Went to pick up some fleece from Andes Alpaca Farm today. The owner-Morelia Candia is a wonderful woman, warm, intelligent, and vibrant with a great sense of humor. As many of you know I began homeschooling my 3 children a few weeks before Christmas, and so they were along for the ride. When she came to the door and saw the family waiting in the car, she said "Invite them in"-I asked her if she knew what she was getting into-she just laughed and said "Yes, yes". She also had three children, so she did in fact know. We all entered into her lovely home, just as she was putting apple cinnamon muffins into the oven (smelled heavenly). I introduced her to my family and she welcomed them as warmly as she had me on my first visit.
Morelia's alpaca's are BEAUTIFUL! She cares for them very well, and has many champions. The fleece is soft, and some of the best Alpaca fleece I have ever seen! Healty, happy animals=excellent fleece:O) She took me to the garage, where she had set aside some fleece for me to look at. She is very knowledgable and honest-she showed me some of the best and medium quality fleece. There is a lovely true black fleece that I picked out right away from an Alpaca named Quito. I chose a few others (all fabulous!), and then the oven timer went off (muffins anyone?). We went inside, she asked my children if they thought there were enough muffins for everyone? They all chimed in "YES!!!", and she served us muffins and apple cider from the local orchard Green -This woman knows hospitality!
After the children gobbled up their muffins and cider I asked them to put on their coats and get ready to go. They all had so enjoyed watching some of the Alpaca's through the large windows in the living room, and now they quietly asked me if they could go and see them. I said "Maybe next time" as I didn't want to impose (and had already talked with Morelia about planning a field trip to the farm for the kids). She heard their request, and said "Yes, let's go see the animals!" This is one nice lady, as the temp was fairly low today (middle of January in Maine-what else would it be?) So, she got on her outdoor gear and off we all went across the large field to where the female Alpaca's live.
What an experience! We went through the gates (one electrified) and there were 45 Alpaca's coming over to 'check us out'. WOW-it was really amazing! They all seemed to navigate to my 3 year old first, then in turn they checked us all out. What beautiful animals! (yes, think I have said this already-it deserves to be said again).
Lovely day-Thank you Morelia. We'll be back soon:O)
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