Time’s up
Friday September 7, 2018 No progress on the over due cria, so today I will induce her. The drug should take about 20 hours to work so we hope to see a cria tomorrow. I am not looking forward to this … Continued
Return of darkness
Wednesday September 5, 2018 I don’t really mind the return of the darkness. I think it’s mother nature’s way to let us know it’s time to get ready for a more restful time of year. I’m anxiously awaiting our first … Continued
Dyeing yarn? What color?
Tuesday September 4, 2018 No we didn’t see a momma go in to labor on labor day. Vet will be here this afternoon and we’ll look at all options. My vet respects my opinion so I feel confident that we’ll be … Continued
Labor Day!
Monday September 3, 2018 Happy Labor Day! I’m going to say that to Ciara this morning and tell her this is the day she must start her labor. I’ll also let her know that the vet will be here again on … Continued
Knitters welcome!
Sunday September 2, 2018 I did get some knitting done yesterday – with a friend, in the shade, surrounded by alpacas and dogs. It was heavenly and we’ll be doing it again. We might even make it a group thing. We … Continued
Welcome September!
Saturday September 1, 2018 Hello September and thank you for that 37 degree morning! After some pasture clean up today I know I’ll be enjoying these cooler temps to get myself knitting more hats for the Yarn Barn. We got … Continued
And one more…
Thursday August 30, 2018 Labor day is approaching and I’m still waiting for one of the summer babies to arrive? Yes it’s true, she was vet checked this week and there is a baby in there who is just not … Continued
After careful consideration….
Monday August 27, 2018 Well, I made the decision and we will have a few babies (hopefully) in 2019. Romulus needs to put a few more babies with his amazing fleeces in this herd and he got his chance with … Continued
A grandmother’s love
Tuesday August 7, 2018 An interesting thing happened after Claire was born and I forgot to share it. She was weak and struggling those first 2 days as you might remember. What I didn’t share was that she got help … Continued
Good news!
Sunday July 15, 2018 Thank you so much to everyone who sent prayers and healing thoughts to baby Claire. I am so happy to report that she is feeling better. Her temp was normal and her weight stayed the same, so … Continued
Babies have names and a little bit of worry.
Saturday July 14, 2018 Well the babies have their names. The gray boy from Minnie and Silver Lake will be called Harry Potter. The fawn girl from Allegra and Romulus will be called Ramona and the beige girl from Marcella … Continued
Our last baby arrived safely and with a very interested audience
Friday July 13, 2018 Well I can’t be 100% sure your positive visualization helped get this last cria to arrive yesterday but I will thank you again nonetheless because I believe it did! 🙂 . Whooo hoo! And she is … Continued
More babies!!!
Thursday July 12, 2018 Hey, it worked! I asked my faithful readers to help me visualize healthy births and strong babies and we got 2 done yesterday! thank you! If I might ask, let’s try it one more time to … Continued
Cat poses and still waiting
Wednesday July 11, 2018 A chance of rain this afternoon might be what these girls are waiting for? Lower barometric pressure really does get things going sometimes. I really wish I could stop fretting over them. But I’ll tell you, … Continued