A visit to an Alpaca farm.....

Yesterday, the kids and I went to visit friends of ours at Willow Creek Farm, just across the river from us in Fulton, NY. The thunderstorms had just moved past and we only had to deal with a few sprinkles during our visit!
They have a very nice herd of alpacas in a beautiful range of colors. I have been spinning many of those colors for them for the past 2 years or so to resell in their store.

Two of the crias that were playing together...and checking me and the kids out. They're very skittish at this age, so we weren't able to pet them....they need more time being handled by their owners. The dark brown cria is about 5-6 weeks old and the lighter brown cria is maybe 3 weeks?

I think they were watching Caitlin in this photo...hmm...something smaller than them! We've had so many 90 degree days lately that Nancy sheared them...otherwise they would look a bit more fuzzy. Their fleece is so very soft, but very short, maybe an inch...and some had the cutest little waves and curls.

Here's Cubana's cria...I think he/she is only a few weeks old...very tiny and petite! And so full of energy....bouncing all over the place with one of the other crias. Aren't those faces precious??

This is Nairobi....a very sweet 2-year old. She let me pet her and she was gently rubbing her nose on my cheek... What wonderful creatures they are!!

This is Cubana. She's about 10 years old and has a new cria that's only a few weeks old. The brown cria two photos above is hers. Cubana has a beautiful, soft fleece, even for her age. She is actually a black, but she's graying with age. Gray is one of my favorite natural colors to spin.