Victorian Glow - Pasture Queen
And a new cria arrives! Victorian Glow (who belongs to Bob and Regina Dart of Llano Soleado Alpacas) decided to keep Ric entertained by delivering a beautiful dark brown female cria at 2:30 pm. The delivery went well and the cria seems to be strong and healthy.
Glow is an older female and a solid producer of beautiful crias. She has had several male crias in the past so for Bob and Regina to get a female cria from her is exciting. To me Glow is a very true to type alpaca with a compact body, great bone density and of course super soft fleece. Glow is also a “pasture queen” ruling the pasture in her own quiet but very definite way. The other girls know not to mess with Glow.
By the time I came home from the Crafters Mall it was too dark to take a picture of the new arrival. Bob and Regina had come over to visit their new girl and had fitted her out in a cria coat to keep her warm during the chilly night. Let’s hope the other crias leave her out of their “Remove The Cria Coat” game which they still are having fun playing. The temperature was a little cool last night (46 degrees) but today it is supposed to get up in the 70’s which will be nice weather for the new cria to check out her new world. It is also good weather for cria deliveries so who knows we may get another new arrival.
Meanwhile while Ric was delivering crias my day at the Crafters Mall was a quiet one, which allowed me to learn the ropes and get acquainted with the various booths in the store. I was also pleased to discover that we have already sold some product from our booth, which is promising. I am assured by the other vendors at the store that as the holidays get closer the pace will pick up at the Crafters Mall, so I had better brace myself for busier times on my next volunteer day in November. By then hopefully all the new crias will have arrived – only five more to go!
A Taste of Life at Windrush Alpacas 