Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
CCNF Dominion Grows Into His Name
So what do you name a little tank of a brown cria out of a legendary maternal line, that was born looking like he had a permanent scowl on, the equivalent of a massive case of alpaca-RBF? As it turned out, the son of Delilah and Matrix Majesty was anointed CCNF Dominion, not necessarily because…
Holding Pattern
So, are we all having fun yet? Back in the late winter as we watched the annual Futurity show in Kansas City get justifiably cancelled due to the pandemic, I’m not sure that we had any real notion that we’d still be staring into that same proverbial gun barrel come the fall of 2020. Naivete,…
Bataclan Rises: CCNF at the 2020 AOA National Fleece Show
So I’d love to be sitting here writing about the great long weekend Jen and I just spent 10 days ago, wandering the live music venues in Nashville but, you know…2020. For the past couple of years, our July sojourn in Music City had become a mid-summer tradition of sorts, attending the AOA Natural Fiber…
This, That, and The Other Thing – 2020 Summer Crazy Edition
Hello friends! Sorry not to have posted anything here in a while but some times things take on a life of their own on a farm of our size. I’ll also freely admit, that though in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic writing about life on the farm does at times feel like a nice…
Spring Happenings: Thou Shalt Get Naked and Eat Green Grass!
For the better part of the past 2 months now, we have had the company of not just our college-aged sons but also their respective girlfriends. Though the grocery bills from feeding a household of 6 people that includes 4 20-somethings have been occasionally eye watering, it has actually been really nice having the extra…
Thank You Broad Creek Alpacas!
Well, that was kind of fun actually! In the face of the Corona virus pandemic, the 2020 Futurity Sale was moved to a live online format, using the site Proxibid, with the entirety of the Celebrity Sales auction team simulcasting from different locations spread out between Oregon and Nebraska and…it actually worked. Well done team!…