See what happened when I finally left to run errands?

This little guy was waiting in the nursery pasture when I got home. So I run inside to grab the cria kit for iodine - and the camera - and head back out to the barn.

Mom was checking him out while everyone got to know the new kid

Autumn, you did good. Isn't he cute??

Wait a minute, did I get this wrong??

No, it turns out Glow has nose and toes showing too and I'm thinking "Oh my, why does this always happen when Del is on the road?" so we shift gears, put the camera away for a bit and focus on Glow and her delivery. It becomes obvious very quickly that we need some help and I'm incredibly thankful that we live so near the University of Missouri! The vet and a couple of students were out here in just a few minutes. There were a few tricky problems with the cria's position and I am ever so grateful they were able to save Glow, however the cria didn't make it.
I'm skipping the delivery pictures, and will just leave you with this,

This little guy has nursed from both Glow and Autumn and Autumn seems content to share him with Glow. We still have one more llama due and I'm hoping for an easy delivery and peace in the pastures.

Look who's keeping me company

The poodle is Vivi, next is Bubba and in the back is Jake. They keep me company most of the time. Sometimes they're troublesome but we get through it. The picture is courtesy of my granddaughter. Occaisionally she shows up here, she's my helper around the farm.

Oohh La la!! See what was in my mailbox!

I can hardly wait to play with this yummy fiber! It's such soft merino and a merino tencel blend I may see if I like it blended into batts with some of my alpaca or just spun up then plied with some alpaca. The possibilities are almost endless.

It's Fiber Swap Time!!

Here's a peek at the wool that I'm carding up for my first swap partner. On some of it I dyed the locks while I was scouring it, and some is left natural. There's a little Corriedale, some Cormo, and some of our Alpaca and our Shetland. Just a pinch of this and a handful of that... from the bags of goodies in the studio.

With a little teasing and flicking I start feeding the carder.

After the first round of carding I decided to layer it and blend it one more time.

I sure do hope she likes these!

I'm pestering the mail carrier these days looking forward to my package too.

Do you love autumn?

It's about my favorite time of year. This is the view from my window next to the computer. Soon we'll have the alpacas in the pasture just on the other side of the tree and I'll be able to enjoy them for a while too.

Home with Quinn and Alicia

Sorry this is so fuzzy. Alicia and Kristy both seem to keep moving ;) I have some great help with the alpacas these days! We'll be moving Alicia into the boy alpaca pen later today because she's still well under a year old and I want to set her up to succeed. Keeping her with the females when it's cria season just isn't the best plan.
Now that Quinn is here to guard the sheep, I'm able to move them out into further pasture. They'll still be somewhat close to the house for a few weeks, we're not far from the Missouri River and have seen some flooding recently which is pushing the wild life a little closer to the pastures .
This is the picture I see most often when I look out the window. I can barely make a noise and Quinn looks up to make sure it's just me. I love these new additions to the farm!

Quinn and Alicia have arrived

This is Quinn, trying to get comfortable for the night. Can you see how tall he is? He was sharing floor space with Alicia and another litter mate that was traveling part of the way with us. I have to tell you, if you ever thought about getting a large guard dog for your farm, you won't go wrong by calling Jackie Church at Windance Farms! These dogs are WONDERFUL!

They travelled like pro's and had wonderful manners. It didn't take hardly any time for them to learn to get their leash clipped on and follow us where we needed to go, then hop back into the truck and let us unclip their leashes.

But the real treat was getting home.