Friday August 30, 2019 Football or hurricanes? I’ll just watch alpacas. Seriously, I am concerned about Dorian because we have friends and family in Florida and I wish them safe keeping. And I will admit the right team did win … Continued
Thursday August 29, 2019 When a newborn alpaca and it’s mom are learning the nursing routine it’s like learning to dance with a new partner. Each has to learn the movements of the other and it sometimes takes a few … Continued
Wednesday August 28, 2019 A car full of fleeces are on the way to Salt Lake City for washing and carding and spinning. Thanks Spinderella! Now that that’s done I’ll start making more soap to fill up the empty shelves … Continued
Tuesday August 27, 2019 It’s 38 degrees here this morning! How lovely! I am glad however that I was able to get a coat on baby Remy. He is gaining and is over 15 pounds but still so tiny. I … Continued
Monday August 26, 2019 Happy Monday! I plan to take advantage of a gorgeous weather Monday by skirting the rest of the fleeces in the fleece shed and get them ready for processing. The baby fleeces take hours because of … Continued
Sunday August 25, 2019 Thank you so much to all who came to our event yesterday and especially to our volunteers who cheerfully help with check ins, parking, answering questions and spinning demos! We could not do it without you. … Continued
Saturday August 24, 2019 Well today’s the day. I was surprised how many tickets we sold overnight and we’re still seeing ticket sales this morning. 👀 It’s a lovely chilly 50 degrees here now but will warm up quite a … Continued
Friday August 23, 2019 Baby Remy gained another half a pound so I’m feeling better about that situation. He’s now a whopping 13.6 pounds. It’s been a while since we’ve had one that tiny, so a little fretting is needed. … Continued
Wednesday August 21, 2019 The entire herd including newborn baby Remy and his mom were in the shade of the barn enjoying the fan yesterday afternoon. And it’s going to be another hot one today so I’m grateful that Ava … Continued
Tuesday August 20, 2019 You know that sigh that you sigh when the last gift is wrapped on Christmas eve and you can finally go to bed? Well that is the sigh I sighed last night after our last baby … Continued
Monday August 19, 2019 With the mowing and trimming all done for next Saturday’s event (Thanks Ed) the rest of the week will be focused on getting the new things in the yarn barn. We got Harry Potter’s Yarn back … Continued
Sunday August 18, 2019 We’re still closely watching Ava and yesterday she was starting to look a wee bit uncomfortable. What does that mean? Not much. lol I told her any day she wants is fine except not next Saturday! … Continued
Saturday August 17, 2018 The old ones grab my heart just as much as the bouncing babies. I’ve been privileged to offer many of them a quiet retirement home here with their friends and family until the very end. And … Continued
Friday August 16, 2019 Ryder is 2 weeks old today and yesterday I saw him chewing cud! This is highly unusual that his stomach could be that developed at this age. However when he was a couple days old he … Continued