Farming solo has been an interesting experience. There are many things that I have learned I can do on my own. Things that I didn’t know I could do.
I’ve been empowered by the experience. I have grown stronger every day. Then there comes a day when it hits you, “Oh no! I really wish there [...]

September 30th, 2010 | Tags: Alpacas, herd health, rats, Wisdom Begins In Wonder, Wonder Why Gal | Category: Alpacas, The Daily Stuff | Comments (11)

Great Pyrenees commandeers the photo shoot that was supposed to be of Katy and the alpacas.
Participating in Wordless Wednesday.

September 29th, 2010 | Tags: Alpacas, great pyrenees, Katy, photo shoot, Scarlet, Wordless Wednesdays, wordlesswednesdays | Category: Alpacas, Wordless Wednesdays, great pyrenees | Comments (8)

Thanks to Elise Sturgeon at Strawberry Fields Alpacas for contributing this photo. This alpaca boy likes to get into things. Today it’s his bucket.
Happy Wordless Wednesday!

September 21st, 2010 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, Wordless Wednesdays | Category: Alpacas, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (9)

Water. Argueably the most essential element. Something most of us take for granted.
Who doesn’t have clean water, right? Apparently 1 in 8 people.
Who knew?
I didn’t. And did you know that 4,000 children die every day from diarrhea? And that 2/5th’s of the world’s population do not have access to adequate sanitation? Watch this video to [...]

September 20th, 2010 | Tags: clean, composting toilets, donation, hygeine, hygiene, Nepal, rope pumps, sanitation, toilets, WASH, washing, water, Water Aid | Category: Weekly Web Finds | Comments (1)

Needle Felted Beads by Elizabeth Carls
I am on a Felt Lovin’ Craze!
Elizabeth Carls has some fabulous felting tutorials on her blog. Both for needle felting beads (above) and for wet felting beads as well. She is a super talented crafter and blogger you will have to check her out if you don’t already know her.

I [...]

September 17th, 2010 | Tags: Elizabeth Carls, felt, felted alpaca sheets, felted beads, Fiber Arts Friday, needle felted beads, sheeps wool, tutorial, wet felted beads | Category: Alpacas, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Comments (3)

She looked up at me innocently.
“What?”
“That’s how I drink,” she said.

Though it was weird, it was one of the cutest things I’d ever seen. I had to stop what I was doing and just watch her for at least 15 minutes.
This alpaca, Foxy Lady, was biting the side of the bucket with her teeth and [...]

September 13th, 2010 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, daily stuff, Fairhope Alpacas, Foxy Lady, huacaya, The Blais Alpaca Company | Category: Alpacas, The Daily Stuff | Comments (7)