I have yet another head cold this winter. This is my fourth cold since November. Usually, I get one or two head colds during the winter. I don’t know what is different this year. I take a multivitamin and have been eating more fruits and veggies than in the past. And these colds have knocked [...]
Archive for the ‘Llamas’ Category
20 Dec
Sunny with a 100% Probability of Snow
One week ago, I was in California visiting my son and family. The temperature was in the 60′s to 70′s with clear blue skies. It was sunny and dry during the visit; and I was truly able to relax knowing that my Long-Suffering/Trophy Husband was back at home taking care of the critters. It was [...]
14 Aug
Friday Farm Photo #8 – the Good, the Bad & the Mucky
Oops. I’m late. Actually, I have not been motivated to blog the last few weeks. Can you tell? The posts have slowed down. Between the sick lambs, and record heat, humidity, and thunderstorms we try to get work done in the barnyard. The muck seems like it is knee deep (but not really) and the [...]
19 Jul
Friday Farm Photo #4 – A Little Late
I had a busy weekend and missed the farm photo last Friday, so here it is – a little late. These photos were taken in the spring of 2009. The lambs enjoyed jumping on Rudy and several other llamas. It was a disappointment that this year’s lambs didn’t jump on the llamas. Too bad, because [...]
9 Jul
Friday’s Farm Photo #3
Some days life on the farm is just side-splitting funny. Or should I say side-spitting funny? Llamas are intense and regal creatures. At least they like to think so. This is a photo of Minah a few moments after the spitting war is over. Maybe she’s disgusted about the horrible taste of regurgitated rumen contents? [...]
2 Jul
Friday’s Farm Photo
One of the greatest joys of having a farm is when family and friends come to visit. This is one of my very favorite photos of life on our farm. Our grandson Liam is three years old now. This photo was taken about one year ago. Last week’s photo was of our llama, Tangled up [...]
22 Jun
“Where Did I Put the Ear Plugs?!”
It’s that time of year when the blissfully peaceful country existence is set aside. I know it’s coming. I put it off as long as I can until it can’t be put off any longer. Weaning. Let the cries begin. We left the lambs with the llamas and moved the ewes to the another pasture. [...]
31 Jan
What do llamas think when they see a hot air balloon?
Yesterday I pulled back the drapes to open the door while letting the dogs outside. I was surprised by what I saw. It’s not every day that I open the door to discover a very large balloon. In fact, I have never had a balloon hanging over my house, have you? I threw on my [...]
