Journal Entries

Tryphon's Dream made her appearance right on schedule Wednesday morning, March 18th.  Dam Dreaming of Roses took her usual competent, no fuss approach to birthing and nursing, but this time she gave us a girl!

Taglines are a frequent topic of conversation for me now. With family, friends and other breeders I find myself in discussions that lend themselves to humor and hype, but also to thoughtful reflection on what we are about here.

Four of our huacaya boys took their first trip to school last Friday.  Daughter Leanne and I had great fun sharing this experience with younger sister Maria's "Critters" class at Leaves of Learning in Loveland, Ohio.  Students and teachers alike enjoyed asking questions and getting a close encounter with these marvelous critters!

With apologies to those bailing out from record rainfalls, we could really use a cooling rain shower!  Late summer and early fall bring days of hot, dry, calm weather...Not terrible really, except for the four months of fiber growth our alpaca friends have produced since shearing.  We are breeding for density, of course, but it does seem to bring them a good deal more discomfort this time of year.  Even with all the floor fans and

All but one of our crias for 2008 have arrived.  Miss Adelaide is due in 8 days, and I feel bad for her in this heat, though she seems to be handling it okay.   Her cria will be our sixth of the year--one male (Cobie) and four females (Camille, Coletta, Charlotte and Cassidy) so far.  Yes, we have an alphabetical pattern to our naming of crias!

Tryphon Farm's first crias of the season made their appearance this week.