Sunday Jan 10
Sunday, January 10, 2016 Hopefully we’ll see a little more sunshine today, I’m feeding the groups out of their barns again and I think they prefer that. We’re packing down the snow enough in places that they can all be … Continued
Schedule change!
Friday, January 8, 2016 We’ve had to make a change to our January event schedule and our “fun with fiber” afternoon scheduled for Jan 23 will now happen on January 30. Sorry for any inconvenience. We’re having another cloudy gray day and the alpacas are venturing out more and more … Continued
St. Distaff’s Day!
Thursday, January 7, 2016 Our snow has been minimal and today’s accumulation will be less than an inch. Perfect. Enough to freshen things up, but not enough to block the gates from opening. I hope to get some spinning time … Continued
January 6,2016
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 More snow is predicted for today and tomorrow. It’s OK, it’s winter and that’s what we expect ya know. 🙂 Our hay supply still looks OK, but I don’t think we’ll have any extra come spring. … Continued
Beware of the Ice!
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 We had temps above freezing yesterday! Nice, except that melting snow on top of packed down snow makes ice. And I took a nice fall on my way back from feeding the boys. I twisted my … Continued
Surviving the cold
Saturday, January 2, 2016 It’s only 11 below zero this morning, so that is an improvement over yesterday! All the animals are really doing fine and they handle it better than I do. 😉 We have thermometers in both barns … Continued
Happy New Year!
Friday, January 1, 2016 Welcome to a brand new year! A clean slate, a fresh start, what will you do with it? I have lots of plans and I always choose one word to guide me through the year. Yes … Continued
Dec 30, 2015
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 Winter can be so beautiful in Woodland. There are days where the sun is brilliant and the snow sparkles like someone tossed diamonds on it. But those are not the days we’ve had lately. arghhh Snow … Continued
Baby it’s cold out there!
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 I found a new calendar that will work with our web site. Yay! (it was not as easy as you might think) So over the next few days I’ll be adding classes and events to the … Continued
Thinking of 2016
Monday, December 28, 2015 The house is quiet and it’s time to focus on the business of running the ranch for now. I’m working on adding a new calendar to the web site and it’s a bit of a challenge … Continued
How cold is too cold?
Sunday, December 27, 2015 Oh my, it’s 18° below zero here this morning. Now I really do love winter, but that tests my limits! I’m getting many requests from people who have family visiting from out of town this week … Continued
Christmas Eve and don’t forget the birds!
Thursday, December 24, 2015 It’s Christmas Eve and we’re ready for Santa to show up here. Our grandson wrote him a letter and said he’d be at Yaya and Dimpa’s for Christmas so we know he’s coming. 😉 Whatever you … Continued
Almost 2 feet and still snowing!
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 It’s just wrong to complain about snow when you live near the largest ski resort in North America, so we wont. But holy moley it isn’t easy getting around to care for animals in this! lol … Continued
A solstice storm
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Well it snowed just about all day long here yesterday and we have quite a bit of white fluff! As I walked to the boys barn in the afternoon, it was up to my knees and … Continued