Profile information
Travel information
I am currently
At home
Activities i am interested in:
I will be traveling to Letterfrack, Clifden, and Inishbofin, Ireland in April and May of 2025. I am interested in permaculture farming and gardening, animal care, and cultural exchange.
Description
Sunrise on a cloudy, sunny, rainy, foggy, windy, chilly, warm, crisp, or clear day makes me smile! The view from a mountain, a beach, a river, or a desert gathers me for the day's adventure. I enjoy feeding and caring for cats, goats, horses, chickens, and some people. Listening to audiobooks including historical fiction, social science, mystery, women's fiction, thriller, fiction, fantasy, and romance keeps me focused. If I'm walking or working in a beautiful setting, I'm at peace. And if there happens to be lightening bugs, now there's pure joy!
Interests
Sustainability
Farming
Self development
Events & social
Charity work
Gardening
Photography
Nature
Camping
Sailing / Boating
Mountain
Dancing
Beach
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentMore details about my language interests
I would love to learn Gaeilge!
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Charity Work
Eco Projects
Being an elderly companion
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Babysitting and creative play
Helping around the house
General Maintenance
Languages
DIY and building projects
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
Animal Care
Life at a Farmstay
House sitting
Teaching
More details about your skills
As a live-in at a 20 stall horse stable on 16 acres, I am tasked with a variety of jobs including mucking stalls, making feed for 20 horses (40 feeders), maintaining the paddocks and pastures, and the fences and run-ins. I drive a tractor, a riding lawn mower, and a 4x4. I have expertise with both a zero turn mower and a standard riding mower. I can run a walk behind mule (BCS 720-732) and a push mower. I also manage a very small non-profit farm that uses permaculture design principles. I am a journeyman beekeeper with 2-10 hives depending on how bad the winter was. I can extract and bottle honey. I am a retired special education teacher and school administrator with experience working with students with behavioral and cognitive challenges. I have written over 55 successful grants and would be interested in helping write a grant for my host or their community. I also raised four children, 2 boys and 2 girls.
Age
61
What else ...
I have written over 55 successful grants and would be interested in helping write a grant for my host or their community.
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Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
Feedback
She already works with horses in America but was very keen to learn more and get lots of hands-on experience with grooming, picking out feet etc. My horses were going through a grumpy patch with grooming, probably because they were losing summer coats… read more
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She already works with horses in America but was very keen to learn more and get lots of hands-on experience with grooming, picking out feet etc. My horses were going through a grumpy patch with grooming, probably because they were losing summer coats… read more
