A few days ago I took a short break from spinning and knitting in order to get my hands on the actual animals! We needed to manage some herd health issues so it was time to round 'em up! See what the drought has done to our once-lovely pastures?
Teddy enjoying a beautiful fall day.
Missy still isn't too sure about this. See how she has her ears back? She's a yearling now! She has gorgeous, dense fleece. We'll be breeding her in the spring to our new junior herdsire Accoyo Mystery.
Here is our Mystery man now! Stunning fleece! Son of Accoyo America Sinbad, the high-selling alpaca of the prestigous 2006 Parade of Champions Auction. Sinbad sold for a well-deserved $205,000!!! Here is a link to Seldom Scene Farm's Herdsire page with info on Mystery's sire and his incredible genetics. Seldom Scene Farm We are thrilled to have Mystery! He recently settled his first two dams. I need to spend some time updating our website to add him to the herd.
Ahhhh...and here is MY man. Handsome Hubby helping
Mataeus with his medicine.
What a difference a day makes. Today there is a downpour. It is too late to help the grass grow but the fire ban has been lifted! All our pastures have rivers running through them and the critters are a muddy mess. Everyone is hunkered down so it is a good time for me to get back to playing with fleece!
Working on a bunch of these....
...and these!
Bangles and soaps seem to be my hot items this time of year. I encourage you to support independent artists whether locally or globally. You can find lots of neat things on Etsy!
2 comments:
Your alpacas are absolutely gorgeous!!! We have all fallen in love, especially with Missy....those eyes1!!!
Thank you! I don't think I've seen an alpaca I didn't like! Missy is very sweet. She is our best girl. Mystery is our best boy so hopefully the two of them will produce some beautiful babies! :D
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