Can Spring Be Far Behind?

Good morning!  After a glorious morning shoveling snow yesterday, I am convinced that as much as I hate traveling in snow, being out in it is an amazing experience!  Snow covered everything around me, glistening in the sunlight and the deep blue sky overhead.  It was wonderful!  My dog was so happy, she kept turning around in circles, prancing all through the newly-fallen snow.  We both had a good time!

On a more somber note, Ppperuvian Delite, the very first alpaca we ever purchased, passed away yesterday in Oklahoma.  Bucky went searching for her when she wouldn't come into the barn for breakfast. . . In the lower part of her pasture was some taller grass that we couldn't mow as low as everything else because it had been too damp.  He found Delite there, looking as if she had just found a really soft, comfortable place to sleep.  She was a wonderful female, produced some fantastic babies, and was rated a "9" in the original import records.  We loved her.  She hadn't been able to produce for a couple of years because she couldn't nurse (no milk), but she was our Grand Damme of Diamond Triple C.  We will plant a beautiful tree in her honor come spring, and always remember that she was the alpaca that started us on our great adventure with camelids.  Rest well, dear Delite.  We will miss you.