Mothers Day visit to see alpacas

I was lucky enough to be treated to breakfast in bed this morning – french toast prepared by Amy.

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I was given a great Mum Rulz hat from Christy.

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a lovely picture from Amy

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and everyone contributed to this collection of goodies. Spoiled aren’t I?

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We decided to head to the Southern Highlands and visit an alpaca farm (seeing as it’s alpaca week!)

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We learnt all about the fleece.

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Met and cuddled Legend.

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Got to see some Mum and bubs – quite fitting on Mothers Day.

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They are so sweet.

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Don’t they have the cutest faces?

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And legs? And I never knew alpacas had soft feet – great for the not destroying the land.

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Christy was very excited to get to walk Legend.

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We also got to see some shearing. This looks cruel but the alpaca really didn’t seem to mind once it was strapped in position.

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Poor thing looked rather sad losing it’s coat though. But they will put another coat on it as it’s going into Winter.

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One more cute photo before we leave the farm. Love how he curls his front legs underneath his body.

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On the way to Berrima we passed the valley of my future home/farm :-).

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Doesn’t this look like a gorgeous place to live?

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At Berrima we had a quick Mother’s Day photo shoot before heading to a nearby cafe for lunch.

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We then had a little walk around the town…

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admiring the turning leaves…

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cute old buildings…

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visiting the tea shop…

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and of course, the lolly shop…

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It was a lovely day. Such  nice way to spend Mother’s Day.

RIP Peace Voilet

Violet

When I checked on the piggies this morning I found Violet dead. She seemed well enough when I check on her last night but she’s a very old girl – over 6 yrs old. We’ve been expecting it for some time so no one is overly upset, but she will be missed.

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Here she is as a baby in 2005.

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Voilet

It will be interesting to see how Jasmine goes an only piggy, after having been with Voilet