Thursday, September 17, 2015 Today is the first day I can see a forecast for open barn days weekend, and what I see is a high of 66° and sunshine. Extended forecasts are rarely accurate, but so far it looks … Continued
Friday, September 11, 2015 As we start to plan more seriously for Open Barn Days we need to have 2 plans for set up. The sunny day plan and the rainy day plan. If you joined us last year you … Continued
Thursday, September 10, 2015 When we first bought alpacas in 1998, I was drawn to the warm colors of browns and fawn for our new little herd. I didn’t care much for the black ones, maybe because they were hard … Continued
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Our annual order of dryer balls came in yesterday! Well Matilda thinks they are the coolest dog balls ever, so you can decide what they really are. 😉 I love to put 3 or 4 in … Continued
Sunday, September 6, 2015 It’s 29° here this morning! If that’s not a perfect morning for a big pot of coffee and some knitting I don’t know what is. Lucky for me I have enough yarn to last quite a … Continued
Friday, September 4, 2015 Thanks for all the suggestions on finding a helper for Chief. Our local shelter is unique in that they will allow dogs into situations like ours, most shelters require that the dog be a house pet. … Continued
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Spinning and knitting every day now should have me ready for Open Barn Days by the end of the month. So often visitors will ask me for something made from our animals’ fiber and made by … Continued
Sunday, August 30, 2015 Wow, did you see that full moon last night? The full moon brings out lots of night predators so our guardian dogs work over time. I heard coyotes howling and a few other strange noises but … Continued
Friday, August 28, 2015 It’s a lovely cool morning at the ranch, I’ll need to get outside chores done early before it heats up. Once I get the inventory all set up in Yaya’s Yarn Barn I can work on … Continued
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 We saw a little rain over night and it looks like more is on the way. I had hoped to bring a boy or two over today to check on the pregnancy status of some of … Continued
Sunday, August 23, 2015 Whew! That was a very busy couple of days for us! Thanks so much to all who came to the Fiber Fair! Our sales were great and we brought home lots of empty boxes. So many … Continued
Saturday, August 22, 2015 We’re back to the Fiber Fair again today! Thanks to all our friends who stopped by our booth and purchased our fiber goodies. We hear rave reviews of our fiber form the fiber community and that … Continued
Monday, August 17, 2015 Today we start moving the inventory from Yaya’s Yarn Barn into the trailer to take to the Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair which starts this Friday. We have some really fun yarns and roving this year … Continued
Friday, August 7, 2015 Pasture vacuuming (AKA poop sucking) is on the schedule this morning, unless the rain comes before I get my act together. I have some stunning roving just back from the mill and I might just have … Continued