Looky, Looky

We're so excited.....and happy to show you some of the results of our summer labors.   Like this pasture for the boys....

I'll be able to watch them at this end of the pasture from the windows of my studio.   What a lucky girl I am.

See how nice and straight the fence is?  Joel is really happy that it turned out as well as it did.   I'm sure that we'll have folks slowing down as they drive by and see the newest critter arrivals on our farm since this end of the pasture is up near the road.

If we need more pasture for the boys, we'll probably add one up closer to the studio and the house.    The grass is in really good shape on that part of the farm and works great for pasture.

And if we have to access the boys pasture from the road, we now have this 12' gate so our tractor will fit thru there when mowing is required.   Can you see how far back this pasture goes?    It's a really long way to the back of our property.   They'll have plenty of shade from the hot sun under the trees on the right, too.

Speaking of trees, our 2 large maple trees in the front yard have been dropping leaves for weeks now. None of them have changed color, they're just falling off the tree.   Although I have begun to see color changes this weekend on some of our oak leaves.   Fall is coming, I just know it.   Can't hardly wait for some cooler weather.

This last weekend we labored hard, trying to get the barn work done.   At least it was a little cooler working in the shade.   The concrete is awesome and will make cleaning up after the alpaca so much easier.

 Joel and Jeremy removed all the boards that were in between the boys and girls side of the barn.   Wow!   Those boards were milled years ago by the previous owner's family sawmill and are they ever heavy!    They are true 2" thick boards, not the kind of stuff you get in the big box stores.   We're saving any of the wood we remove inside the barn for future projects.

Removing some of the walls has certainly opened things up inside the barn.   And it's made it a lot lighter inside, too.  Something alpaca like is open spaces.

This partial wall got a total makeover yesterday and I'll show you those pics tomorrow.   We're so close to having this massive renovation completed.......we can hardly wait to finish up so we can relax a few days before we bring the alpaca home this weekend.  Yes!    They get here this weekend!  Oh, my....

I think the "girls" are going to like their side of the barn, too.   Things sure look a lot different around here than they did just a few short weeks ago.    In a day or two I'll show you the finished barn work.....if we can just push thru the pain to complete the last little bit.  Ha!

Shoulda done this 20 years ago,
Debbie