Despite the great weather with clear skies and sunshine a local woman who went skiing with her family died on mount Ashland yesterday. Somehow she became separated from her family, got lost in the woods and died overnight.... everyone is in shock at this awful news.

I recall an article I read on the plane flying back on Sunday which had a quotation from Colin Powell. "Persistent optimism is a force multiplier" and I do my best to remain optimistic.

The elections for the AOBA board are now underway together with the formation of a group to start looking at the long term planning of our industry.

I am hoping to be selected for the long term planning group as I am certain this is something I can make a real contribution towards over the coming months.

Someone calls to talk with about buying two alpaca fibre boys and another calls to talk about buying our alpaca weather vane so business keeps on rolling.

Adrian Stewart