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
A welcome change
Sunday, April 23, 2023 As the snow is receding in some places, the dog’s vole hunts are escalating. The voles have done huge damage to the ground this year because they were hidden from predators under feet of snow … Continued
Earth day! 🌏
Saturday, April 22, 2023 Happy Earth Day! Did you know alpacas are one of the earth friendliest animals on earth? Well they are! Their soft padded feet are gentle on the fragile grasses, they do not tear up grass … Continued
Voles beware – the dogs are after you!
Thursday, April 20, 2023 It’s 19 degrees and a few snow flakes are falling. That’s a perfect spring day and a nice slow warm up is expected later in the week. The alpacas are enjoying their warm coats this morning … Continued
More progress
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 The guardian dogs have been fully integrated back to outside life. So now the big garage clean up has begun. I’m too embarrassed to show you what it looked like in there with those dogs living … Continued
Hello Ruthie
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 A little snow today will bring us back to reality but we can handle it. Significant melting continues and the light at the end of the tunnel is brighter. The dogs, both house dogs and guardian … Continued
Muddy Monday
Monday, April 17, 2023 We’re seeing glimpses of mud in the areas with lots of southern exposures and it’s all good. Just ask Blue. lol I don’t know exactly how he got himself so dirty but I do know … Continued
Steppin’ out
Sunday, April 16, 2023 The alpacas are steppin’ out. They seem to have figured out that early morning is a good time to go exploring because the snow is still hard enough to hold them. Then a few of them … Continued
How’s the river?
Saturday, April 15, 2023 With record breaking snowpack comes record breaking flooding. Most of the snow in the higher elevations hasn’t even started to melt yet, and a few cold nights has slowed things down nicely. But all that water … Continued
The last laugh
Thursday, April 13, 2023 So much melting! People are sending messages asking about our flooding situation. So I’ll tell you – we are OK for now but one of the streets in the town nearest to us (Kamas) was closed … Continued
Workin’ 9 to 5
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 Well it seems our working dogs are now asking to be 9 to 5ers. They love being outside with the alpacas and trouncing through the snow all day but when we go in at night after … Continued
Getting back to normal?
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 As the melting continues I am amazed at how much snow we still have on the ground. But it IS melting! 😀 There is still too much snow on the ground for the alpacas to venture … Continued