Wow – we just had our first thunderstorm of the season late this afternoon. I was stuck out in the girls’ barn. Torrential rain, wind, lightening.
Now, just before it goes down, the sun decided to peak out a bit and we have a beautiful rainbow – a double rainbow.
We had several lovely warm, sunny days last week…and we’re paying for it. Our road is the worst we’ve seen in years. The path down to our compost pile – where we haul manure every day – is almost impassable. We still have at least a couple feet of snow on the ground, so things…
This is some of the first “down time” we’ve had since shows and fiber festivals started in late September. Ron and I are doing NOTHING for Thanksgiving (turkey dinner with friends on the weekend). We’ve kept the day open in case of good weather so we can finish up more of the chores that need…
This morning was a good reminder that it’s still spring here in northern Vermont. The temp was a frosty 25 when I checked at 5 am! We worry about early morning crias on days like this. But there were no babies when Ron did the early morning barn check on his way out to shear at…
Visitors to Snowshoe Farm often ask how the alpacas handle winter. As you can see, at least on days when there’s not a cold wind blowing, the alpacas are quite comfortable. Unless the weather is very windy or it’s snowing or raining hard, our alpacas generally are free to come and go in and out…
OK, so we’re coming up on mid-March here and it still looks like mid-winter. Nevertheless, spring show season starts in 3 weeks with the North American Alpaca Show. We’re showing 5 of our males – one adult, one yearling and three juveniles. Only one of the five is currently lead trained. All the alpacas are…
This is the worst kind of winter weather – rain! It’s been raining all night and should start turning to snow this afternoon. Then everything will be covered with ice. And snow is moving in tomorrow. Hopefully, it will be a substantial amount – enough to cover up the ice. This is a relatively quiet…