It's almost time!

Well, I have got to say that being a maiden is hard... My hormones are going bonkers and every single one of the males here look great to me! I heard the humans talking and they are going to let us start having dates next month! I don't want to wait that long but I suppose they know best.

In the middle of December I have a date with Nottingham Hollow's Friar Tuck. He's a handsome guy. Even though his fiber is light fawn his sire is a true black. Maybe he has a dark enough gene in there so that I can have a dark baby girl myself! That would just be too cool.

My dam is pregnant now and she is supposed to have the first Friar Tuck cria. It will be my little sister - the humans said "No more boys!". We'll see if mom listened to them and if that pink stuff they wrapped aropund her tail worked. If it did, I am going to beg them to wrap my tail with it too.

I have three new friends here from Florida. They are Princess, her brother Mark Anthony and her dam Holiday Weekend. They call her Holly. I have to call my dam mom, she gets mad if I call her Miss Wise!

Pretty soon almost all of the boys are moving! It's only to the other side of the human's barn - wait, they call it a house. I am sad because I won't get to flirt at the fence any more...

When that happens they are going to let us maidens have our own "apartment". I gues sthat Princess is so close to her dam that they figure she needs to grow up and live on her own. She's going to have a date next month too. She and Emma, my best gal pal, are going to have their dates with Amerikhan Legend. He's special because he won all these blue, purple and lavendar ribbons. Oh - my human said it's his fiber and nice body that wond him the ribbons and that's why he's special...

My brother Duncan is moving in with the other men out front. He'll be two years old on January 3rd. The human lady is a little worried but said that he needs to try to be with the bigger boys and if he can't he stay there he can come back. She always mutters something about there being too darn many boys... I don't think we have enough! I can only whisper that because if she hears me talking like that I get a time out. She just can't take a joke sometimes.

Any how, my dam is going back to the original pen in the barn. They will have that little eye working that fixes it so they can watch her all the time. They want to be careful that they get out there in time for her baby because it is going to be December... I heard they might make a new nursery this year so she and the cria can be on a floor instead of the ground. It will be nice because then the rest of the girls will have room and can be near her. Except for us darn it... We will be in another building!

I heard we have two more dams and their crias coming soon to have dates with the new guy Victor. I wonder where the humans will put them? Oh well, we will see!

I am surprised she hasn't realized I am in the house yet. I think I will sneak out now before she finds me... That way I will get to come on again sooner!

See you later! :-)

Velvet, the pretty black one

Sunny September Sunday Hello

Wow! I never thought I would get to come back in and use the computer. Finally.

Yesterday it rained and rained. It was the remnants of a tropical storm that went through named Hanna. The paddocks were all muddy. I was bored - had to spend the whole day in the barn eating hay. Can you just imagine that? Don't tell anyone but I really liked it!

Last weekend they took me out for a little walk to the front yard so they could take some good pictures of me. I knew you would want to see them! As it turns out I am for sale again I guess. It's weird because nothing has changed for me so I am not sure what to make of it. I think I am still going to have my date with Friar Tuck this coming December. But maybe not. I don't know - I just wish these humans would make up their minds soon.

Already? I have to go back outside. I will type again when I have some time...

Me - Velvet - the black beauty at Nottingham Hollow!

It's About Time!

Hay there!

Things changed around here the other day. The humans were grumbling something about "open females" and weren't too happy with the manly men. So - I got to go back with the other girls! Emma and I are happy about this and Tabitha is probably relieved. I think I heard her tell Clara that she felt like she had been punished or something. Can't imagine why!

The best thing is that my bratty brother and his friend got put in with Duncan. The two little ones aren't very happy about it and that Darius is just a fretting. Last night when we were getting our dinner Dougal and Darius both jumped over the creep feed gate! Ha - they thought their mothers would let them have milk? Not. The creep feed has a higher gate now...

We have some new hay and it tastes really good. I could just eat and eat and eat. That's not going to happen though with the others in the barn with me. Besides, if I am to get pregnant after show this fall I will want to look really good - for show too!

Wow -she's grumpy today. I have to get off the computer because she needs it. I really need my own...

Later!

All trained....

