Accapacca Visit with Freya

Today Freya and I visited Accapacca to meet some lovely boys :)

This is Blue Boy, a very personable stud male.

And this is his son, Bracken - love the eye shadow!  Very sweet little guy :)

Bracken is registered as Rose Grey, but is Medium Grey at the roots.  We met Dan, who really is Rose Grey and Freya was very taken with the colour... I'm still 'undecided' ;-D

This is Chips, a very nice black son of Kite.

And this little chappie is very friendly and very helpful in making his 2 friends come in when called, and keeping Freya company while TomTom conspired to make me very late and very lost in downtown Parkesbourne!!  Rudely, I've forgotten his name - sorry!

The boys were a bit over being yarded by the time I arrived, but they were still quiet and easily handled :)

On the way home I stopped off at the Wollondilly River spillway... been meaning to stop and photograph this LOTS!!  Historical Goulburn Waterworks in the background.

Al and Kiki

Al is here for a visit, Kiki is very excited to have more company!!  LOL!!

Lavender Park Visit

Yesterday I had a lovely time visiting Ruth, and the alpacas at Lavender Park.  I left Kiki home alone for the first time - and she behaved herself completely... no-one more shocked than me!!

The view from the verandah, splendid :)  Alpacas grazing happily....

 ..... and then the bell is rung, and like school kids they all come a-runnin'... Magic!

Joelene (on the right) and friend... have forgotten her name!!

Pretty sure this is Amelia... lovely blue black :)

And little miss personality - Loreli :)  Still cute as a button.

Got my head a lot better sorted yesterday on fleeces and their characteristics, there is nothing like some hands on instruction - thank you Ruth :)  Last time I visited the jury was out on what colour Amelie was, now very plainly black.... see:

This is Bella with her daughter Fairy Princess.  Even though FP has been weaned they are still very 'tight'.

Fairy Princess is a little stunner, lovely friendly nature and amazing almost champagne coloured fleece.

Cushla and Jemma :)

Jemma's daughter Joelene, dont seem to have taken a good shot of her friend  and Cushla's daughter Maggie May :(

There is no show without Punch, and while on my last visit my activities were supervised by the lovely Sparkles, this time it was Liam who made sure I stayed on the straight and narrow.

This is Maggie May, Joelene and Loreli's Dad, Kok.  He's very speccy, lovely nature, and super fleece.

This is Vicky, she's a super mum - raising her own cria and fostering another.

Not sure which cria is really hers, but both doing very nicely :)

The brown girls, all friendly and nice natured - as you can see from the background the weather was turning by this stage and I was anxious to get on my way - could easily have spent more time chatting... but off I dashed!

As it turned out everybody managed just fine here at Mt Tanga while I was gone.  Who knew???  LOL!!

Geese, Black East Indies Ducks and the Long Paddock

Breeding season is getting closer, Gerald, my gander gets crankier every day!!  Goslings available in September.. with a little luck ;-D

This morning I let the llama and alpaca girls into the long paddock - nerve wracking!!  I cannot see them from the house, and while they are perfectly happy I've got very little done today because I have to keep checking on them!!!  There is a creek through this paddock so I'm terrified of Freddie falling in, or them crossing to the other side and finding the low fence that the last flooding damaged... need to fix that!!  Only saw it AFTER I let them through this morning, last time I walked this boundary it was fine!!

For their part the girls (and babies) think its fab, they ran, they kicked up their heels, hurled themselves about and enjoyed the freedom of a much bigger paddock with LOTS of feed.

 The views are good :)

Sweet Pea is due in September.. hope she lasts that long!!  She is ENORMOUS!!

Cant help it, Orchid is my fav ;-D

There is a very large daphne bush in the garden, it is full of buds and smelling absolutely amazing :)

Last, but definitely not least - the Black East Indies ducks are in their own pen now, and laying up a storm, fertility is excellent and I'm looking forward to a bumper season.  These are lovely ducks, medium sized, brilliant beetle green sheen and very pretty :)  Ducklings ( from show stock and < one week, $25 ea) available from 6 August, pick up from Canberra, Yass or Berry - contact me for details :)

Coming home

When I returned home from my weekend away, everyone was pleased to see me... but not so much so that they needed to get up!!

Kiki, the Lachlan River and Crookwell

Finally have my camera back - sooooo good!

Kiki is growing up!  She's a little dog now, rather than a puppy.

I have been away for the weekend, down to Cambewarra and home again via Goulburn :)

On the way I stopped on the bridge over the Lachlan River which was looking fabulous in the sunshine.  Had to be quick, very long bridge - no footpath - 100 km/hr zone.... life threatening!!

And on the way home today I stopped in Crookwell.  Gorgeous art deco building, occupied by the Commonwealth Bank, and almost next door a shop wall with art nouveau tiles either side of the window.