This summer we have purchased three new llamas to compliment our breeding and show program:

Star Adonis (photo at 10 months) is a suri Kantu son who has already produced several incredible suri offspring, several of which have been sold to show programs even before they were weaned! We have been looking for a suri male with the size, substance and structure to match our breeding goals; after a long search, Adonis has filled that role. We co-own him with Judi and Bryan Brook, and we are looking forward to babies of our own next year. He is also being offered for a limited number of outside breedings: call or email for more information!

Hardrock’s Got My Vote caught my eye even before we saw him at the Goldrush Sale, and we were pleased to be the lucky bidder that got this stunning, colorful male. GMV’s stocky bone, straight topline, and wonderful ears mimic his colorful sire, Campaign, who is starting to attract a lot of attention with his outstanding offspring. GMV has almost earned his ALSA ROM with very limited showing, and was also Third Place at the Celebrity World Futurity and the Millenim Magic Futurity. We are looking forward to showing Got My Vote and then crossing him with our females for some show winning, colorful silky crias!

Riley-Sassafras Lady is the daughter of the Grand National Champion, Amigo de Peru. Her dam is the equally well known BAL Copy Me, by Silver Peru. Sassy is a huge female, with suberb ears and fine, cinnamon-colored fiber. She has the size and substance that we appreciate. She is bred to the suri ALSA Halter Champion, Kordero, for a spring baby that should be one to watch!

I see on my Farmer’s Almanac calendar that the Dog Days of Summer are supposed to end on August 11. That will be good news, if it is true! After sitting in the muggy remnants of hurricane Dennis for over a week during mid July, the swampy but cloudy weather became sunny and dangerously hot the last week of July. We hurried to get the two big swamp coolers running, neither of which had the water hooked up at all last summer. Of course that meant two new sump pumps, and when Lowes no longer carried the kind we have been using, it also meant an extra trip for new hose fittings. You know how it goes with farm repairs. The swamp coolers are not as effective here in the midwest with our humidity, but when the temperature hit 96, the relative humidity was only in the low 50% range. That provided a good 10 degree temperature depression. This week we are aiming for the 90’s again, but with dewpoints not supposed to exceed 70, the swamp coolers will provide some nice cooling during the mid day. The water pumps are on timers, and the monster fans on all the time, so I hope to not have to hose down any llamas during this week’s heat wave. We hit almost 110 heat index last Monday, and I hope all the llamas and other livestock in our area made it through. We have heard of some heat stress conditions, but so far nothing too serious. Keep those fans running!

Generally during this time of year I spend these hot afternoons indoors working on the web site. Somehow, other things keep interfering. Parts of our site are in need of updating, and I promise to get that done soon, so please check back for new photos, new babies, and new yarns!