |
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From left: Jerome, Splash, Sterling |
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Stetson |
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From left: Tank, Derf |
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From left: Candy, Tank |
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Candy |
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Casper |
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Willy |
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Cash |
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Jerome |
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Sterling |
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Skook |
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Skook kept licking the camera |
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American toads mating/laying eggs. There was over one hundred of them in the pond one day. |
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What I thought was a stick bug... apparently its a water scorpion. Either was it was pretty darn cool looking, too bad my camera didn't focus. |
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I spy with my little eye... |
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Jackson |
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View from the bluff at Ragged Falls |
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Skook at Ragged Falls |
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Ragged Falls |
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Skook sitting on my lap |
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Murphy |
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Murphy |
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Dead frog |
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Dead frog |
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Fiddle Head |
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Dog tooth |
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Trillium (Ontario's Provincial Flower) |
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Wild Leeks |
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Picking Wild Leeks |
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The red Trillium's are also called Stinkin Johnny's |
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Back country part of the property |
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Skook was super dirty and he wanted up on my lap/bed |
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I spy... |
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From left: Bertha, Sadie, Stompy |
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Stompy |
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From top: Sadie, Clover |
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Sadie |
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Bertha |
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J.J |
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Cash |
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Splash |
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The Ring |
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The tractor I drove |
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J.J |
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Jerome (Fancy in the background far right) |
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Fencer |
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From left: Sterling, Splash, Fancy, Cash or J.J |
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Sadie and Bertha |
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Tank |
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Derf |
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Stetson |
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Pig Pen |
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Derf is so cute resting his head on Tanks back. |
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Candy, the only female horse |
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Willy |
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Bertha |
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Clover |
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Jerome |
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Friday |
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J.J |
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By the end of the week my feet were really dirty... |
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Murphy |
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Murphy |
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Murphy |
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Skook |
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Bertha, Sadie |
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Clover, her jaw was misaligned. It was a birth defect |
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Bertha scratching her back |
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Bertha |
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Skook giving kisses |
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Fran, Tracie's mother |
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At the neighborliness house making wedding invitations. |
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As Tracie would say "Brittney Spearsing the baby" |