It’s that time again, when we look back at the previous year’s show winnings and howl at the moon for just a moment or two. 2012 marked Cas-Cad-Nac Farm’s 15th anniversary and as one might reasonably expect of a program that has been around that long, our winnings reflect the cumulative effect of careful and…
With our return home this past Sunday evening from the Vermont show, we concluded four straight weekends of alpaca events. Though fun throughout, the last three weekends have involved Jen and I being away from home three days of each week and sleeping in hotel beds of variable quality. At least Sam and Max were…
Some relatively big happenings here on the farm yesterday. For one, our female Boheme who, along with her little girl Musette (that’s her at left eyeballing me in the pasture), has been back in the general population since late last week, was bred for the first time since her daughter came to us via cesarean…
Yes, it’s the shameless pat-ourselves-on-the-back-for-walking-in-circles post here at CCNF Chronicles. For years a similar edition of the hard copy newsletter would hit the mail around the 15th of January filled with show results and glossy photos. Well, kind of the same idea here except that I’m two weeks late, the photos aren’t glossy (pixely?), and you…
The photo at left was one I took late last week after Cadenza’s newborn son had dried off and was starting to look more presentable to the outside world. We’ll be gradually weaning him off of the cria coat and the dog sweater beneath it, with the entire feed group in the warm room (we…
