10 Aug 2003
Major Rasta

Well, our llama has arrived! His name was Major, but after seeing him we immediately decided to rename him Rastallama, or just Rasta. He hadn't been sheared in a couple of years, and looked like Bob Marley on a bad hair day! Trying to hold the kicking, spitting beastie still while clipping him was a real trip: neither Kris nor I had ever sheared a llama before (although Kris had at least watched sheep shearing, and had some idea of what to do). We got two bags of very fine (but very dirty) wool for our efforts, and the llama got alot cooler! He was quite appreciative after the fact!

We put him in the barn with the sheep last night, and didn't let him out into the paddock until late this afternoon. Apparently it takes some time for a llama to bond to sheep, and Kevyn suggested three days. We'll seee how this goes.

And of course I've had even more fun with fencing...

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Rapid Fencing - NOT

Well, all of the old fence in the front pasture has been removed, along with all of the rottten board fence behind the new paddock. And I'm exhausted!

We let Rasta and the sheep back out into the main pasture(s) this afternnon - he's doing fine, and hasn't rushed the fence once. He did use his prehensile llama lips to open a back door to the barn, down into the aisle where we feed the barn cats. They were quite startled to find a llama helping them chow down....

Hopefully we'll get the new fence up in rapid order - just not tonight.

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Honoring the Eastern Ancestors

Nobody does ancestor worship quite like the Chinese .... perhaps we Heathens should pay a bit of attention.

Ancestors Displaced in China Given Place of Honor in U.S.. Thousands of deceased Chinese have been exhumed by their descendants and reburied in places like New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. By David W. Chen. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

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