Alpaga Quebec Show

We took six alpacas to the first Alpaga Quebec Show in Drummondville this April.
It was a dynamic and very competitive show. In all, we took one First and for 4th place prizes. Excellent results considering the quality of alpacas there.

Show success

Congratulations to Arriba Linea Alpacas for their win with Rocaro's Hanley at Alpaca Ontario.

Waiting for spring

Even the alpacas are waiting for warmer weather.

Hot stuff!

Here's a scarf that I recently completed. The colours warm you up just by looking at it.

Unwilling student

Spring training has begin for the little ones despite the bitterly cold weather.

Little Fresca, who is about 10 months old is busily looking for her Mom to rescue her!

Fancy finishing

Here is a rug that I have just finished. The work along the edge, although time consuming was a lot of fun to do and really jazzes up an otherwise fairly plain rug.

Newest creations

At this time of year we try to re-build our stock of alpaca items. The looms have been busy with new rugs and scarves. An alpaca shawl is under construction.

Christmas Thank You

Thank you to everyone who supported us throughout the year. Your support helps our farm grow and keeps dollars in the local economy.

Merry Christmas!

Definitley not within baseline....

I have just finished a program on chronic pain and one of the main pillars in pain management is you can do whatever you want as long as you do it within your baseline. Baseline = intensity & duration without causing the body to scream "stop it, stop it NOW!"

So, my task for today was to bring some firewood to the porch. No problem it say, half hour tops.

Then I realized the most efficient thing to do would be to use the trailer. Oh, wait! The trailer needs to be emptied.

Step 1 - Dig out the barn doors after the snow/rain that fell on Sunday.

Step 2 - Hook up a full/heavy trailer to the tractor.
Step 3 - Drive tractor to the access to the field.
Step 4 - Assess the snow situation, should be OK after all I have the snowblower attached.
Step 5 - Blow my way into the filed and fling manure out of trailer while wondering where my baseline is.
Step 6 - Attempt to blow my way out of the field. Not so easy...no chains on tires.
Step 7 - Detach trailer, shovel snow from under tractor. Apparently my baseline was quite a while ago.
Step 8 - Back tractor all the way out of the field.
Step 9 - Tractor is stuck again, damn the baseline, shovel the tractor out again.
Step 10 - Pull the trailer across and out of the field by hand through the snow.

Finally I got the empty trailer attached to the tractor.

Now to haul and stack the wood!

Latest creation

I know, I know - Christmas creep is getting worse every year. As an artisan & crafter we do have to plan ahead though.

Here's a shot of our latest market & website offering, hand knotted Christmas wreaths.

Wild Goose Chase

This morning we took off to find a couple of errant geese , a  Barnacle Goose and a Pink Footed Goose.

We had great success, the birds were there in a bunch of about 2000 other geese.

Barnacle Goose

 Pink Footed Goose

A Masterpiece!

Check out this masterpiece created by the balloon artist at the Truro Farmer's Market.

A balloon alpaca!

Durty Boyz Soap Collection

We love making soap at Rocaro Alpacas and have developed a (mostly) men's line called Durty Boyz.

We have crafted Pub Crawl Beer Soap, Gone Fishin' Atlantic Kelp Soap, Borning Buzz Espresso Refresher Soap and not to leave the Ladies out, a Luxury Lavendar Shea Butter Soap.

Available on our website.

Another season ends

Another busy season with the helpers draws to a close.

It was great meeting you all; Dirk, Terry, John, Caroline, Sophie, Nicole, Margaret, Alvero, Rebecca, Selina and Zoe.

Your help was amazing and we hope each of you had as much fun being here as we did hosting you.

Finally finished!

The new barn and pasture area is finally finished and the guys are on it until the weather is too cold to supply water. There were a lot of hands involved in making this happen, many thanks to you all. It's wonderful to see the critters from the sunroom and the kitchen table.