Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Parlez Vous Alpaca?
Odin eats his "deserved" grain
There was absolutely no language barrier or pocket translator needed when it came to the language of alpacas meeting our French visitors. My French 101, taken in Mr. Johnson's eighth grade class, and later in college, didn't prepare me for speaking French fluently when our ranch visitors came straight from France. Thank heavens we had the alpacas, Odin, and chickens to help me.
What translated easily were the smiles, love, kindnesses, alpacas spitting in the air, the girls jumping on top of girls, us laughing about it, us smooshing our hands into the amazing fleeces the girls have been growing this past year., and Melvin's hairy little face. The alpacas all had their different personalities and opened up a different world for this sweet family.
The wide open spaces of the high desert mountains of Utah was praised by Nathalie and her family. They appreciated the lifestyle I thank God for daily. They appreciated the beautiful morning we spent together.
People travel from so many places to experience what I am blessed to live each day.
Behind the scenes:
Odin and Charlie sneak alpaca pellets.
The alpacas sneak dog food.
The chickens love dog food and alpaca pellets.
Some naughty chickens break eggs and eat the yokes.
I recycle egg shells and give them back to the chickens.
We don't eat our chickens after they stop laying eggs, alpacas or dogs. I hope that goes without saying, but just in case ....
Nathalie hand feeds Starlet
There is no language barrier with alpacas
Oliver and his son engage with Trixie Allie