Jen, Kim, and Sam spent most of yesterday afternoon doing what will most likely be the final cria shearings of 2011. We’ve learned the hard way over the years that if we push that activity much past September 1st around here, the weather can get sketchy at a moment’s notice. No one, after all, wants…
We had three boys born on Tuesday and then one little female born yesterday afternoon. That’s kind of a microcosm of our 2011 male/female ratio. Is there some kind of booby prize if by the end of the season we have 40 white male crias on the ground? C’est la vie. Our youngest son’s club…
After almost 36 straight hours of rain the sun finally broke out yesterday afternoon and as I write this the farm is inhabited by many disheveled looking but quickly drying out alpacas. I was headed up to the Arena around 5PM yesterday get Majesty his second breeding of the day — a good gig if…
Though I knew in the back of my mind that it was coming up, it somehow slipped by me that yesterday marked one year since we started this blog. The drivel you are currently reading is also coincidentally the blog’s 200th post by the way. I know this because WordPress says it is so. Admittedly,…
Though the wind is at least blowing steadily right now, it is still 90+ degrees in the shade out there in our paddocks. It looks like we’re going to have to ride this out for at least another 48 hours or so too. I can see one group of pastured males from my window making…
Mailing it in? Perhaps. The title rather says it all, as will the general lack of non graphic-based content. Some times when writer’s block hits it’s best to just go with it. Thankfully, as I was out shooting some pics of new sales animals we’re getting ready to list, I was also able to get…
