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Sunshine and Rain before 10:30

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 [...]

Fiber Arts Friday – Crocheted Yurt

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 [...]

ATV Dreams

They dream of being old enough…
Participating in Wordless Wednesday

Alpaca Farm for Sale – Now with Alpaca Starter Herd!

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 [...]

Thanksgiving on the Alpaca Farm

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 [...]

What Lies Within Us

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

Beautiful Day on the Alpaca Farm

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

Fiber Arts Friday – Autumn Colors

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 [...]

Alpaca Ranch – Just Add Water

I took this photograph at our friends, Terry and Cindy Labbie’s alpaca ranch, Wolf River Alpacas.
Participating in Wordless Wednesday.

How NOT to Sell Your Property

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 [...]



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