Thursday, December 14, 2023 
				
				
					 
					Merry Christmas! 
				 
				HO HO HO and Happy Holidays! 
  
The Good Shepherd Alpaca Sanctuary is happy to announce that we have a new sign on Bradley Road!  Alpacas at Windy Hill and Faith & Fleece Alpacas are still alive and well, but our focus for 2024 is finding out how we can bes read more...  
				
			 
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				Thursday, January 5, 2023 
				
				
				Happy New Year! 
  
I heard someone talking the other day about how his kids to making New Years ReVolutions.  Kids come up with the darnedest things, but I’ve decided that it’s a great ide read more...  
				
			 
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				Sunday, November 20, 2022 
				
				
				Have you noticed that Fall just falls away as soon as it gets here?  No sooner do the leaves start to fall when suddenly it’s CHRISTMAS!  i know— I went shopping today for various things.  Thanksgiving was no where to be found!  So, in the interest of giving Fall its due, I’ve been reviewing the things that have happened in the last few  read more...  
				
			 
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				Sunday, October 23, 2022 
				
				
					
					
				 
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				Wednesday, April 13, 2022 
				
				
					 
					Outrigger & Casey 
				 
				IT'S SPRING AT WINDY HILL!
How can you tell?
Well....
It's Show Season
We sheared everybody on April 1 & 2
The hills around us are green
The ranch needs mowing
It’s Easter
And…..it’s almost time for crias to be born!
Spring is a very exciting time.
Furthermore, we have a new way for you to enjoy alpacas:  The Windy Hill Alpaca Club.
The Alpaca Club is for anyone who would like to spend more time around alpacas— volunteering, visiting, learning, or just chilling out.
For a recur  read more... 
				
					
						 
						Zeke & Tucker with friends 
					 
					
						 
						Chaffin family helps with show prep 
					 
					
						 
						Cindy & Sicario 
					 
					
						 
						Eye of the Tiger with 4H friends 
					 
					
				 
			 
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				Monday, July 20, 2020 
				
				
					 
					Far Out and Neato Torpedo 
				 
				The summer goes on and the fleece keeps a'growin'!  I love watching them.    They think they are really something.  The other day they all got in the sprinklers and gave themselves a bath.  LOL
Meet John and Kelly Laurenzi, the newest members of the Windy Hill Alpaca Owners Club.  They purchased AWH Who's My Daddy Now? and are planning to raise beautiful suris.  They will join us at shows--as soon as we're allowed to go-- and will be learning the ropes  so they can have their own ranch someda  read more... 
				
					
						 
						Meet John & Kelly Laurenzi 
					 
					
						 
						Join us for our Fiber Play Day August 15! 
					 
					
						 
						Pebbles on the Beach 
					 
					
						 
						Neon Lights says Hello! 
					 
					
				 
			 
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				Friday, July 10, 2020 
				
				
					 
					The Crew! We love you! 
				 
				Let's start out this week by recognizing an amazing crew of volunteers and helpers 
here at Windy Hill.  
Lindsey, who not only helps on the ranch but had these great shirts made;
Gilberto, our great friend and helper, who brings us avocados and so many smiles;
And MacKenzie who is home, due to Covid, from college 
and has become one of our right arms around here.
Thanks, you guys, for making Windy Hill a better place with your laughs, smiles, and good will.  
We love you!
I was lookin  read more... 
				
					
						 
						Sweet pickle relish 
					 
					
						 
						The new show pasture 
					 
					
						 
						The tumbling tumbler 
					 
					
						 
						Indi and her smug smile 
					 
					
				 
			 
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				Saturday, July 4, 2020 
				
				
					 
					Pickles!  Lots of pickles! 
				 
				
My cucumbers are producing like gangbusters!  Everyday, it seems, I fill my sink with new ones.  I mean, how many cucumbers can a girl eat??
Soooooo…. I’ve started making pickles!  What fun it is to see the jars stack up.  Dill pickles, sweet pickles.  There’s something so satisfying about filling jars with goodies to eat later when the season is long since gone.
Here it is, 4th of July again.  I think of pickles and picnics and barbecues.  I remember my father and uncle gleefully settin  read more... 
				
					
						 
						Kalino's show fleece 
					 
					
						 
						Archimedes getting a chiropractic adjustment. 
					 
					
						 
						Meadowlark in a pickle! 
					 
					
						 
						Bye Bye Little Suzie! 
					 
					
				 
			 
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				Wednesday, July 1, 2020 
				
				
					 
					Kim & Troy with Amazing Grace 
				 
				A lot sure has gone on this week!  As you can see, One Enchanted Evening had her baby making Troy and Kim "GranPacas"!  Congratulations, you guys!  Their first baby is a GIRL by Max and they are euphoric.  Such a great outcome!  Her name is Amazing Grace.
We had 2 other crias this week as well.  Qasani had her Jeremiah cria--and it was the first time in a long time I was immediately excited about a boy!  He is a gorgeous champagne color with that glowing, deep luster we all hope for.  He was on  read more... 
				
					
						 
						Suton and his harem 
					 
					
						 
						Brown suri yarn 
					 
					
						 
						Maui & Blue entertain the girls! 
					 
					
						 
						Molly & Zeke in the spotlight 
					 
					
				 
			 
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				Thursday, June 18, 2020 
				
				
				As the sun was sinking slowly in the west, the buttermilk sky was glowing.  Little did we know that Kristianna, first time mother and voted least likely to deliver first, was preparing to deliver her cria.  We had all gone home for the night, eaten dinner, and settled into evening activities when Tracy decided to take an twilight stroll.  She wandered over to watch the expectant moms eating and noticed that one of them was calmly eating out of the feedbag with a cria head and legs dangling out h  read more... 
				
					
						 
						Here's Kristianna and AWH Hurry Sundown by Max under the heat lamp for the night. 
					 
					
						 
						And here is Sundown the next day!  What a face! And look at that fleece! 
					 
					
					
					
				 
			 
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