Thursday, March 10, 2016 The barn cam system is up and running. Whew. It makes me crazy when that system isn’t working. I also discovered a new browser, Puffin, that allows you to watch the streaming cam on iPhones or iPads. It’s … Continued
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Today I’ll be shopping for a new computer to run the software that allows me to stream the barn cam on the web site. Hopefully I’ll remember how to get all the parts to play nice together and get it all up and … Continued
Sunday, March 6, 2016 The main barn cam is back is action! Thanks to Bill at barncams.com now we can keep an eye on the alpacas even at night. Actually all 3 cams are functional now and that’s the way I … Continued
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 When I have issues with the alpaca cam, it’s like solving a mystery. There are so many different parts that can cause problems. But yesterday I discovered at least part of the problem. Someone chewed right through one of … Continued
Sunday, January 10, 2016 Hopefully we’ll see a little more sunshine today, I’m feeding the groups out of their barns again and I think they prefer that. We’re packing down the snow enough in places that they can all be … Continued
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 I found a new calendar that will work with our web site. Yay! (it was not as easy as you might think) So over the next few days I’ll be adding classes and events to the … Continued
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 We have a new baby!! Somehow Patchouli was hiding a 20 pound baby in her skinny little body and she decided yesterday would be a good day give birth. She did deliver him under the overhang, … Continued
Friday, March 13, 2015 Hopefully the cams will continue to run smoothly in my absence, and I will post updates if and when I can. I know there is no Wi-Fi at my destination so it might be a while. … Continued
Monday, January 12, 2015 Update on the cams – they all three work! So from time to time today we might peek inside the barn or watch the snow as it falls outside in the pasture. Now I can get … Continued
Sunday, January 11, 2015 Two cams are working well and I’ll try for the third today. 🙂 Snow is expected here later, but the temps are warm enough that it could be slushy. I was able to get outside with … Continued
Saturday, January 10, 2015 Somehow when I installed the third camera, I lost the signal from the other one. After a pretty frustrating afternoon, I had to give up and just have one working cam. My goal is to get … Continued
Friday, January 9, 2015 I decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather yesterday to get my new barn cam set up installed. I have two of the three cams working, now we can view the alpacas outside, and I’ll … Continued
Saturday, January 3, 2015 Last night was the first night in a while that it hasn’t dipped below zero. It’s 15 F as I type and compared to -25 F that is balmy! Visitors today and a chance for more … Continued
Monday, December 1, 2014 Finally some good news about the alpaca cam situation. We ordered 3 new transmitters and a new receiver that should be here sometime later this week and hopefully solve our problems. 😀 I might unplug the … Continued