Oh, what a day it was
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maystoneThank you for the many wonderful birthday wishes. Youse guys are a blessing on my life.
It was one of those days where we ran quickly through a whole slew of weather types: rain, wind, sun, clouds, warmth, coolth (is so a word!), calm. How appropriate for a Gemini, eh?
I slept late for me (8:30), so my darling wife had already had the alpacas up and fed by the time I stumbled out. I did get to check on the new kitties and the momma cat; all are doing well, although I'd feel a lot better if we could bring them inside. I've been outvoted on that one. And they'll do fine out there, I know, it's just that as I was telling Dar it seems our luck to have to deal with newborns and colder than normal temps. I worry about little critters when they're so vulnerable and the weather is acting inhospitable.
And that lets me seque into a Valentino story. It rained all night. It rained this morning. All of the alpacas were hanging out in the barn staying warm and toasty, except for one. Yup. Valentino. Would not go inside. He's less than a week old, and the only time he's been in the barn was to be weighed, which was not pleasant for him since we were carrying him and keeping him away from his mom. So . . . no barn for that stubborn little cria. I went out to check on him - getting soaked in the process - and saw him scrunched up in the yard in front of the barn door wet and shaking. I scooted him inside. He immediately bounded outside. As did Gertie. So the two of them led me on a merry chase in the wind and the rain until I scooted him back in the barn again. This time I closed the barn doors so he couldn't get out. Turns out that I forgot that you have to secure the barn door from the inside, so the barn doors ended up slamming open and closed in the wind, scaring the crap out of all the alpacas.
I'd gone to sleep by this point (I wasn't feeling all that well today), but fortunately it had stopped raining pretty soon after; Dar went out and secured the doors open and calmed everyone down. Sigh. So much for getting Val to feel more at home in the barn. Scary place with terrifying, slamming doors! I'm never going in there againnnnnnnnn!
In other alpaca news, I drove Dar over to our friends' place because their herdsire needed some shots. That went fairly smoothly, although Daniel (the herdsire) was not at all happy about this. While we were getting him settled I got to know the new maidens that Deb had bought. One in particular, Raffitella, just made me smile hugely - cute as a button with huge eyes, huge eyelashes, and one big old moustache. Hee! Absolutely adorable.
Back home. Slept for a couple of hours which is unusual for me, but as I said, I wasn't feeling all that great. Dar made some delicious chicken and rice for me for dinner. And for dessert - Flaming apple spice cake. Except it wasn't supposed to be flaming, but it spontaneously burst into flames in the oven for some reason. Uh-oh :) Once she put out the flames and cut off the charred parts, it looked just fine, and it was tasty as all get out: moist and not at all crunchy.
For presents I got tulips (love!), a high-powered water gun with which to carry on my battle against the evil grackles, a couple of lotto tickets (no winners, unhappily), another pair of alpaca socks, a couple of candy bars (dark chocolate, thank you very much), and a huge bottle of Bailey's from the Nana and JBD (yay!). The best present was saved for last, and I'm here to tell you that I am the proud and happy owner of my very own seed spreader! Huzzah!!!! No, really. Huzzzzzzzzzzahhhhhhhhh! I've been lusting after one of those babies for a year now. And I get to assemble it myself, too :) No more trying to seed the paddocks by hand in gale force winds. No sirree - we got us technology now! Truly. I'm very psyched.
I'm also very tired, so I need to hie myself to bed. But here are some pics of the day behind the cut.
Birthday tulips, reflected in my mirror.
Is she adorable or what?!
Two of the four kittens that we have now. Mark is taking the orange kitty, but the others are up for new homes. Oh,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sffan!
It was one of those days where we ran quickly through a whole slew of weather types: rain, wind, sun, clouds, warmth, coolth (is so a word!), calm. How appropriate for a Gemini, eh?
I slept late for me (8:30), so my darling wife had already had the alpacas up and fed by the time I stumbled out. I did get to check on the new kitties and the momma cat; all are doing well, although I'd feel a lot better if we could bring them inside. I've been outvoted on that one. And they'll do fine out there, I know, it's just that as I was telling Dar it seems our luck to have to deal with newborns and colder than normal temps. I worry about little critters when they're so vulnerable and the weather is acting inhospitable.
And that lets me seque into a Valentino story. It rained all night. It rained this morning. All of the alpacas were hanging out in the barn staying warm and toasty, except for one. Yup. Valentino. Would not go inside. He's less than a week old, and the only time he's been in the barn was to be weighed, which was not pleasant for him since we were carrying him and keeping him away from his mom. So . . . no barn for that stubborn little cria. I went out to check on him - getting soaked in the process - and saw him scrunched up in the yard in front of the barn door wet and shaking. I scooted him inside. He immediately bounded outside. As did Gertie. So the two of them led me on a merry chase in the wind and the rain until I scooted him back in the barn again. This time I closed the barn doors so he couldn't get out. Turns out that I forgot that you have to secure the barn door from the inside, so the barn doors ended up slamming open and closed in the wind, scaring the crap out of all the alpacas.
I'd gone to sleep by this point (I wasn't feeling all that well today), but fortunately it had stopped raining pretty soon after; Dar went out and secured the doors open and calmed everyone down. Sigh. So much for getting Val to feel more at home in the barn. Scary place with terrifying, slamming doors! I'm never going in there againnnnnnnnn!
In other alpaca news, I drove Dar over to our friends' place because their herdsire needed some shots. That went fairly smoothly, although Daniel (the herdsire) was not at all happy about this. While we were getting him settled I got to know the new maidens that Deb had bought. One in particular, Raffitella, just made me smile hugely - cute as a button with huge eyes, huge eyelashes, and one big old moustache. Hee! Absolutely adorable.
Back home. Slept for a couple of hours which is unusual for me, but as I said, I wasn't feeling all that great. Dar made some delicious chicken and rice for me for dinner. And for dessert - Flaming apple spice cake. Except it wasn't supposed to be flaming, but it spontaneously burst into flames in the oven for some reason. Uh-oh :) Once she put out the flames and cut off the charred parts, it looked just fine, and it was tasty as all get out: moist and not at all crunchy.
For presents I got tulips (love!), a high-powered water gun with which to carry on my battle against the evil grackles, a couple of lotto tickets (no winners, unhappily), another pair of alpaca socks, a couple of candy bars (dark chocolate, thank you very much), and a huge bottle of Bailey's from the Nana and JBD (yay!). The best present was saved for last, and I'm here to tell you that I am the proud and happy owner of my very own seed spreader! Huzzah!!!! No, really. Huzzzzzzzzzzahhhhhhhhh! I've been lusting after one of those babies for a year now. And I get to assemble it myself, too :) No more trying to seed the paddocks by hand in gale force winds. No sirree - we got us technology now! Truly. I'm very psyched.
I'm also very tired, so I need to hie myself to bed. But here are some pics of the day behind the cut.
Birthday tulips, reflected in my mirror.
Is she adorable or what?!
Two of the four kittens that we have now. Mark is taking the orange kitty, but the others are up for new homes. Oh,
sffan!
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