ABOUT TWIN LAKES FARM

TINA FLESHMAN

2571 DOUBLE BRIDGES ROAD

SPOUT SPRING, VA 24593

(434) 352-9744

ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO NOW, I SAW AN ADVERTISEMENT FROM EAST COAST EXOTICS SELLING MINIATURE DONKEYS, WELL BEING AN ANIMAL LOVER I WAS TAKEN BY WHAT A MINIATURE DONKEY WOULD BE LIKE. I LIVED ON 3 ACRES BUT I HAD A SMALL PASTURE AREA ON THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME. I HAD GOATS BUT WAS INTERESTED IN SOMETHING MORE UNIQUE. WELL, I MADE THE CALL, MARIA, TOLD ME ABOUT MINIATURE DONKEYS, AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THEIR SWEET NATURE AND EASY UPKEEP, I KNEW I WOULD BE INTERESTED. I HAD NEVER LAID EYES ON ONE BEFORE I TRAVELED FROM VIRGINIA TO NEW JERSEY TO PICK UP MY PAIR OF DONKEYS. A JACK AND A JENNET BOTH GRAY IN COLOR. EAST COAST FIRECRACKER "CARMAN" AND A LITTLE JACK TO GO WITH HER THAT WE CALLED " PEDRO" . I FELL IN LOVE. THEY WERE ALL I DREAMED THEY WOULD BE. THEY WERE WONDERFUL.

AS IS THE CASE WITH SOME QUESTS IT GREW INTO A PASSION. I WANTED A REAL FARM WITH LAND AND PASTURES, THE WHOLE THING. I SOLD THE JACK THAT I HAD PURCHASED, PURCHASED JENNETS FROM VARIOUS BREEDERS AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND BEGAN TO LOOK FOR THE PERFECT JACK. BY THAT TIME I HAD LEARNED A LOT ABOUT CONFIRMATION AND PEDIGREES AND I HAD THE PERFECT JACK IN MY MIND, I JUST HAD TO LOCATE HIM. I FOUND SACHMO, THE PERFECT JACK FOR MY HERD.

MANY QUESTS AND MUCH WORK, AND COMMITMENT LATER, i HAVE MY DREAM FARM, MY DREAM HERD AND A WAY OF LIFE THAT ONLY COMES FROM REACHING YOUR " PERFECT PLACE".

DONKEYS AND ALL ANIMALS ARE A WAY OF LIFE FOR ME. BETWEEN THE HORSES, A WONDERFUL MULE AND MANY HOUNDS AND OTHER DOGS, I STAY BUSY AT THE FARM BUT IT IS WHAT I ENJOY DOING AND NEVER A CHORE FOR ME.

THUS, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OUT TO THE FARM AND SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT A DONKEYS CAN DO TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. THEY CHANGED MINE, AND I HAVE NEVER LOOKED BACK.

OUR FARM IS A MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN DONKEY AND MULE SOCIETY AND THE NATIONAL MINIATURE DONKEY ASSOCIATION. ALL OF THE DONKEYS AT TWIN LAKES ARE REGISTERED.

MY DONKEYS AND THE REST OF MY ANIMALS ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE. I HAVE MANY FARM ANIMALS HERE THAT I ENJOY AND THE PLEASURE OF BEING OWNED BY A LOT OF SPOILED DOGS.

THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING TO ME WOULD BE THE WONDERFUL GROUP OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT SURROUND ME. I COULD NOT DO THIS FARM WORK A FULL TIME OUTSIDE JOB WERE IT NOT FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE. I HAVE GREAT FRIENDS THAT ALSO LOVE THE DONKEYS AND OTHER ANIMALS HERE AND THEY PUT IN THE HOURS WITH ME WHEN I NEED THEM. AS LONG AS WE ARE ALL TOGETHER, WHO CARES WHAT WE ARE DOING. MY FAMILY SUPPORTS AND LOVE ME AND PITCH IN ON A CONSTANT BASIS TO GET THINGS DONE ON THE FARM.

TO THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF MY LIFE, FOR ALL YOU DO FOR ME. I COUNT OUR MANY BLESSINGS EVERY DAY.