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maystoneWell, we all survived: people, cats, alpacas. Mostly. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darlong is down for the count today; it was a case of too little sleep over the weekend and too much bad weather today. Her head is killing her, and the most she can do is lay there and hope that her shunt drains and relieves the pressure. The low pressure system is supposed to clear out tonight, so she should be back to her old self tomorrow.
So. Party :) It was great to have everyone here who could make it; those who couldn't were missed, be assured. The place was buzzing, and to be honest I was so busy that I don't remember too much of it except for laughing a lot. Loads of people, loads of food.windrider67 baked some out-of-this-world cookies and breads; liquidize hit the Jewish bakery in Toronto and brought along some of that yumminess. (Seriously, Jewish bakeries are my downfall - I love every single thing there. Every. Single. Thing.)
Everyone seemed to get along well as the Yanks met the Canuks and the LJers got to meet each other face-to-face. Then we mixed in some of Dar's longtime friends and a big helping of our new alpaca-rancher friends, and it all seemed to flow. Yay! I didn't get to visit with as many people as long as I would have liked, but between the party preps and the alpaca preps, I was waaaaaay busy.
We had very welcome help from our guests, thankfully. And thank you all! I think my favorite sight was the Tochicks hammering heavy staples into the field posts to help finish up the fencing. Yes,sffan was hammering away regardless of her urban garb and her nasty allergy attack - never let her tell you that she's a slacker, OK? liquidize is more used to it, because of her archaeological fieldwork, but I truly appreciated the way she threw herself into helping us out, too.
I think the two of them are a little bit in love with the alpacas :) They helped to corrall the four alpacas when they managed to break free before we could get them into the barn; the next day they spent some quality time petting some of Diane's young alpaca girls when we went to visit over there.liquidize even got to bottle feed one of the crias; Di said that she was a natural. So, yeah, I'd say we have two confirmed members for our commune there :)
The alpacas are settling in nicely. I gave them showers with the hose yesterday; they loved it to death. Today I was out there with them for about an hour, doing some small chores and mostly hanging out; they're more comfortable with me now and will eat out of my hand. Later from the kitchen I could see the baby racing around the pen at high speed (she's fast like a cheetah!)and doing the little "pronking" jumps that baby alpacas do. (Think Pepe LePew in love.) It was fantastic to see her so at home and happy. The adults were out there, too, rolling around in the dirt and generally acting in a typical ditzy alpaca way. Dar was out for a while tending to Hannibal's wounded eye, but her head was too bad for her to stay that long. She's anxious to get out there and let the new guys get to know her better, too. Tomorrow.
Meanwhile, my time is about up here at the library where I've been posting this. And I should get back and check on Dar. Again, thank you to everyone who traveled to help us welcome our alpacas home; our friends are beyond price.
darlong is down for the count today; it was a case of too little sleep over the weekend and too much bad weather today. Her head is killing her, and the most she can do is lay there and hope that her shunt drains and relieves the pressure. The low pressure system is supposed to clear out tonight, so she should be back to her old self tomorrow.So. Party :) It was great to have everyone here who could make it; those who couldn't were missed, be assured. The place was buzzing, and to be honest I was so busy that I don't remember too much of it except for laughing a lot. Loads of people, loads of food.
windrider67 baked some out-of-this-world cookies and breads; liquidize hit the Jewish bakery in Toronto and brought along some of that yumminess. (Seriously, Jewish bakeries are my downfall - I love every single thing there. Every. Single. Thing.)Everyone seemed to get along well as the Yanks met the Canuks and the LJers got to meet each other face-to-face. Then we mixed in some of Dar's longtime friends and a big helping of our new alpaca-rancher friends, and it all seemed to flow. Yay! I didn't get to visit with as many people as long as I would have liked, but between the party preps and the alpaca preps, I was waaaaaay busy.
We had very welcome help from our guests, thankfully. And thank you all! I think my favorite sight was the Tochicks hammering heavy staples into the field posts to help finish up the fencing. Yes,
sffan was hammering away regardless of her urban garb and her nasty allergy attack - never let her tell you that she's a slacker, OK? liquidize is more used to it, because of her archaeological fieldwork, but I truly appreciated the way she threw herself into helping us out, too.I think the two of them are a little bit in love with the alpacas :) They helped to corrall the four alpacas when they managed to break free before we could get them into the barn; the next day they spent some quality time petting some of Diane's young alpaca girls when we went to visit over there.
liquidize even got to bottle feed one of the crias; Di said that she was a natural. So, yeah, I'd say we have two confirmed members for our commune there :)The alpacas are settling in nicely. I gave them showers with the hose yesterday; they loved it to death. Today I was out there with them for about an hour, doing some small chores and mostly hanging out; they're more comfortable with me now and will eat out of my hand. Later from the kitchen I could see the baby racing around the pen at high speed (she's fast like a cheetah!)and doing the little "pronking" jumps that baby alpacas do. (Think Pepe LePew in love.) It was fantastic to see her so at home and happy. The adults were out there, too, rolling around in the dirt and generally acting in a typical ditzy alpaca way. Dar was out for a while tending to Hannibal's wounded eye, but her head was too bad for her to stay that long. She's anxious to get out there and let the new guys get to know her better, too. Tomorrow.
Meanwhile, my time is about up here at the library where I've been posting this. And I should get back and check on Dar. Again, thank you to everyone who traveled to help us welcome our alpacas home; our friends are beyond price.
