I hear from the alpacawatch website that the upper respiratory infection aka the snots, which has plagued several alpaca farms this summer is now starting to slow and the number of new cases reported has fallen to a trickle. Not sure if this can be attributed to the cold weather that arrived or the declining public interest in these things once the initial excitement is over.

The weather here today was much warmer so the heating was off and the doors open (slightly) ...a stark contrast to earlier in the week when I was huddled round the fan heater cursing Oregonian winters...



Next Thursday my eldest son Jamie returns from his round the world adventure. It was his first long spell away from home and he has been gone almost 8 months so we will be very pleased to see him and Thursday of next week will be the shortest day of the year so after that the nights will be getting lighter...little by little. Here am I wishing the spring to hurry up and we haven't had Christmas yet....I think I better reset my expectations slightly.