Thursday, June 15, 2023 Visitors often ask me if the alpacas like shearing day. Umm, absolutely not. They do not like being confined the night before, they do not like being restrained for their turn on the shearing mat, but … Continued
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
Wednesday September 2, 2020 I did bring Romulus over to see the girls on Monday. I barely had him through the gate and our dear Smiley charged him, spit at him and tried to knock him off his feet!! Poor … Continued
Friday August 14, 2020 Well I did it. I agreed to our first ever pandemic tour. This family has been here several times before, they agreed to masks and social distancing. so we gave it a go. The alpacas were … Continued
Tuesday June 4, 2019 I think I’ve relearned about 80% of the faces for sure. Some members of the white families do look quite similar, so I need to get behavioral clues and then relearn something unique about that new … Continued
Sunday February 17, 2019 Well we pulled it off again, thanks to a break in the weather, some awesome volunteers and Ed being a parking attendant guru. Just before 1:00, the sun came out, the wind died down and we … Continued
Friday August 24, 2018 All the new yarn is skeined, labeled and in Yaya’s Yarn Barn. I have about half it listed in the on-line store and little by little I’ll get it all on there. If you are interested in … Continued
Saturday, August 20, 2016 The new babies look good this morning and all animals seem to be enjoying our 37° morning. Me too! I am ready for fall! Summer and bugs be gone! lol One more baby left to arrive from Mercedes … Continued
Friday, August 19, 2016 Well, I almost got a newsletter out yesterday. But I knew Smiley was in labor and I do pay attention to such things. 🙂 All went well, normal delivery and he was up and nursing well within 30 minutes. But … Continued
Saturday, August 13, 2016 One of the moms we are watching for delivery now is Smiley. This will be our last General Patton baby. There’s a big somebody in there for sure! I didn’t name Smiley, we bought her as an adult, but … Continued
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Yay! Smiley finally delivered her cria on a perfect day – right at noon. This is the first cria out of Stetson that we’ve seen here and I am thrilled. Packed with blinding bright white fleece … Continued
Thursday, November 27, 2014 Happy Thanksgiving! My sincere hope is that no matter what your situation today that you can find something to be grateful for. Gratitude is an interesting thing in that the more you find to be grateful … Continued
Saturday, August 9, 2014 Angelica’s new daughter is doing great and she’s racing around the pastures. Her weight gains are perfect so apparently Angelica has plenty of milk. After much discussion we have decided to name her “Alegra”, meaning joyful. … Continued
