Tony and Karin (WW 34 and 35) return after 4 years.

It was great to receive a phone call in late March, from Karine and Anthony of France, asking if they could woof with us again in April.  It had been 4 years since their last woofing experience with us in 2008. What a great couple! Generally Karine and Tony are cheery and upbeat, they are both very handy with tools, like to keep busy and do not mind working independently. Needless to say they were a big help around here even though there was still a lot of snow and the garden was far from ready for anything.
The only work that did get done in the garden was the weeding of some large weeds that didn't get pulled last fall and the pruning of the raspberries. As you can see both Karine and Tony helped Loren with the cabin. They finished putting up the recycled insulation, and then helped put up the recycled panelling. The upstairs now looks very cabinish, and we hope someday that they will return to sleep in the loft.
Tony's capentry abilities have improved, and this time he was able to use Loren's new cordless powertools. Wow what a time saver they are.
Karine was very helpful with indoor chores and put the annual coating of beeswax on the lodge
 kitchen counters. It was really nice to have her help.

Tony helped Loren learn a British Lu-la-by on his accordian, it sounded good when they both played the song and Tony  and Karine sang along. As you can see Roxy helped with singing as well. After 2 weeks with us, they left for Sundre, Alberta on April 19th, to reconnect with other past Woofing Hosts.  When they left we said that next time we host them there will likely be a child in the picture. Karine just laughed and I know she was thinking, "you just never know."