Friday April 29, 2016
Friday, April 29, 2016 Snow is covering the pastures this morning and it does look pretty, but come on – it’s almost May! Both my legs will be in recovery mode today so my plans are not too ambitious. It’s … Continued
Pasture clean up day
Friday, April 21, 2016 Today is clean up the pasture day. A perfect activity for earth day I think. The contraption we fondly call the “poop sucker” saves me hours each week and I’m grateful that I have it here to use. It also puts … Continued
Scarlett wants to party!
Thursday, April 21, 2016 The girls loved chomping on the tall grasses in the yard yesterday we’ll let them finish it off today. It’s supposed to get up to 70° here today! We won’t put the snow shovel away quite yet though. 😉 Soap … Continued
Spring lawn trimming
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 It looks like we’ll finally get another taste of spring weather today so I can get back to some spring projects that were interrupted by the return of winter. We’ll also have the alpacas trim the … Continued
Soap making day
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Soap making is on the agenda for today – the soap inventory in Yaya’s Yarn Barn needs to be replenished before our spring open house and today is a good day to get started. I plan to … Continued
Where’s the grass?
Friday, April 15, 2016 Well it’s 22° and it looks like a winter wonderland out there. By tomorrow it should all be melted and the pacas will be able to find their grass again. We’re taking off this morning for Boulder … Continued
California beauties
Thursday, April 14, 2016 Winter storm warnings again? I sure hope they’re wrong on this one. Oh sure we could handle more snow on the pastures, but Ed and I are planning to drive to Southern Utah to visit our son this … Continued
Alpaca shows?
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Since I am always posting photos of our beautiful alpacas, I am often asked why we don’t take them to shows. So since you asked, I’ll tell you. #1 I never enjoyed it. We used to show … Continued
A photo shoot day
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Every week or so I pile all 4 house dogs into the car and we go on a photo shoot drive. Yesterday was one of those days. The funny thing is I found the best photos right … Continued
Friday April 8
Friday, April 8, 2016 Well it has sure been a busy week here. We’ve had visitors almost every day, the babies all had some halter training time, the freezer is fully stocked with a new assortment of dog food and I’m … Continued
Halter training day
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 The weather was nice enough yesterday (though windy and cool) that we could finally get some halter work done with the “babies” from last year. Their owners came out and worked with them and out of all 10 babies we had … Continued
Charlotte and the chickens round 2
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 I’ve been working with Charlotte and the chickens, who love to be out of their coop on nice days. I really thought she had passed the final test until just at dusk last night she had one of … Continued
Scarlett and the birthday girl
Sunday, April 3, 2016 My favorite quote from our visitors yesterday afternoon? “This is my best birthday ever!” I can only imagine how I might’ve felt if I had been taken to see alpacas when I turned 13. 😉 Our Scarlett was … Continued
April 2, 2016
Saturday, April 2, 2016 My forecast says 0% chance of snow today! Thank you mother nature! We have a tour group coming this afternoon and nice weather sure helps make it a good experience. Lots of spring cleanup is waiting … Continued