Construction on the Office/Plant and barn proceeds -may actually be progressing towards completion! We had a wonderful video of the Sonrise Construction crew and many of the sub-contractors singing some beautiful hymns (many of them are members of the Antrim Mennonite Choral Group, here is a link to their CD on Amazon) in the beautiful reception area of the office/plant but unfortunately the camera containing the video was lost before I could transfer the video to my computer.
In the meanwhile Becky and Shane continue to get to know our animals up close and personally. They are in close contact on a daily basis while they clean the barn, (i.e., pick up alpaca beans (otherwise known as “poop”) and run the boys and girls out to and back from the pastures. The animals love the green grass and being outdoors, but Becky and Shane still don’t feel comfortable leaving them out all night.
Becky is getting to know their personalities:
- Jetta: is “such a b—-” at times, and so vocal, and yet when offered a piece of apple will ever so gently, gingerly, and sweetly take it from Becky as though she’s afraid of hurting her!
- Bridget: is not really into apples, but wants desperately to see what is going on when the others are being given pieces of apples.”What are you guys doing” she seems to say as she runs across the barn to see what all the excitement is about. She’s still attached to her mom Briana. If we ever sell one we’ll have to sell the other too so they can stay together. It would be cruel to separate them.
- Chase: is starting to become as curious as Dundee. Midori and Remedy are also curious ones. They will sidle up to Becky as she uses the rake and broom to clean up the barn and watch her intently as though they would like to learn and maybe help.
- Remedy: “Remy” for short. She should probably be called “REM Sleep” because it never quite seems like she is “there”. She’s looking but we’re not sure she’s receiving! Could she be a blond? She does have some light fleece. (My apologies to my blond -male and female- readers!) We sometimes wonder If anyone is in there? And yet she’s not stupid. And she also comes from a superb blood line with great genetics. Maybe she’s just too much of an aristocrat. We think she’s going to have to have a “date” with Princeton -another aristocrat with great blood lines.
- Maddy: is growing up fast! Her baby “pinkness” is fading and her hair is starting to grow over her eyes. (Kind of reminds you of some of those sultry vamps like Heda Lamarr seen in the movies in the 1940′s.)
- Chase & Dundee: have become bosom buddies. They go everywhere together, play together, and both seem to be in love with Bridget and Briana. Chase keeps trying to mount Briana. (He knows he should but is too young to know why!) She just ignores him. I don’t think I’m going to look forward to their teen years!