Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Which do you want first? The good news or the bad news?
That’s what I was given this morning as Staci came into the house.
She had helped me with morning chores.
Which did I want first?
The good news.
Well, the good news was that the alpaca enjoyed being sprayed by the hose, especially Tomar Leche’. They played in the mud and enjoyed their morning showers.
The bad news?
Charlie (or Toby) got one of the geese. Stacy told me it was dying in the pasture.
I got ready and got read more...
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Monday, July 18, 2016
When you have a bunch of lovely ladies that need “servicing”, you know it’s time to start looking for some handsome herdsires. A good match to our farm is Probee. He’s full of fine and crimpy offspring and experience.
Probee is determined to be kind and insistent as he has the opportunity. So far he’s been “put to work” four times.
Although he eats some grain out of my hands, normally he isn’t interested in getting to know me as much as he is interested in getting to know some of my girls read more...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Having one daughter missing in our little family reunion was pretty hard for me, but it’s important to focus on the positives.
I was lucky to have three of my four children here at the same time!
Staci (right) is my eldest daughter. She’s a real joy to me. She’s upbeat and ambitious and helps me in many ways. She and her three kids will be coming back to spend almost a month here after she spends time with her inlaws. I can’t wait to get going on our projects (like doing a wet felting cla read more...
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Monday, July 11, 2016
My oldest son, Michael, and his wife, Jaimee, drove all the way from ViRgiNiA to spend a week with us!
My awesome grandchildren were good sports and I believe loved their time with us. Kinzlee helped me so much with my alpaca and ranch chores! The others helped me do other things around the house, such as dust, to help make my load easier.
Although we didn’t get in any swimming time, we enjoyed four-wheeling on the Velvets, picking fresh apricots at Capitol Reef National Park, playing game read more...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Tabby’s delivery of a beautiful little girl!was a more difficult one, but she’s a beauty and she’s here. She was 20+ pounds. This is by far the largest female cria this year!
Thank heavens for Linda K who was here to do breedings. She and Ted got here and Ted held Tabby while Linda helped maneuver the cria’s front legs. They were “stuck” and Linda did a gentle rotation of her shoulders so she could come out!
Whew!
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for helping with the timing of everything and read more...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
On Monday afternoon we met new friends. Where were they from? The license plate on the white car said California. The grandchildren guessed China. The grandchildren were right.
I had loaded up Sophie and Bryce and the three dogs into the Mule to add something to our new geocache box created a couple of weeks ago. As we drove down our winding driveway, we saw three visitors taking pictures of the alpaca; one visitor remained in the car.
I stopped and asked if they would like to wait for ten read more...
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Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Please welcome the birth of Circle Cliff Ranch’s Snowflake!
Chantilly Lace (Lacie) delivered a beautiful white daughter at noon today! Not the easiest delivery, but the loveliest girl.
This was a hands-on delivery. I had been timing the different stages, and now in the third stage, Pixie lay on her side and was DONE!
I rubbed her sides and her neck and talked softly to her. Staci held grain up to her nose and tried to get her to stand.
Call a friend!
I called Carol and she didn’t read more...
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