Sheffield Alpacas

It has been a very warm and calm winter here so tending to the alpacas has been relatively routine. Most of our excitement has been around t...

We had a beautiful holiday season and an especially blessed Christmas.  I hope you did, too.  One of our joys was the chance to rescue a rab...

In the spirit of re-purposing, recycling, and saving money, here is how we fill two troughs on either side of a fence with one hose. Chr...

A Gray Treefrog was hiding under a feeder yesterday.  This is the first one I've seen, so I went online to identify it. Did you know...

It is super hot here today.  The heat index  makes it feel like 110 degrees this afternoon.  YIKES.  We are keeping the water buckets fresh,...

Lucy is not supposed to be in the pastures. She can't get back out.  Can you hear her deep Basset howl?   Woaw-woaw-woaw. Goofy dog...

 Handsome Hubby found this little guy in the catch pen when we  were giving the alpacas their monthly shots.  I think it is a salamander....

I grabbed one last picture of my FLUFFY alpacas. We got an early start at 7 a.m. and it was boys first!   Peruvian Mystery was a squeal...

              

I woke up early for the second time this morning to a loud ruckus in the pasture.  I made it to the fence with my camera just in time to cat...

Dear Friend, Boy, do I have a tale to tell.  I was enjoying my afternoon in the front pasture when all of the sudden Mr. C  came  toward u...

This is as close as I could get today to show you Otie, the donkey that lives across the street.  I don't really know what his name is b...

I'll give you a hint.  This is how it ends. I went out to feed the alpacas yesterday and took my camera along.  Alpacas and llamas m...

 

It is very common for people to say how peaceful they feel being around alpacas.  Combine that with a cup of tea and you might have a recipe...

All the white "stuff" melted yesterday and today, like many other places across the United States, we have another round of the ...