A good life
Sunday September 11, 2022 Everywhere you look today you will find memories and ways to honor those lost on 9/11 and thoughts on how that infamous day changed our lives. I hope you will find your own way to … Continued
Harvest Moon
Saturday, September 10, 2022 Our first frost arrived early this morning and this is why we grow tomato plants on wheels here. The predicted low was 39° but I had a feeling we’d be colder as usual so I pulled … Continued
Connecting with nature
Friday, September 9, 2022 It appears we made it to the other side of the heat dome. We’re enjoying a proper fall morning with 45° temps outside. yay! My energy has returned and that’s good since there is much to … Continued
Keeping cool
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 One more day in the heat dome and then hopefully we’ll be on the other side of it. But today will be the hottest of all. We are breaking all heat records and Salt Lake was … Continued
Beach is Open!
Monday, September 5, 2022 Happy Labor Day! We have our sweet family visiting again and we ready for another day of late summer heat. Between fans and the beach all alpacas are doing fine. And the humans are not … Continued
Boys and Girls together?
Sunday, September 4, 2022 Today will be another day of intense heat here but we’re all coping. Our Salt Lake City family will be coming up here to get out of their intense heat which of course is hotter than … Continued
Busy weekend
Saturday, September 3, 2022 Labor Day weekend is in full swing, the little town next to us is having their “Frontier Days” celebrations and it seems half the state of Utah was out driving to the the mountains yesterday. Traffic … Continued
Ready for winter
Friday, September 2, 2022 It’s always a good feeling when the last delivery of hay is stacked in the barn and we are set for winter. And it’s a better feeling that we no longer do it ourselves! Been there … Continued
Hey September!
Thursday, September 1, 2022 Welcome September, now stop acting like July! 90° and above for the next 10 days? At least the nights are cooling and into the low 50’s. If there’s any thing that needs to be done here, … Continued
New roving!
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 The first of the 2022 fleeces are back and so very yummy! Thanks Spinderellas! I got so excited about this roving I pulled my spinning wheel outside under the tree and had to give it … Continued
Keep it cool
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Another 90° day here as we are stuck in the “heat dome”. I shouldn’t complain – it will be 100° in Salt Lake City! I skirted more fleeces yesterday and they are on their way to … Continued
Always learning
Monday, August 29, 2022 Sometimes it takes us a while to learn things, but as long as we’re still learning that is what matters right? This year we learned that we can revive a pasture by keeping alpacas off it … Continued
Special Sunday
Saturday, August 28, 2022 We’re in for a way too hot week ahead and where is that fall weather we got a hint of a while ago? Ugh. The reason we like to shear in early June is so … Continued