The Lutz family’s arrival back home at CCNF from the 2010 National Elite was staggered, just like our departure. Though by Monday night all were present and accounted for, at least physically anyway. Though we did sell some of our alpacas at the auction on Saturday and in the process made several new happy clients…
Random thoughts that percolated while driving home last night from the Empire Extravaganza… 1. Many thanks to all the amazing folks who made this past weekend possible. Empire Board members, volunteer gate keepers and ring stewards, and of course one super efficient (and yes, justifiably testy) show super: Melissa Young-Crozet. We worship the ground she walks…
Just back from Syracuse and amongst other things really, really happy not to be creating any more blog posts on my laptop from a Hampton Inn with no mouse. Bratty, I know but there you have it. While I can’t complain about our results over the past week (4 Champs, 4 Reserves) at all, it’s…
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,…
This is the story, seen from Cas-Cad-Nac’s perspective, of how a superlative young Herdsire came to join our ranks. For the other side of the same story, one that is admittedly missing the elements of darkness and loss, check out Scott Young’s excellent narrative here. When we lost our beloved and iconic Herdsire, SuperNova, this…
