Workin'

This HelpX experience has been very different from the farm in Ottawa.  That was more of a community, where I felt part of the family.  I was given a lot of freedom to choose what work I did and when, and was able to grab food from the kitchen whenever I liked.  This has been quite the opposite.  Everything is very structured.  Our time working is kept track of to the minute, and any breaks seem to be noted.  Meals are when they decide, and access to the house is limited.  They work us very hard.  Poor Chris has been stuck with a lot of manual labour like cutting down trees and hauling the logs through the forest.  I don't really mind the work, but the strict nature of our hosts makes us feel more like hired help than a guest.  And I'm not really learning much.  It's all basic house and yard maintenance.  Ah well.  Hopefully the next place is a bit more relaxed.

Chris, cleaning and scraping an old loveseat.

Weeding.

Cleaning the car.

My spotless windows.

R. in the workshop.

One neat thing about being here is that R does custom cabinetry with sustainable timber.  After showing some interest I was able to help him with some work.  I did some finishing work, and learned how to join peices of wood together to make panels using a big fancy machine.