In the run-up to the 2010 National Elite Alpaca Auction & Halter Show, which is being held November 6th & 7th at Heritage Place in Oklahoma City this year, we will be taking some short breaks (13 to be exact) from my usual ramblings to highlight our consignments to this, the 4th edition of the…
Check out this photo from the last Saturday’s Valley News of one of the roads that abuts the southeastern edge of our farm’s property. Thankfully, Wheeler Camp Rd, on which we live, was scarred but remained passable throughout. Our pond is also overflowing again after having been down some 3 feet. That was a lot…
Sorry not to have posted anything for the past few days. It’s been a crazy 96 hours or so and we’re just getting started! As it turned out, my snarky comments about possibly unloading at last weekend’s Green Mountain show in the middle of a Nor’easter proved to be more accurate than I really could…
Remember all that stuff we put away when we got home from Fort Wayne and Nationals back in May? Me neither. That’s right boys and girls: fall show season is here! It looks as though the weather gods are going to take some pity on us and let us (in the interest of full disclosure,…
I would like to observe that even the best hotel beds in the world fail to live up to that which I find at home. Add in lumpy pillows and noisy air conditioning and you’ve got a winning combination. That is one of the major factors (along with missing my family, obviously) that motivated me…
Under the heading, “Careful what you wish for, you just might get it.” It’s been raining so hard here for the past 24 hours (and expected to go another 24) that there is some danger of serious road damage here on the mountainside. So far, so good though and for now the crowning on the…
