Monday, December 20, 2021
Django in the car
When Dhango hit one year old, we celebrated by giving everyone a little extra grain and we sang his birthday song to him. Django received some carrots and some extra attention. His buddies, Redford and Ollie, had been spending time with him and everything was going well.
Unfortunately, while I was doing my "blessings" I accidentally let Bentley into Django's area and the other boys left. Bentley and Max were doing fine with Django for a few days until the girls started doing a little "girl on read more...
Django and leg splinted
Django's leg in the cast
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Monday, September 13, 2021
Our little cria (son of Geoffrey and Oprah) turns four weeks old today. He’s so beautiful and silver in color underneath that brown cria coat he wears. His ears and legs remain a bluish silver in color, and he romps with the big kids and with so much confidence you’d never guess he was so young.
I’ll be weighing him today and will give him his second shot to help keep him healthy as he continues to grow to become what we hope is a beautiful future herdsire.
Melvin’s beautiful, big brown ey read more...
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Monday, December 28, 2020
Django.
Who would have guessed we’d have a Christmas gift such as our little Django? In a year of COVID-19, isolation from so many friends and family members etc., I’ve learned that if there is something that is meant to be, it IS meant to be.
Django was meant to be. Tchairo, his mother, is seventeen years old. She’s our beautiful and stunning blue-eyed white matriarch. We brought here to our ranch five years ago because we and Sierra and Izzy adored her. She took on the role of matriarch an read more...
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Friday, January 18, 2019
Weaving Suri alpacas & silk
Weaving Suri alpacas & silk
August 2018
I had my birthday. Really. It’s so nice to have one every year. Seriously.
Opportunity.
I went to a Saori weaving class a week before my birthday with my friend, Linda B., and we immediately fell in love with the Saori style of weaving, the loom, and the philosophy behind this kind of weaving.
Enter work meetings.
The Special Education Law Conference (yes, on my birthday) was in Utah County. On break, I happened to check “Facebook.” What popped read more...
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Sunday, December 9, 2018
I recently attended a Wayne County Business Association meeting. It’s ok for me to take time off work in the middle of the day as long as I get my work completed. Because of this, I can still be involved in my wonderful community as well as work part time at Wayne School District as their Director of Special Education.
Walking away from that meeting, my thoughts came to me about how blessed I am to be able to live here, to realize the dream of having a sweet herd of alpacas who gift me the pl read more...
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Friday, August 17, 2018
My first-ever entries into the Wayne County Fair.
It’s our County Fair week, which means a bit more traffic in our little county and usually less phone coverage because everyone is using the cell tower!
This year, we won’t have our family coming down to join us in fair activities, and M will be working in the evenings. There’s no demolition derby; instead, Nathan Osmond is performing. There’s still the great rodeo tomorrow night as well as other events.
My friend Barb and I entered some of our fiber work in the county fair for the first read more...
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Friday, June 8, 2018
Showing some of my hats and yarns — we usually bring two tables worth of beautiful items from our alpacas. Every week we have new items that have just been completed. We are located on Highway 24 kitty-corner from The Old House on the Corner of Center and Main.
Did I also mention that I have my yarns and hats at the Old House on the Corner of Center and Main?
Most every Saturday you’ll find me at the Farmers Market in Torrey, Utah. There are approximately 50 artisans and bakers and others read more...
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Monday, June 4, 2018
eoffrey is a rich dark rose gray – and his fleece is amazing when it is spun up!
During June and July, I am on cria watch. It’s the same as baby watch to those of you who don’t know that a cria is a baby alpaca.
Our first crias expected are from Tomar Leche (true black) and Ariel (white). Both of them bred to Geoffrey (lucky guy) who, up until now, has not had successful breedings. These will be his first “crias on the ground” if all goes well for us.
Geoffrey is a dark rose grey.
You can join us in making predictions!
Tomar Leche’ (true black) + Geoffrey (dark read more...
Tamar Leche'
Ariel
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Friday, April 27, 2018
During Spring break 2018, we made an appointment for a family from Utah County who planned to come to the ranch to visit and explore what Circle Cliff Ranch Alpacas had to offer. They are a fun group of a mom, dad and three delightful young boys who travel the state of Utah and do an honest write-up about their adventures.
I like to get an idea of what any of our visitors would like to experience so I can plan their visit to be as perfect for them as I can. Before leaving, I asked the boys th read more...
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Thursday, March 22, 2018
Our 2018 shearing day is coming! It’s a red-letter day for us. This year, on April 10th, we are using a Utah team and we’re shearing earlier than our usual time (June).
Last year, we lost our Angela and her sweet cria, in part due to the fact that she was shorn too close to the time her cria was due.
The shearers are lined up, our helpers are ready, and we are expecting a fun (even long) morning as we prepare to harvest the beautiful fiber are alpacas will gift us. I can’t wait to see what read more...
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