Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
The stretch run officially begins
Just got back home onto the farm this morning after two weeks away. Hey: how about that February thaw that happened while we are gone, wasn’t that great?! What’s that? Oh. To say that halter training the new crop of juvenile show animals is going to be tough when the bottom two wires of our six-wire…
North American Show almost sold out!
No, really. As of 5 minutes ago (2/25 at 7:45 EST) there were fewer than 20 stalls left to fill for the entire show. Things had started off a little bit slowly but then in the past 10 days or so there has been a real push. For those who have been hemming and hawing…
And now for something completely different.
Warning: this has ZERO alpaca content. This is what happens on vacation when you repeatedly take 9 and 12 year olds out to lunch with little more than their mother’s digital camera and a few hampster-shaped erasers. Though their father is grateful for the opportunity to further his video editing “skills” I don’t think Pixar…
A good start to the day…
As part of my new regimen for the past several months I have: 1. Eliminated caffeine from my system altogether (something which was not all that hard, much to my surprise), 2. Cut my alcohol consumption by probably 2/3rds (not so easy and definitely less fun), and 3. Started exercising in a pretty disciplined manner,…
2010: Grinding out results and retooling for the road ahead
My apologies for not posting anything these past few days: I wanted to make sure I got this behemoth right. So I really hadn’t planned on things lining up this way but as it turns out this year-in-review/show results tittle-tattle has the trivial distinction of being the new CCNF Chronicles’ 100th post since its inception in…
The Farm Sitting Conundrum
Finding someone that you trust to look after your alpacas when you are not home is one of the biggest challenges that many people face. If you are lucky enough to find a person that is attentive and does a really good job though, treat them well as they are worth their weight in gold!…