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tenthz

Farm Show Pictures

Jan 22, 2009 11:16

I promised pictures of the Pennsylvania Farm Show, so here they are! We went on the opening day this year, which was the 10th of January. The whole set of pictures is here, on flickr, but here is a preview:

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sillyliss January 22 2009, 16:39:49 UTC

I love the silly Catherine picture.

And actually, I love alpacas. I always thought Z would get me one, but I have since heard they are expensive to buy.

tenthz January 22 2009, 16:44:15 UTC

Ahh... they are not so bad! You can get one for a few hundred dollars (300-400) if you are not looking for good breading. Elizabeth really wants to have an alpaca farm someday, so she was getting all kinds of information. And you can sell their wool to pay for food costs, etc.

sillyliss January 22 2009, 16:52:49 UTC

Well, $300-$400 is way beyond what I can afford right now. That seems like a total luxury. Maybe someday.

claireyboo January 22 2009, 16:43:07 UTC

Catherine you are so cute!

tenthz January 22 2009, 16:44:23 UTC

Aww, thanks. :D

mountainheather January 22 2009, 16:51:40 UTC

Albert looks like a rockstar, and the alpacas look posessed. :-p

tenthz January 22 2009, 16:58:59 UTC

He will be VERY GLAD to hear you call him a rock star. :-D

mountainheather January 22 2009, 21:28:39 UTC

Tell him! :)

tenthz January 22 2009, 21:30:30 UTC

I linked him to the post!

HEY ALBERT COME LOOK DOWN HERE!!!! :-D

chinchillama January 22 2009, 17:33:46 UTC

Haha, yay alpacas. Maybe I need to make one of ours into an icon. Until then my usual llama will have to suffice. also, don't be drawn into that whole "you can break even on wool and stuff" line, you need to do it as a hobby basically, farming in the 21st century is a lousy way to try and make money even with something unusual, trust me!

tenthz January 22 2009, 17:39:42 UTC

Well, my sister wants to raise them so she can use the wool instead of having to buy it. She does some amazing stuff with the fibers and she wants to start spinning, too.

chinchillama January 22 2009, 17:54:55 UTC

Having a couple for yourself would probably let you break even on costs of the yarn versus feed and vet bills, but even then you have to do it for the love of the whole thing.

tenthz January 22 2009, 18:01:08 UTC

Oh, definitely. She is totally into it. Turns out some of the people we were talking to know a local alpaca farmer(?) and those people know my dad, so my sister might get to go hang out on their farm and help them out.

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