Romulus is ready!
Monday, April 24, 2023 Romulus, AKA McDreamy, has created some beautiful babies for us here. When we purchased him and had him shipped here from Virginia, he was unproven so we did take a bit of a gamble. But I … Continued
Here comes the sun
Thursday, March 16, 2023 The sun is shining brightly and even though it’s only 14 degrees, we hope to see some shrinking of our snow levels today. If you live at lower elevations in Utah it might be hard to … Continued
Pickles and a recipe
Friday, August 19, 2022 When the family was here in July they found my last jar of pickles from 2021 and ate every last one. So I knew I’d need to make more this year. Any one who likes pickles … Continued
Keepin’ it cool
Thursday, June 9, 2022 I don’t feel quite as out of control as I usually do the week before shearing. And I figured out why. Farmer Ed is is here helping! Oh he’s been here as along as I have … Continued
Any babies?
Thursday, March 31, 2022 People are asking me when we’ll be having babies born in 2022. Sorry my friends, there will be none this year. Birthing babies takes more focus and energy than any other part of the year and … Continued
Happy Saturday!
Saturday, August 14, 2021 Romulus will be seeing a special visitor this morning. I had closed his book to outside breeding a while ago, but this is a good friend who I owe a favor to so we reopened his … Continued
Friday night in the barn
Saturday, July 31, 2021 When our afternoon rains came yesterday I decided to sit in the barn with Blue to convince him that the thunder was OK. I also thought Ciara was acting very uncomfortable and wanted to keep an … Continued
Vote, then be calm
Tuesday November 3, 2020 I would hope most of Utah has already sent in mail in ballots, it’s the way we’ve done it for years. Anxiety is high, but non productive. So make sure your vote is in and counted, … Continued
Positive thoughts
Sunday November 1, 2020 These are going to be a rough few days until the election is over. I’m tempted to make a blanket fort, take in a few good books and come out at the end of the week. … Continued
Romulus ❤️
Tuesday October 6, 2020 I spent a bit of time with the alpaca boys yesterday and they sure are sweet. Every single one of them. All of them have been born here except for Romulus and what a smart choice … Continued
Little things
Monday October 5, 2020 I noticed yesterday that the alpacas have enough fleece grown since shearing day that they have no problem enjoying these chilly fall nights. Not one of them is at all interested in sleeping inside the barn. … Continued
Love at first sight
Sunday September 13, 2020 I was out in the boys barn last night making sure all the hay feeders were filled and that the little boys had plenty of water (They don’t have access to the automatic waterer yet) and … Continued