A couple of weeks ago I went out to the barn to see Rusty.  Rusty was our old Great Pyrenees livestock guard dog who has been with us for over ten years. He was one of the most incredible dogs I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing.
But that day Rusty didn’t know me. because he [...]

July 12th, 2010 | Tags: alpaca farm, Alpacas, children, funeral, grave, great pyrenees, livestock guard dog, Rusty | Category: Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (19)

My husband, the Artist, loves animals. He loves the alpacas. He, himself, is so tenderhearted that he probably never would have chosen a business that brought with it the inevitability of animals dying. We all feel sad when an alpaca passes away on the farm, but I’ve long suspected that the Artist takes it the [...]

February 11th, 2010 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca farm, alpaca farming, Alpacas, cria, farm, farms, rain, sunshine | Category: Alpacas, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (10)

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about yurts on an alpaca farm in the Green Alpaca video. I just learned about Kate Pokorny’s mission to crochet a yurt. Her plan is to create a functional yurt out of a continuous strand of felted wool to create a lovely self-supporting housing structure, like a wooly [...]

December 18th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca farm, crochet, felted wool, Fiber Arts Friday, Fiber Arts Friday Blog Carnival, Green Alpaca, Kate Pokorny, Kickstarter, The Daily Green, The Daily Grommet, wooly igloo, wooly yurt, yarn yurt, yurt, Yurt Alert | Category: Alpacas, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Comments (3)

They dream of being old enough…
Participating in Wordless Wednesday

December 9th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca farm, ATV, farm, kids, Wordless Wednesdays | Category: Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (4)

Our Alpaca Farm is for sale. We love our farm so much. Over the years we’ve gotten everything just how we’d like it. But we want to be able to expand our alpaca farm so a move is in order. (This farm can comfortably hold 50-60 alpacas.)
Our farm is in Fairhope, Alabama, which is along [...]

December 3rd, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca farm, alpaca farm for sale, Alpacas, starter alpaca herd, starter herd | Category: Alpacas | Comments (4)

This Thanksgiving was full of family fun. My cousin and her husband and baby were able to join us. My kids absolutely loved having a baby around to play with!
They also loved climbing their favorite tree in the alpaca mom and cria pen.
I was so busy with indoor activities (like cooking), that I didn’t remember [...]

December 1st, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca farm, Alpacas, Thanksgiving | Category: Alpacas, Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (2)

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Participating in Sunday Citar

November 15th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca farm, Alpacas, climbing trees, Emerson, quote | Category: Lifestyle, Quotes, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (3)

Fall is a wonderful time of year for alpacas on our farm.
Participating in Wordless Wednesdays.

November 4th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca farm, Alpacas, Fairhope Alpacas, pasture | Category: Alpacas, Lifestyle, Nature, The Alpaca Lifestyle, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (4)

This week I’ve been dyeing alpaca yarn and fiber using Fall colors. Since we live in the South, summers are our most challenging season on the farm. This makes Autumn my favorite season. It brings such a welcome relief from the seemingly endless hot, humid days.
What better way to revel in the season than creating [...]

October 9th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca farm, alpaca fiber, alpaca yarn, Autumn, Dyeing, Fall, Fiber Arts Friday, fiber products | Category: Alpacas, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Comments (11)