Not ready for retirement
Thursday April 16, 2015 It’s a bit nippy out there this morning at 20°. It looks like most of the pacas preferred the warm barn to the cold snow in the pastures over night. They usually make the right choices. … Continued
Spring Snow
Wednesday April 15, 2015 A new blanket of white is covering Blue Moon Ranch this morning and that’s just fine with us. We’ll probably see more snow today, too. Many of the alpacas slept under the falling snow last night … Continued
Happy Saturday!
Saturday, April 11, 2015 Looks like a nice warm sunny Saturday for us today. Except for animal feeding, the other chores will have to wait while we enjoy a few more days with our family from Laos. The colds and … Continued
April Snow
Thursday, April 9, 2015 No way could we keep the Laos family from going out in the snow! They loved it! Well, our son did live in Utah for quite a while so he was happy to share this snow … Continued
Very special Tuesday
Tuesday April 7, 2015 Snow today? Well, that’s what the forecasters are saying. The forecasted high in Vientiane Laos (where our visiting family members live) is 97°. I think will have to keep them all inside today. At least we … Continued
A story with a happy ending
Friday, April 3, 2015 Once upon a time there was a dog named Bodhi. He was delivered to Blue Ranch last July feeling pretty sick and in the middle of chemotherapy for his lymphoma. We took him in because his … Continued
Peep peep peep
Wednesday April 1, 2015 We looked all over Salt Lake City and surrounding areas and could find no baby chicks. So we settled on baby alligators! April fools! Just kidding! Of course we found baby chicks. There are eight of … Continued
Photo bomb
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Hopefully today we’ll be adding six or eight new baby chicks to the menagerie here. I promised our grandson we would make it ‘our project’ together and today’s the day. He does love gathering the occasional … Continued
Thank you Facebook
Sunday, March 29, 2015 Well, it was a fun social media experiment. Usually when we have an event we do lots of advertising, local newspaper, flyers, and social media. Yesterday we decided at the last minute to try only … Continued
We’re open today from 1-4
Saturday, March 28, 2015 Because it’s a beautiful Saturday, because we have new items in the store, and because our animals look so cute, we’ve decided to be open today from 1 to 4. No appointment needed. I’ll probably … Continued
Where’s the mud?
Friday, March 27, 2015 This time of year we should be sinking in mud up to our ankles, which I never really liked, but the dryness of the ground out there does worry me a bit. We are fortunate in … Continued
Getting warmer!
Thursday, March 26, 2015 The alpacas will be looking for shade today, as the temperature climbs up towards 60°. If you can imagine wearing 4 to 6 inches of alpaca fleece on your back and standing in the sun, you’ll … Continued
Yaya, it’s cold out there!
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Well, our plan was to ‘play’ inside yesterday. And we did. But the reality is we always have to be outside to care for the animals, no matter what the weather does. It was really cold … Continued
A new home for Aysen
Monday, March 23, 2015 It’s raining! ☔️ Our pastures were looking pretty dry already, so this is good news for us. We might even see a snow flake or two today. We had a visit yesterday from some people who … Continued