Happy Friday!
Friday, November 4, 2022 The thermometer read 8 degrees this morning and all the animals look fine. And not a fly in sight! lol Juno has taken over Blue’s spot in the hay feeder and he’s moved inside the barn … Continued
Happy Sunday!
October 30, 2022 Well our event for Nov 12 is officially sold out. Thank you to all who bought tickets and we’ll see you here in a few weeks! Now a slight problem has come up on Facebook. When I … Continued
Dogs in winter weather
Monday, October 24, 2022 One of the hardest things for me to understand is how content the guardian dogs are outside in cold weather. It was 20° when we first looked this morning with snow everywhere. The alpacas were out … Continued
The guardians
Saturday, October 8, 2022 Before we moved to Woodland, we had our alpacas in Herriman, Utah and … (gasp) we had no guardian dogs. That was back in 1999 and I was just figuring out how to care for alpacas, … Continued
Come for a drive with us….
Monday, October 3, 2022 Come along with us on our Sunday drive! We decided to leave our guardian dogs in charge here and see if the colors were any more brilliant up the road. They were, yellows have made their … Continued
Just doin’ her job
Sunday, October 2, 2022 She was just doing her job, I told myself. Yesterday afternoon, the girls stated doing their alarm call in the middle of the main pasture. The dogs immediately ran to see what had the herd upset. … Continued
What’s up the road today?
Monday, September 26, 2022 We decided to take a drive up the road a bit to see if the fall colors were any brighter. Actually they weren’t! We did see some color, (photo#1) but over all I think we have … Continued
We’ve got rain!
Thursday, September 15, 2022 The rain continues and it’s all good. The alpacas wander out of the barn to graze when they know the rain has stopped for a while and about 2 minutes before it starts again they know. … Continued
Keeping cool
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 One more day in the heat dome and then hopefully we’ll be on the other side of it. But today will be the hottest of all. We are breaking all heat records and Salt Lake was … Continued
Beach is Open!
Monday, September 5, 2022 Happy Labor Day! We have our sweet family visiting again and we ready for another day of late summer heat. Between fans and the beach all alpacas are doing fine. And the humans are not … Continued
Night noises
Monday, August 22, 2022 It’s probably time to check the trail cam again with all the barking we heard last night. I haven’t checked it in a while because I was seeing no activity. But last night Banjo and Bell … Continued
Sensing a change
Sunday, August 21, 2022 I’m sensing a change. It was 48° here this morning and what a welcome relief that was from the heat. The grass growth has slowed down, the alpacas are eating more hay and sleeping with the … Continued
Staying safe
Monday, August 15, 2022 Happy Monday and I guess it’s almost back to school time for many. I love fall and it can’t come soon enough for me. But we have some heat to get through yet I’m sure. Several … Continued