Sunday April 16, 2017 Happy Easter! Our family will be here today and we’ll have our annual Easter Egg hunt. Then some feasting and just hanging out at the ranch. It should be perfect weather, and with the black birds and the frogs singing, it’s … Continued
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 A sure sign that spring has arrived is when we hear the frogs in Woodland and we heard them this past weekend. I’m not sure how far they have to bury themselves to survive those 20 below zero … Continued
Sunday, March 26, 2017 A rather chilly Sunday will be perfect for moving hay today. It’s 23° as I type but should warm up nicely later today. A fun bunch of spinners (and one dear husband) came yesterday and left here … Continued
Friday, March 10, 2017 We now have the outside cam working! I need to do some rewiring once more of the snow melts but for now I think it will work. Many of the girls have decided to sleep outside … Continued
Thursday, September 8, 2016 Today we’re having a group of knitters come for a visit. I think they’ll find plenty here to enjoy in addition to all the yarn. We’ll have Scarlett the PR alpaca show them around. 😉 Temps in … Continued
Thursday, November 19, 2015 Our winter bedding in the barn is working out well so far. The alpaca girls are avoiding the windy weather we’ve had lately and they all have a kushy spot to chill out in the barn … Continued
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 After a little more rain today, it looks like we’ll be having a dry spell. I won’t complain about that either because we have have muddy critters out there, and that doesn’t work well for the … Continued
Wednesday May 14, 2014 With all the rain and snow we’ve had and now that it’s warming up a bit, the grass is exploding! Yay! If the grass gets too long, the alpacas will avoid it, just in case there … Continued
Friday May 2, 2014 The big barn is all clean and ready for shearing! (Or a barn dance, LOL) The alpacas got to spend time mowing the back yard while we cleaned it out so they were happy. I should … Continued
Friday April 25, 2014 Rain today, snow tomorrow? Our class tomorrow is on setting up a property for alpacas. We’ll be inside for a part of the class, but we’ll have to be outside to understand catch pens, buffer … Continued
Tuesday April 22, 2014 I really love all the birds that visit Blue Moon Ranch and of course I encourage them by keeping bird feeders filled. Our problem is that our home has many large windows all over and we get quite … Continued
Friday April 18, 2014 Chief and Abby thought having 26 kids here yesterday was the best thing ever. Gideon thought it was OK. (give the guy a break, he is almost 11 :)) When the kids were told to get … Continued
Wednesday April 15, 2014 OK, so it sounded like a rooster in the hen house. I do know what a rooster sounds like, and I heard one crowing … I had just stepped out in the dark to take a … Continued