Monthly Archives: July 2011

Flying lessons for the baby kingbirds

Posted on July 22, 2011 by cliffhousealpacas

Mom and Dad were met with quite a cacophony when they entered the barn on Monday morning. It seems the time has come for the baby kingbirds to learn to fly. We knew it was coming, their nest was starting … Continue reading →

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Wet felting + Me = Fail

Posted on July 21, 2011 by cliffhousealpacas

I’m not trying to toot my own horn here, but sometimes people say things to me like, “Wow, you are a natural at X” or “I can’t believe you’ve only done Y for such a short time”.  And I am … Continue reading →

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How-to: Choose your first spinning wheel

Posted on July 20, 2011 by cliffhousealpacas

Choosing my first spinning wheel was more difficult than buying my first car. I know that sounds silly, but by the time I bought a car, I’d been driving for 6 years. I’d only been spinning for 6 months when … Continue reading →

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Babies, babies, everywhere, but not one for Mikayla

Posted on July 19, 2011 by cliffhousealpacas

No baby for Mikayla yet, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t babies in the barn! We didn’t really want birds IN the barn, because, well, Boogie gets pooped on. But barn swallows are bug eaters! And bugs are awful. So we unplugged … Continue reading →

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TripIsStillAdorable.com

Posted on July 18, 2011 by cliffhousealpacas

It’s amazing how often I feel like starting a post with “OMG Trip is adorable!”  Over the weekend, I got to weigh him (Trip gets weighed weekly, this week he gained 3 lbs). It involved just a little bit of frantic … Continue reading →

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Got that “Pioneer Woman” feeling

Posted on July 17, 2011 by cliffhousealpacas

On Friday morning, Mom and Dad woke to a ranch with no water. They thought that perhaps lightning from the recent severe thunderstorms had struck the house and knocked out the pump. I was on the phone with Mom on Thursday … Continue reading →

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Glitzy yarn: Heart of Darkness

Posted on July 16, 2011 by cliffhousealpacas

I’ve been working on another yarn for two evenings now, and I quite like it. It’s hard to see in the photos, but it’s Brittany’s fiber mixed with the shiny, red/brown glitz. The trick to Brittany’s fiber is a really, … Continue reading →

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Ideas for M baby names?

Posted on July 15, 2011 by cliffhousealpacas

Still no baby, but now that the vet is out-of-town for a week, we’re all hoping Mikayla WON’T give birth. The report from the ranch is that Mikayla’s become quite a recluse. She’s not standing in the pen with the other alpacas, you … Continue reading →

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Alpaca bio: Brittany

Posted on July 14, 2011 by cliffhousealpacas

Brittany stole our hearts before we’d even really decided we wanted to do this whole alpaca thing. It had taken us years to become horse-people, did we really need a new species? So we went to an alpaca breeder to learn about caring … Continue reading →

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Let’s just rename the site “TripIsAdorable.com”

Posted on July 13, 2011 by cliffhousealpacas

OMG. Prepare for cuteness overload… It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die! I’m sure I had other things to say today about…like…yarn…and stuff. But nothing can really compete.

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