Sunday, July 12, 2015 While we were cleaning out the girls barn, Queen Ester delivered a sweet little boy yesterday! And now she shall have her retirement party! 😉 Beautiful and very dense fleece on this little guy, we’ll have … Continued
Saturday, July 11, 2015 The girl’s barn is scheduled to get a serious clean up job today. The weather will be perfect for the girls to be out of it so it will work out well. No rain, not too … Continued
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 The two youngest babies, Black Jack and Ciara are just about a week old and doing great. They look like twins out in the pasture and even confuse their moms from a distance. In today’s photo, … Continued
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 I posted this on our Facebook page yesterday, but thought perhaps I should post it here also in case our readers don’t check Facebook. Somewhere I once read these words “The allure of farming has little … Continued
Monday, July 6, 2015 I’m working on our July newsletter today, be sure to sign up at the bottom of this page if you’d like a copy delivered to your inbox. There will be photos of all the new babies, … Continued
Sunday, July 5, 2015 It’s cloudy and a little drizzly this morning and it feels great! All babies are doing well and Queen Ester looks like she might be next. I promised her a happy retirement party after this baby. … Continued
Saturday, July 4, 2015 Happy 4th of July! Parades and fireworks will be going on all around us today. We’ll just hang around here to make sure the dogs are OK with the fireworks, and hopefully get caught up with … Continued
Friday, July 3, 2015 And we have yet another baby! I knew Miranda was close when she spent the night in her favorite dusting hole. Sure enough, just as I started to vacuum the pastures yesterday morning, she started her … Continued
Thursday, July 2, 2015 We have another baby! Tinaja delivered a stunning little boy yesterday and wow, he looks like a miniature General Patton! Congratulations to Kathy and Kris on this new addition to their little herd! He was up … Continued
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Sometimes when I go out into the pastures with my camera I take a hundred shots and delete most of them. Then sometimes I come in to the computer and download a few and eliminate clutter … Continued
Monday, June 29, 2015 All new babies are handling the current heat wave OK. It’s hard for new babies to regulate their body temp so I do worry, but they sure do come to life when the temps drop at … Continued
Sunday, June 28, 2015 Our fleece buyers event was a success! Even in the heat, we had a good turn out and sold about a dozen fleeces. Thank you! The rest will be processed into yarn and roving for us … Continued
Friday, June 26, 2015 Obviously Zariah did not read the book that says alpacas have their babies between 10 am and 2 pm. We welcomed her cria at 1:30 a.m. this morning. Yes, I was there for the whole thing, … Continued
Thursday, June 25, 2015 I guess I should not complain about our warm temps here since we are always cooler than the Salt Lake Valley, but 88 (our predicted high today) is too hot when you work outside! I’ll be … Continued