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Brett and Lizzie of Full Circle Farmstead live in the Chehalis reiver valley and were hit by the flood - not near as badly as many, but enough to want some clean up help. There was a work party down there today, full of musicians and contradancers, and as I'm singularly ill-suited to tromping through uneven fields in the cold, I brought coffee and scones and pies from mum, and pulled inside duty. Which meant babysitting. No, I did not actually know this when I headed down.
As you might have gathered, babysitting is not my favorite chore. Mentally, I would far rather be out in the barn mucking out, but my fingers go numb and my ankle twists and it's just very impractical. Besides, Brett is the guy who does my shoes, and he knows these boots are new. :)
It was a pretty productive day, and by dark we'd been able to bring all the animals down from the various neighboring high-ground farms where they'd been taken (Brett and Lizzie didn't loose a single animal, which is really rare - some lost hundreds). I went out to help with the goats (Goats! Goats are cute. Goats go MAAAaaaa. I like goats).
We ended the evening playing a bunch of old timey tunes in the living room, and it was really nice to see the community come together to help out. Really, everyone in Lewis county has been great, but I'm particularly touched by seeing *my* community, the musicians and dancers.
This is my church.
As you might have gathered, babysitting is not my favorite chore. Mentally, I would far rather be out in the barn mucking out, but my fingers go numb and my ankle twists and it's just very impractical. Besides, Brett is the guy who does my shoes, and he knows these boots are new. :)
It was a pretty productive day, and by dark we'd been able to bring all the animals down from the various neighboring high-ground farms where they'd been taken (Brett and Lizzie didn't loose a single animal, which is really rare - some lost hundreds). I went out to help with the goats (Goats! Goats are cute. Goats go MAAAaaaa. I like goats).
We ended the evening playing a bunch of old timey tunes in the living room, and it was really nice to see the community come together to help out. Really, everyone in Lewis county has been great, but I'm particularly touched by seeing *my* community, the musicians and dancers.
This is my church.
