The Pacablogger leaves for India and won’t be blogging for a few weeks.
Archive for the ‘Country Life’ Category
Leaving On a Jet Plane
Posted in Country Life, tagged alpaca, blog, breeder, pacablogger on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas a la Pacablogger
Posted in Alpaca Life and Musings, Country Life, tagged 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, alpaca on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A take off of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” by the Pacablogger in Franktown, Colorado
Thank God I Live in the Country
Posted in Alpaca Life and Musings, Country Life, tagged alpaca, breeder, Colorado, foothills, winter on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Pacablogger on living in the country and why she loves it.
Yes, We’ve Got Snow
Posted in Country Life, tagged 2009, Colorado, frost, October, photos, pines, ponderosa, snow, winter on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pictures of the first significant snowfall in Fall 2009 in Franktown Colorado.
Cria Watch Pound Cake
Posted in Recipes, tagged alpaca, alpaca breeders, Alpaca Life, alpaca musings, baking, cria, cria watch, pound cake, recipe on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last month I wrote a post Is Breeding Like Baking?. Trapped at home for over three weeks during a cria watch that eventually resulted in the birth of Thisbe (See Exhaustion Redux, The Story of Thisbe, and Thisbe at Two), I turned to comfort baking and one of my favorites: Old-Fashioned Poundcake. I received a [...]
The Perfect Summer of Alpacas
Posted in Alpaca Life and Musings, Country Life, tagged alpaca, alpaca breeders, Alpaca Life, alpaca musings on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m dreaming of a perfect summer here in Colorado. In my dream, spring lasts for months instead of weeks and we enjoy cool days and gentle rainy afternoons. The weather forecast is right for once and a week of rain is accurately predicted in early May, with temps in the high 60′s. I spread all [...]
Is Breeding Like Baking?
Posted in Alpaca Life and Musings, Country Life, tagged alpaca, alpaca breeders, alpaca business, baking, breeding, cria watch on May 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s a day for baking. The temperature has dropped twenty degrees from yesterday and the overcast skies seem to support the forecast for rain. I’m on cria watch still and trapped here pretty much all day. It’s also our fourteenth wedding anniversary. Put all that together and that says CAKE to me. I love to [...]
Chocolate and Alpacas
Posted in Recipes on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every now and then, we get a really quiet period of time when everything seems to be running smoothly, the weather is beautiful and sunny, and I can actually spend an hour or so sitting on the deck, watching my alpacas happily graze away. It doesn’t happen often, which is why I really like to [...]
