It started out a glorious morning. My beloved herdsire Magnum was coming home from a long breeding engagement in Colorado. Another of our herdsires, Firecracker, was on trailer as well. IN addition there were three other alpacas who belonged to me but that I had never seen in person – Guardian Angel (our Archangel daughter) [...]
Yesterday a cria was born on our farm. (A cria is what you call a baby alpaca). It comes from the Spanish word for “creation”. This little bundle of joy belongs to our friends, the Bowens, whose farm is Humming Star Alpacas. A few of their alpacas are being boarded with us while their barn [...]
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 [...]
Welcome to this adorable alpaca! Promenade joined us just after the World Alpaca Conference. She is from Alpacas of Alagaesia in Indiana. Leann of Alpacas of Alagaesia blogs about her alpacas and their fiber at The Fiber of Alagaesia. Leann is quite the Fiber Artist.
Here’s Promenade before her haircut this Spring. She’s called “Nade”. Rhymes [...]
I was on my way to my first crochet class. I looked out in the field and noticed a lovely little light fawn cria sitting up. Hmm. “That’s not Clark…Wait that’s Hope with that baby. That’s Hope’s baby! It’s here!”
Had to miss the crochet class. Ran over to her. Yes, it’s a her! We have [...]
Yesterday was a busy day on the farm. One cria’s arrival is enough to make us all stop, greet the new herd member, and then forget everything else we were supposed to do that day. Yesterday after picking up a sick child at school and Mexican food for lunch, I pulled into the driveway. As [...]
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