by my 7 year old daughter
This weekend I celebrated my 40th birthday. Yes, 4oth.
I never knew I would be in such a good place when I turned 40.
I always thought 40 was a birthday people dreaded and worried over. Actually, not me. I feel so blessed. I have a wonderful family, and a job that [...]

May 3rd, 2010 | Tags: 40th birthday, Birthday, cake, drawing, farm girl, farmgirl, strawberry cake, Very Vera | Category: Alpacas, Lifestyle | Comments (18)

drawn by  5 year-old alpaca farmgirl
Participating in Wordless Wednesdays

July 1st, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca wedding, Alpacas, farmgirl, Wordless Wednesdays | Category: Alpacas, Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (9)

I am so excited to unveil this project that we have been working on for weeks! My dear friend and knitting guru, Maxine Brach, and I have been working on an alpaca scarf that looks like an alpaca and is also made from alpaca yarn. This scarf is made of over 90% alpaca, the remaining [...]

November 23rd, 2008 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, farmgirl, Fiber Arts, handmade, handmade goodness carnival, holiday, kit, knitters, knitting, wool, yarn | Category: Fiber Arts, Lifestyle | Comments (6)

A true Alpaca Farm girl! (that’s a poop scooping rake in her hand) My daughter loves to tell visitors that she’s a farmgirl.
The last couple of weeks have been a blur of hurricane watches and warnings, tissues, cold medicine, and being glued to the Weather Channel. Between Ike, Gustav, Faye, Hannah, and Josephine [...]

September 13th, 2008 | Tags: alpaca farmgirl, Alpacas, farmgirl | Category: Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Leave a comment