Hay there! :-)

She finally let me in the house so I can get caught up with my blog and say hi to everyone. It's really nice in the house. Much nicer than my "house" outside. Even though there are THREE fans running for us it is still too warm.

So, I noticed something today. When we get fed, I am always first. I take after my dam that way too! Well, almost. She wants to be fed first but Clara is the herd leader so she rules. You know what this means don't you? It means I am herd leader in my paddock! I rule - I have Emma and Tabith trained! My human said to get over myself, Tabitha is just letting me go first so that I don't bother her and she can eat in peace. But if that's the case - how come Tabitha lets me push her out of the way when the hose comes out? Nah... I've got them BOTH trained!

I really enjoy the hose. My human stopped calling me Tank and now calls me the hose hog! Whatever - as long as I can keep cool what do I care what she calls me?

I am going to get a beauty treatment later this week. They bought a new scale so I will get to know how much I weigh again. I have been really bothered y that you know. I mean, with having Tank for a nick name the joke is going to be on them when they see I am just where I am supposed to be! She said after I get weighed I am getting a manicure and then dusted off and she's going to take some pictures. As soon as the sun hides behind some clouds. I have to say, nice as that sounds (right)I will be very happy to roll in the dust pile again. What's the matter with her thinking I need to be dusted off? Doesn't she know that I know grey is in? I mean really, I have to be "in"!

What? She's making me go back out... Catch you later!

I'm Back!

Well, they finally let me back on the computer to say hello.

I saw my new human the other day. I acted just like my little brother does; totally submissive complete with the slinky neck. I don't think she was terribly happy with me because she was trying to take my picture for something. Oh yeah - I remember now! She is entering my fiber in a Spin-Off. I don't exactly know what that means except that it has something to do with my fleece. You should have heard the humans talking when they had me spread out on that table and were taking all of my beautiful fleece off... I didn't want them to have it but I do have to admit that I felt so much cooler when it was finished!

My fiber is growing back on my backside. That little brat Darius really didn't need to bite it off. I am glad he isn't in with me anymore but I do miss my brother and my dam.... I guess that is what growing up is all about.

All of our grass died and we are back to a dirt pasture. Seems kind of weird they still call it a pasture; I thought you needed grass for one of those! Maybe it makes the humans feel better to still call it that. I have some other words that would fit better but I will keep them to myself :-)

It's been raining almost every day lately for about a week. I kind of wish it would stop but I heard them say that we needed the rain for hay. I need hay so I suppose I had better be careful what I wish for!

I have been flirting with Robin Hood and Friar Tuck. Because of it they have been fighting lately. My human's said I can have a date with Friar Tuck in December. It will be nice and cool then and I will be turning two years old then. My sister Emma is a little younger than I am and has been flirting too. I bet they find a boyfriend for her too!

They are kicking me off the computer again. Sigh. What is this email they always have to check?

Hello, my name is Black Velvet!

Let me tell you a bit about myself...

First of all, I was born on December 30, 2006. My dam's name is Miss Wise Obsession and my sire's name is Thistledown's Angus of Argyll. I look just like my dam except that I am smaller.

I have a brother here at Alpacas of Nottingham Hollow. Well, actually two of them. My big brother is The Sheriff of Nottingham Hollow and he looks like his sire I guess because he doesn't look like our dam. He's grey and looks like he's ready to go out and party because he wears a tuxedo - all the time! My little brother is Nottingham Hollow's Dougal. He looks a lot like our sire. We do all have something in common. We are a little on the tall side and we all like to kick. Well, it isn't so much that we like to kick as we sort of have to! We all have this one spot and all it takes is air and we just can't help ourselves. It's not like we are mean when we do it... it just sort of happens.

Anyway, I don't take great pictures because I am a true black and my human says it is hard to capture how beautiful I am. She said she'd keep trying though!

This year something big happened in my life. I was sold on April 26th! I get to stay here with my herd for some more time though so it won't be too bad. My human said that she is doing this blog so that my new human can keep track of me. Whatver. I don't understand a lot of what they tell me but I can tell they all love me so it is okay.

I will be back as soon as they let me in the house again - okay?