Goodbye Bittersweet

Well I have left Bittersweet Farm and now I venture off into the unknown. But first, a pleasant stop in Chesterville, ME before I depart for Bulgaria. The last few days on the farm were nice, and I was sad to say goodbye. Two weeks is the perfect amount of time to get comfortable somewhere, so it makes it hard to leave.
To commemorate the last few weeks I've spent at Bittersweet and other places I've visited, here is a list of snapshots of all my favorite parts.

-Buying a banjo at "Dick's country store and Music Oasis" - Guns, Gas, Guitars and food!
-Playing a song I wrote a few days before I got to Bittersweet for Julia the first night we moved into the cabin. She was the first one to ever hear it and she loved it. Didn't stop singing it the entire time at the farm.
-Doing all of the chores by myself so that Brian could take a nap. It was sunny and beautiful and I took as much time as I wanted. Hung out with Prince Phillip, sang songs to the other pigs, played with chickens, grazed and brushed Pearl (the horse), talked to the cows - it was all peaceful and calming, and it helped me realize why Brian needs the farm to be happy, even though it often makes him unhappy.
-Hanging around the table with Ann, Love and Julia after everything was done for the day. (Love is the man that lived with me and Julia in our cabin)
-Love talking Julia and I to sleep every night.
-The crazy jam we had in Henry and Miles's room with the OC Party Band. Dillon, Willy P., Will Madison, Nick Edwards, Abby Giles and anyone else who wanted to join. Lots of people watching, singing along and happy before Java.
-Sylvan Esso concert in Burlington. We brought a big group and went to the center. Danced and sang the whole time. Ahh she is amazing.
-Riding Pearl through tall grass, and not actually having any control over where she brought me.
-Finishing a door for the pig house. Frustrating while it was happening, but satisfying in the end.
-People telling me and Julia that we are very weird.
-Being around Julia in general. She is lovely.
-Brian letting me do things on my own and not getting mad when I messed them up, which was a lot of the time... He is a great teacher.
-Teaching Julia to drive a standard.
-Ann crying and saying she would be sad for me to go because she thinks I just get it. Supposedly because I am from Maine and she is too... So maybe we are just both a bit crazy.
-Doug's Tavern on the last night and then music in the cabin with Nick and Will.
-My drive home. I had a lot of good, productive thoughts the whole time. Also, the weather kept getting nicer and nicer the closer I got to Maine.

Goodbye!!!!!!!!


                                                          Market this past Tuesday