First and foremost I must with my beautiful llama, April, a happy 18th birthday! It's hard to believe she's that old, she's in amazing shape. If I didn't have 2 little geldings to show I would definitely be taking her back into the show ring this summer!
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| April and I in 2002 at the Great Lakes Regionals. She placed 1st in Heavy Wool Adult Female & Top 3 Heavy Wool Female! |
Next, an Abby update. She's recovering nicely from her spay, today was her first day of freedom! She built up a lot of energy not being able to walk or play for 10 days, but she's finally tired out tonight...it took a lot of work!
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| Sound asleep...upside down! I have a weird dog... |
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| Fell asleep mid-chew. Notice her cool new collar...its a topo map! |
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| This is an older (pre-spay) pic...but too adorable not to share! Hank is sleeping on Abby! |
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| It takes quite a lot to make Abby cock her head these days! She was very amused with the sound of my desk drawer closing. |
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| And the quintessential "guilty dog" look...or rather she's trying to make me feel guilty for not playing with her! |
Sitting around with Abby while she recovered (since we couldn't play or take walks for most of the time), I got a lot of knitting done! I finished 2 more baby gifts for a friend, a cute frog bib and the most adorable stuffed turtle toy ever! The turtle took a lot of time, and I'll probably never make another (the shell was pretty complicated to put together), but I love how he turned out!! There's some pics of older projects too, plus the roving that I just spun up.
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| Fingerless mitts I made over spring break. |
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| Baby hat made with the leftover yarn. I plan to add a flower or two. |
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| My long awaited handspun convertible mittens! |
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| Sheldon the turtle. |
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| Abby making friends with Sheldon. |
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| Froggy bib! |
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| Shetland/alpaca/glitz roving I spun up. May turn into a state fair project. |
And last but not least, some llama updates. Bluff is due in 2 weeks, though my mom swears she's going to have the cria before her due date. She's huge, so I'm sure the cria is plenty big. Now to get started on picking a name...the theme is mountains since the dad is Ridge Runner.
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| Bluff and her 2010 cria, Lily. Lily is the cria that we lost to a dog attack January 2011. Bluff's new cria will be a full sibling to both Lily and Bluff's first cria Rainier. |
The same day as Bluff is due also marks the start of our show season for 2012! The summer may be rather sparse, but I'm anticipating a busy fall! I'm going to post a show season preview soon!
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| Ralph and T (the two red guys in front) are my main show string for this year! |
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