sheba's palm sunday surprise

Last week my cousin calls, then texted me a couple of pictures. I wondered what the hey?? Course I was on the phone at the time and didn't respond right away. But when I did, Oh my the surprise!! Un beknownst to any of us, ( Well Robbie kinda had an idea) one of my alpacas, Sheba presented us with a surprise!

 

Here he is barely a few hours old. What a sweetie!

 And proud momma with baby hiding behind her. Please ignore the poop pile ;)
And my little guy, We have been calling him Spindles (Robbie again) and it seems to suit. I was calling him Sheba's Surprise but it seemed a bit too girly for my sunbathing boy.

 

My cousin suspects the one behind Sheba, Jo, may be in the same condition. I thought they were just fatties. *shrug* Time will tell.

Spindle's first selfie! Now that he is a whole week old ( almost) I find he is quite funny to watch and likes to race around the pen at top speed. Not sure if he is showing off or just practicing but it is hysterical to watch. I can't wait for a day off so I can sit in the pen with them.

Hope everyone has a lovely Easter. Me? Well I will be at work :-/

Alpaca land

Apparently I got lost... Um somewhere. I thought I had been here but then logged in to see I hadn't. 

We had been working on Alpaca Land and busy trying to bribe the new fur kids to like us.  Let me just say...it is a lengthy process.

This is the look I usually get from Juliet who happens to be the Elder. The others seem to ask permission from her first.

Cousin is the nicest one, which is ironic since the lady I got him from said he couldn't get along with her chickens and goats. I don't have any chickens for him to not like but he is by far the best behaved,

And being a young alpaca male. He was immediately put in his place by the three girls. 

Brodie was introduced but they all merged on him at once and he ran away like a scared little girl.

Then, oh horrors, made him pose with those really big doggies... 'You stay on your side and I will pretend you are not there.'

Johnny has become the horse whisperer.

And well this is Luna, who is usually a very nice horse. 

Except for last Sunday when I was riding her.

It went down like this... First I lost my hat, then my stirrup, then my boot flew off and she kept gaining speed... 

I could see two logs and a barn in my immediate future. 

I think maybe she didn't understand my Yankee accent because she just wouldn't WHOA!

 Then I picked what I hoped was a softer spot than the logs and bailed...at full gallop!  I discovered I don't bounce as well as I used too.

I have been 'recovering' ever since and concentrating on clearing up some in progress stuff... 

Xoxo