Epiphany!

Sometimes it takes me a while to come to a conclusion that was probably blatantly obvious to everyone else.  Today I had such a forehead-slapping moment, an epiphany, a why-didn’t-I-think-of-that-earlier idea about the animals and the pastures.
Originally, the plan was to create three pastures. The alpacas could be alone on one, and the goats could [...]

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Channeling Laurie

Laurie, one of my spinning friends, is the most out-of-the-box person I know.  In fact, Laurie is so out-of-the-box creative that I don’t think she’s ever IN the box!
Laurie came to spinning last week, spread a bed sheet over her lap and the floor, and started picking the vegetable matter and other unspinnable stuff out [...]

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Today’s Lists

Things I got done today:
1. Rented a storage unit near the new place within which to store the stuff we own that will not fit in the new (temporary) house.
2. Had a dumpster delivered within which to deposit the vast amounts of junk that the prior resident left in our barns and around the new [...]

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The Alpaca Adventure!

So much has been happening during the last week that I haven’t been able to sit down and write about it …. until now!
The Alpaca Adventure was last Sunday, March 29th.  In case you haven’t heard, I’m getting two Suri Alpacas for my birthday in June.  Raising alpacas in my backyard, sadly, is not going [...]

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