s e v e n i s a j o u r n e y

So we now officially owe the weather gods our sincere thanks and a stick of incense or two. We had two beautiful days in a row, which means that we had dry alpacas to shear, and good weather to shear them in. Yay ! Concetta, Persil and Boo are screamers. Oak squealed a bit, too. Pointer, Galadriel and Minty were quiet and easy. Persil and Boo have fangs ! Usually only the males get those. It’s possible some of the others have them, too, but they’re of course easier to see if the alpaca has its mouth open making a noise like tires peeling out on a live cat. Jim got a haircut, too this time around, and it came out much better than the last one. The photos didn’t though, so you’ll have to wait. I do have a before and after of Hyouki, though:

And the obligatory shot of the cria, on day three:

No, we didn’t shear him. We did shear his mother Concetta — will get “after” shots of her soon.