Beginning of Our New Adventure

We are here in Sperryville, VA, and we just finished our first day on the job. The scenery is gorgeous-mountains surrounding us with fields of rolling hills. The farm is located off the main road (211) up on a slight hill. The owners, Eric & Rachel, have a beautiful wood sided 2 story house and our house, or the intern house, is a slight yellow. It's quite cute and spacious. We have a large kitchen and living space which comes in handy since we are sharing the house with another couple, Tyler & Miranda, who is interning here. It's the first year that the farm has had 2 couples here. We all seem to think that it's ideal-as it's as if it's only 2 units to work with rather than 4 separate individuals. We will be doing community meals most of the time, and the farm has potlucks every Tuesday evening at 6-where previous year's interns, current interns, and Eric, Rachel, and their two boys, Nicholas, and Isaac come and eat too. We also have a once a week Waterpenny dinner, which just includes the owners and current interns. I am liking the community effort already! :)

Eric has already proven to be an excellent boss. Every Monday we meet at our picnic bench and he thoroughly goes over the schedule for that week. Then we get to work. This week our hours are 9-12, then a 2 hour lunch break (nice!), and 2-5. We have this next weekend off..and with the season getting closer we will be working more hours with only 1 1/2 days off. It's nice to start out a little slower, and to work into a fuller schedule.

Our housemates, Tyler and Miranda, have also proven to be wonderful. We have similar living habits, whether it's eating habits (mostly vegetarian), to cleanliness, to overall values in life. So far so good!

James and I feel fortunate to have received this internship. It's a beautiful place with beautiful people. We anticipate that we will learn lots and gain greater understanding of the overall process.

I will continue to post updates as I am able...although I know I will be getting more tired as time goes by! Thanks for taking time to read my blog-appreciate all the love!

Holly