Jennifer, the sole driver behind our fleece show entries, decided, on a relative whim, that she would, on second thought, enter 39 fleeces into the primary fleece show at Nationals, after all. After the events of the prior 18 months (you can read about those just by scrolling down elsewhere here at CCNF Chronicles), and…
If you spend more than 10 minutes talking shop with us here, sooner or later we will get around to the topic of the domestic US alpaca herd being far too interrelated. It’s been understood for many years now that the vast majority of elite alpaca genetics here in North America, and particularly those of…
Many, many thanks to the Penica family of Walnut Ridge Alpacas for their recent purchase of CCNF Lunar Reign (CCNF Luna Majesty x CCNF Reignmaker)! How often have we offered to sell a daughter of Luna Majesty? Prior to electing to let Lunar Reign go, we had never sold one of Luna’s daughters and in…
Those of us who were raised in New England as fans of the Boston Red Sox pre-2004 will always carry a healthy pinch of superstition in our DNA. Back when yours truly was still a hormonal, wise-ass 15-year-old, my Dad had suggested that our family get a couple of season tickets at Fenway Park in…
In case we hadn’t learned it beforehand, the past year taught us the hard way that we should never take anything for granted. While the tragedy of losing Jen’s dad, Rod Croft, prematurely last December has been balanced out somewhat by watching our now adult sons truly start to spread their wings in both life…
Welcome to the CCNF spring show season redux. Though we technically just competed in three different shows over April Fool’s weekend (a joke that writes itself on multiple levels), it honestly felt like a lot less work. It was certainly less stressful than what we are usually accustomed to this time of year. Look, a…
