Earlier this summer I came in from the barn and told everyone, “I just saw the sweetest thing that I have ever seen on this farm!”
“I saw the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen yesterday!” my husband Steve said.
We had both seen the same thing. Our macho herdsire, Magnum, kissing his daughter, Molly.

Magnum is the Mac [...]

September 15th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, cria, dam, kissing, Magnum, nuzzling, SCA Peruvian Magnum | Category: Alpacas, Lifestyle, Magnum, The Alpaca Lifestyle, The Daily Stuff | Comments (6)

I never pictured myself as a soccer mom.
A football mom – absolutely. A soccer mom? No. But that’s what I am now.
Today was opening day for soccer season. We have 3 little soccer players in our family. Ages 6-8. The weather radar was looking remarkably grim. A blanket of green with swaths of yellow heading [...]

September 12th, 2009 | Tags: football, rain, soccer, soccer mom | Category: Lifestyle, Tending the Hearth | Comments (4)

Yesterday I voted for my favorite hand spun yarn in this Etsy Contest. Wow! It was a hard choice. And Inspiring. In the process, I visited lots of Etsy shops and added several to my list of favorites. If you haven’t voted already, please do! While you’re on Etsy, visit the Alpaca Farmgirl Shop, which [...]

September 11th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca fiber, Etsy, fiber, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday, hand spun, hand spun yarn, yarn | Category: Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Comments (8)

I am embarrassed to admit that it has been almost two years since we purchased our new (much larger) farm in Tennessee. We bought it with the idea that we would come home to Alabama, put our alpaca farm on the market, and move to Tennessee. We were hoping it would take a year or [...]

September 10th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca farm, Alpacas, Get it sold, HGTV, Mike Aubrey, Property Shop, real estate, real estate intervention, Sabrina Soto, selling the farm | Category: Moving the farm | Comments (11)

Participating in Wordless Wednesdays.

September 9th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpacas sleeping, am and cria, dam and cria, Wordless Wednesdays | Category: Alpacas, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (19)

September 26th & 27th are National Alpaca Farm Days. This event happens all over the country as alpaca farms open their doors to visitors. There is an official National Farm Day page on the AOBA (Alpaca Owners & Breeders Association) website. There you can find a map that will show you the farms near you [...]

September 8th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca farms, alpaca info, Alpaca Social, Alpacas, AOBA, finding alpaca farms, how to find alpaca farms, National Alpaca Farm Days | Category: Alpacas, Events, Farm Business | Comments (5)

If a cria is hypothermic (low temperature), her organs will not get the appropriate amount of blood flow and may become damaged. The longer the temp is down, the worse the damage can be.
Having oxygen on hand can save the cria’s life. Consider asking your vet to help get you a small oxygen tank for [...]

September 6th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, cria, hypothermic, kidneys, oxygen, plasma, premature cria, Triple J Farms, vet, veterinary | Category: Alpacas, Husbandry, Words of Wisdom | Comments (12)

I have loved horse racing since I was a kid. Sunday Silence and Strike the Gold were some of my favorite race horses growing up. I remember loving to watch Medaglia D’Oro run. Now his daughter, Rachel Alexandra has captured the hearts of millions. I first heard of the filly in May after she won [...]

September 5th, 2009 | Category: Rachel Alexandra | Comments (2)

This week I found this fun video on dyeing. Hope you like it!

Loved this video, and loved that she used alpaca fiber!
So what have you been doing with Fiber this week? Link your blog posts here:
Fiber Arts Friday Blog Carnival!
To participate:

Add the permalink to a specific blog post that features something Fiber Art related, rather [...]

September 4th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca fiber, batts, carding, Dyeing, fiber, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Category: Alpacas, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Comments (4)