Friday 26th June – Electra gave birth to our first cria at Arkadia Alpacas.
Orpheus came into the world jet black, fit & healthy.
Monthly Archives: June 2015
If you go down to the woods today…
What we thought would be ‘a little bit of tidying up’ in the woodland became a quite extensive operation – removing an ancient pheasant pen made of twisted mesh half buried in the mud and numerous fallen trees (33 to be precise). At least there will be a plentiful supply of logs for the log burner in the new house (when it’s built). Then began the task of building a 7 foot high perimeter fence. In case you’re about to ask why, the photographs should answer the question…
Yes – the reindeer have arrived and settled well into their new home.
The Great Wall of…
“…200 bricks and 2000 words a day” —Winston Churchill to Stanley Baldwin, 1928
“There are four kinds of people in the world, Ms. Harper. Those who build walls. Those who protect walls. Those who breach walls. And those who tear down walls. Much of life is discovering who you are. When you find out, you also realize there are places you can no longer go, things you can no longer do, words you can no longer say.”
― P.S. Baber, Cassie Draws the Universe
Drew Thomas 