I wish I did not
have to go to work. It takes so long for the car to warm up and
gas is expensive. Thank goodness my walk from the house to the
car is only 10 steps. But it sucks to get into a cold car.
My next car with have the starter package on it so all I have to do is
push a button. That will be this year, yahoo.
was about 12” of snow on the ground and
Jamie was in the barn and went out. The alpacas did follow
him, but what a site to see them not liking the snow around their
legs. They would systematically lift their legs as if their
legs were in something very bad, it almost looked like a dance of
sorts. After a very short bit of this the alpacas turned around
and went back into the barn, THEY DO NOT LIKE THE FEEL OF SNOW ON
THEIR LEGS. However, they love the water and will find the dirtiest mud hole to stand,
lie in the summertime. So to accommodate the poor alpacas,
Jamie snowblowed a path around the perimeter of their winter out of
doors pen. This led to another comical surprise. They would
run around the perimeter in the path. Cria's that were born
in 2007 would see their dam on the other side and decide to take
a short cut to their dams. Well they got themselves belly deep in
snow and stood there shaking as if they were being swallowed
up. What entertainment our animals are. It did not take
them too long to back track and go around the perimeter to get to
their dams. Of course they ran full tilt to get to them as
quickly as possible. 
The sheep on the
other hand will walk through snow up to their necks without a
flinch and will jump snow drifts up to 3 feet tall. This is
interesting to watch as our sheep are only about two feet high. 
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