Last week, Jennifer (bestfriend) and I took Xavi to see the alpacas at Happy Hills Alpaca Farm in Monroe, NC. I wanted to get some alpaca "poop" for my garden beds. And they sell it for $1 per bag, $5 for already composted.
They have a bunch of sweet sweet alpacas. Very friendly and inquisitive. They also have a wonderful sheep named Grace. What a sweetheart, very friendly and hungry.... There is also a lovely St. Bernard who guards them. Everything is fenced in but we do worry about coyotes out in our rural areas. Actually, in Charlotte proper, they have worries about coyotes. Some very scarey stories about pets abound.
We saw the little studio that the owner has to spin her fiber. It was very cute. A dream shed, easy to do. I should do more with my greenhouse and make it more cute, but I hardly finish the projects I need to do. All in the presentation....
Xavi had a great time, Jennifer and I fell in love with the alpacas and now I dream about how I could maybe have a few at the farm. But I would worry about who would take care of them when I wasn't there.
On Friday we set out for the farm with Dominic and Sammy and Kate and Xavi came up on Saturday. Sammy has been itching to get into the old house and see if there are any "treasures" there. It was a very rainy day. Kate and I cooked a big lunch and dinner and Sammy and Jim worked all
Saturday afternoon. And then a little bit on Sunday am. I helped to. It was a filthy mess. But alot was accomplished. The ceiling was taken off from the two big rooms, and the wall dividing the rooms was removed. The big room is now 16 x 23. Pretty big. We saved most of the beadboards and I will be working on taking the nails out, sanding the wood side and priming the painted side so we can use them in other areas. I am thinking of even using them in our laundry room. That is the only room we have not finished at the new log house.
I am hoping to post pictures on our website in the next few days, www.guardsfarm.com.
Living the life of Riley......
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