A little secret
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 I have a little secret to share. I’ve actually been in Santa Fe New Mexico since last Friday. 🌶 It’s one of my favorite places in the world and I really needed a mental health … Continued
Grateful for the harvest
Monday, October 10, 2022 The growing season (except for fleece) is definitely coming to an end. But it’s been a good year. Tomatoes, peppers and flowers thrived in the back yard and made me happy all summer. Now we’ll focus … Continued
How’s Benji?
Sunday, October 9, 2022 We have moved little boys into the big boys pasture every year for more than 20 years. They usually pace and hum and act miserable for at least a few days . For some wonderful reason … Continued
The guardians
Saturday, October 8, 2022 Before we moved to Woodland, we had our alpacas in Herriman, Utah and … (gasp) we had no guardian dogs. That was back in 1999 and I was just figuring out how to care for alpacas, … Continued
Where’s the store?
Friday, October 7, 2022 You might or might not have noticed that I have had to close the online store for maintenance. I need to spend a bit of time going through all inventory to make sure it is correct … Continued
Benjamin makes the move
Thursday, October 6, 2022 Well our sweet little Benjamin is now an official bachelor. He had just discovered that mounting his little girl friends Ruthie and Raina was fun! So we had to put a stop to it. I’ve been … Continued
Here we go
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Well it’s finally happening. The work on our driveway has begun so hopefully the end is in sight. We had to park our cars down the road and the guys worked to close the hole til … Continued
Fall Event?
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 I’m getting more than a few messages about a fall event here. So I thought I’d give an update. In August we talked to the workers putting in our new water system and what we heard … Continued
Come for a drive with us….
Monday, October 3, 2022 Come along with us on our Sunday drive! We decided to leave our guardian dogs in charge here and see if the colors were any more brilliant up the road. They were, yellows have made their … Continued
Just doin’ her job
Sunday, October 2, 2022 She was just doing her job, I told myself. Yesterday afternoon, the girls stated doing their alarm call in the middle of the main pasture. The dogs immediately ran to see what had the herd upset. … Continued
An unlikely friendship
Saturday, October 1, 2022 Happy October! As of today it’s my favorite month of the year and I plan to be mindful to enjoy every bit of it. 🍁🍂 Very often when I’m in the barn I see Millie (our … Continued
Banjo’s treasures
Friday, September 30, 2022 The firewood is stacked all around the house and we’re ready for that first fire. That usually happens in September but unless we decided to build one tonight our first fire of the season will be … Continued
🙏 for Florida
Thursday, September 29, 2022 Our hearts are with all Floridians and our friends and family who have homes in Florida. The damage done by Ian so far looks atrocious and now many are without power as well. 🙏 Hang … Continued
Quiet house
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 We sent the gentle boy home with his parents last night and all that youthful energy went right out the door with him. ha He knows the routines around here down to the last detail and … Continued