A lovely quiet Tuesday!
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Well, the dogs survived the night of explosions and they all look fine this morning. My sister arrived from Chicago and I’m so glad to have her here. Now we watch for babies to arrive! Zariah … Continued
Two more days!
Thursday, June 9, 2016 Two more days and we’ll have naked alpacas! It will take me a few days to relearn all their new faces, but their personalities help give me clues as I sort it out. Then we’ll stay busy getting … Continued
One more week with fleeces on
Saturday June 4, 2016 We’re in the final stretch before shearing day. One more week! Lots of prep work goes on before the event to make sure all goes smoothly on the big day. I’ll be getting bags labeled, menu planned, … Continued
Cinco de Mayo
Thursday, May 5, 2016 Happy Cinco de Mayo! What are you doing for fun today? I think I’ll go have more veins pulled out of my legs. lol. Seriously, one more time and I’ll be done for now I hope. Thanks for all the healing … Continued
Sweet Scarlett
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 I opened the gate to let the female herd into the pasture with the stream and they loved it. A few of them went wading in the water, most of them were too busy eating the new source … 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
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
Scarlett shows hospitality to all :)
Sunday, December 20, 2015 Yesterday I looked at my calendar in the morning and had no appointments. As I started to plan my day, the phone started binging with text messages and it ended up that we had a pretty … Continued
The cutest little witch on the farm is …
Saturday, October 31, 2015 Happy Halloween! I’ll be making a trip into Salt Lake city today to pick up another huge dog food order, but it will be good to have all the freezers well stocked before snowy weather sets … Continued
Handling class success!
Sunday, October 25, 2015 We had a fun handling class yesterday! Even though I don’t usually start the babies until they’re 6 months or older, it went really well and 4 of them have now had their first halter experience … Continued
Special visitors
Saturday, October 17, 2015 Silver Lake and our friends from California headed West after dinner last night. They brought 2 other males to ride along with Silver Lake and all 3 boys were getting along fine when we tested them … Continued
Scarlett the alpaca ambassador!
Sunday, August 16, 2015 What a fun afternoon we had yesterday. Thanks to all who came! About half way through the afternoon, I decided to let Scarlett join the barnyard activities with our guests and she was a big hit. … Continued
38° in July?
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 Chilly morning at Blue Moon Ranch – 38° !! When I first looked out the window at dawn, Austin and Boston were racing like crazy, so I wasn’t too worried about them being cold. No … Continued
My special visitor
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 I’m lucky enough to have a sister who is also my best friend. Problem is she lives in Chicago. But today she’s coming to Utah to sit and watch for babies with me for a whole … Continued