Maxwell and Zanzabar's Alpaca Day Out!

We're so excited. My pen mate - Zanzabar - and I are off to Leesburg this weekend to spend time with all the visitors going to  Lucketts Store and Design House Holiday Open House.

We're expecting to meet many new people and Zanzabar and I will be all spruced up and on our best behaviour so newcomers can feel our soft fleece and experience how friendly we are.

Lucketts Store and Design House Holiday Open House is an annual tradition to kick off the holiday season.  We will be there Friday November 2nd til Sunday November 4th from 9am until 5pm all three days

We are expecting to see lots of unusual gift ideas as well as the many new people we have yet to meet.  We will be bringing along some of our alpaca giftables for those who would prefer to shop closer to home or who have been unable to get out to our farm.  

So drop by and pay us a visit if you can.  We'd love to see you.  If you'd like more information on directions and such, click here, and you will be directed to Luckett's Website where they have more information about their event.

We look forward to seeing you there

Maxwell and Zanzabar

Britney's Boy is Growing Up!

Thanks to Christy Osowski, my name is Cusco.  I think it suits me!

Cusco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range.  Located in the Southern Sierras, Cusco is a fascinating city that was once the capital of the Inca Empire. 

 

Happily, even though I'm growing up and will enjoy having my own name instead of being known as Britney's Boy, I still get to stay with my mom (Britney) and all the other moms in the barn.  I am now eating solid foods but still get most of my nutrition from nursing. 

 

We are loving the cool fall weather and enjoy spending most of our days out in the pasture.  The grass tastes particularly good at this time of year it seems and we want to make the most of it before it gets covered with snow! 

 First there was One......

 

And then there were Two!                                        



Born at 7.30am on Thursday October 11th, our new baby obviously takes after her Dam, Black Pearle as she is chocolate brown.  Although, color wise, she is nothing like her Sire, Charmer, who is white, her super soft fleece looks like it has been passed down from her dad. 

Always inquisitive, Pearle's baby actually followed me to the back of the hay barn, just to see what I was doing.  Pearle made sure she was not far behind and is keeping a careful watch on her baby.

Both babies wear jackets during the cold autumn evenings but enjoy playing in their pasture during the day.  They enjoy company when visitors come to the farm and the shoppe and we hope you'll come see them. 

I Have A Name!

My name is Yuki, courtesy of Mary Marston who named me.  This fine sounding name suits my personality down to the ground and I am very pleased with its sound.  Yuki means "snow" in Japanese which is doubly appropriate due to the whiteness and density of my fleece.  My Dam is Tre'J and my Sire is Charmer so a regal sounding name was needed to fit my fine features.

My pen mates are a little jealous as they don't have names yet, except for Cinna, but I'm sure that will soon change.  We spend our days playing in the pasture and visitors can see us running up and down the field, sometimes playing tag and other times just enjoying the grass beneath our hooves and the sun on our backs.

 

 

I'm going to be having a new pen mate soon - should be arriving any day now and I'm excited to discover if it's a girl or a boy.  Black Pearl is due very soon and it's always fun when we get a new face in the barn.