The Cast of Characters

The farm is coming alive this week, especially today. It was about 65 at 2pm today. Tonight it's supposed to go down to 22 with a wind chill down to 5! Whew! But I digress.

I went out to take pictures of the animals enjoying the weather. Here's an example - The ducks were splashing happily in all the puddles.

One of the ducks emerged from a hiding spot in the barn, meaning a nesting spot was there somewhere. I hunted it out behind the barrel in the corner near Bert's pen. It looks pretty cozy! Smart little duck.

But the fun part was the reaction of the baby goats. They ran to see what all the commotion was. The duck was complaining like a cranky old woman and they stood like little preschoolers with their eyes wide.

We have an amusing assortment of animals, human and otherwise, intent on entertaining you. If you come to visit us on one of our Farm Tours, you may meet:

Cassie-cashgora (aka Houdini),
Rocky-alpaca (the worrier),
Suzy and Matt - apprentices from Cornell University,
Jess (veeerrry friendly),
Fabio-cashmere (a very graceful jumper),
Gary (my longsuffering, overworked husband),
Marion and Nancy (yes, they're "Farmer's Daughters!"),
Violet and Wilbur-colored angora goats(New!),
Bert-angora (3 legged goat),
Gandalf-colored angora (Huge horns),
Shadow and Arwin-sheep,
The Ducks!
and many more angoras, alpacas and cashmeres.

Now, go do some knitting or weaving or something. More stories tomorrow.