OUR SMALL HERD

Our original four boys came from Ardo Alpacas in Aberdeenshire. We are not alpaca breeders and have our boys purely as pets. Our experience is that you don't need to be a breeder and that a 'batchelor herd' can give much pleasure to the owner. We have 5 acres including our big garden and grazing for the boys, 15 miles north of Inverness, Scotland. I spin, knit, felt and crochet with the fleece from the boys.

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Just a reminder that clicking on (most) of the photos will show them greatly enlarged.

Thursday, 24 December 2009

Happy Christmas

As the snow still lays thick all around we are obviously going to have a white Christmas tomorrow.  Temperatures were down to -9c this morning so were obviously colder during the night. At Aviemore, not many miles away,  the temperature dropped to -16c last night and the forecast is for it to be another cold night tonight.  The boys were covered in frost this morning but seem to be doing OK in the cold.  We cleared some snow to reveal the grass and they were delighted with this.  The top photo of me with some of the boys was taken just before the really heavy dump of snow.  Can't resist putting up another shot taken from the house looking up the drive, following the heavy snow. I'd like to wish all my blog followers (Debbie in USA, Joyce in France, Rolf in Norway and Iain and Ann on the Isle of Lewis), all family and friends, and alpaca lovers everywhere, a very happy Christmas.  Take care and have a lovely time.
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  1. Alpacas of Lewis25 December 2009 at 20:27

    Wow, that’s a lot of Snow! Our kids are so jealous. We only got a light dusting about a week ago that melted overnight.

    Merry Christmas from Alpacas of Lewis.
    Iain and Anne

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  2. Joyce @ Alba Yarns30 December 2009 at 14:39

    Thank you for your Christmas email and good wishes on your blog. No sign of the snow receding for a while? Sorry to tell you that it has been positively tropical here in comparison (16.5C and sunny this morning). Happy Hogmanay to you both, all the boys and Flo-Jo and Pansy. Bonne année 2010!

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