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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Accoyo Accelerator - CABO
Lakeland Alpacas Minnesota
We are happy to say that Accoyo Accelerator just WON Color Champion, 1ST Place, & Best Brightness Awards at the CABO / Carolina Alpaca Celebration!!!! In 2004, I purchased my first alpaca. I have always dreamed of the day that I would have a Color Champion award in WHITE connected to my farm. This day has come this last weekend in North Carolina.
Accoyo Accelerator is proudly co-owned with:
Drummond Farm Alpacas & Woolens
The Abbey
Wild River Ranch Alpacas
Accelerator turned 2yrs old last October and will start to breed in 2012.
We are offering introductional drive-by breedings for $500.
Accelerator is a FULL ACCOYO and 2 X Champion - White!!
Lakeland Alpacas
Brian Brown
763.807.3205
www.LakelandAlpacas.com
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Displaying Alpaca Squares
Lakeland Alpacas, Mora Minnesota
No one has cabin fever here!!
Judy of Rum River Alpacas hosted our 2nd fiber arts social for the 2011-2012 winter season.
Our latest group included 7 farms, one of which is NEW. Many 8" alpaca squares were made and others were mailed in. All of these 8" alpaca squares will be made into an Alpaca Afghan. The afghan will be at the Minnesota Alpaca Expo silent auction which benefits alpacas thru the University of Minnesota.
If you have any other item that you would donate, please contact me or visit;
http://minnesotaalpacaexpo.com/silentauctioninfo.html
p.s. Happy Birthday Nancy!!
now in your late 30's
Happy Knitting & Crocheting.
Brian Brown
Teaching a new pattern
New worker B making a square
What can I say ;=)
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Lakeland Alpacas and the members of the alpaca community had a great Fiber Social on December 1st.
Our 2nd Fiber Arts Social for the winter season is coming soon.
January 12th. Thursday 5pm-?
Everyone that loves ALPACAS are welcome to attend =) No need to know how to knit or crochet. It's more of a winter social!!
If you would like to knit and/or crochet, the Minnesota Alpaca Expo silent auction is once again looking for donations of 8" squares knit/crochet from alpaca yarn. These donations will be made into an alpaca aphgan to be auctioned off at the 2012 Minnesota Alpaca Expo silent auction. Which benefit alpacas thru the University of Minnesota.
Bring a snack/appetizer and lets start making knit/crochet 8" squares!!
January 12th * Thursday * 5pm-?
Rum River Alpacas
Jim & Judy Riess
21658 Rum River Blvd NW
Oak Grove, MN 55303
Q: 763-753-0357
Brian Brown
Q: 763.807.3205
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Marcie 1st Place N.I.A.E.
Lakeland Alpacas
Mora, Minnesota
It's Monday October 24th and the day after the Northern IL Alpaca Extravaganza 2011.
My 2 Suri females, Marcie and Jazz came home with a Blue ribbon each!!
It was another great Fall show with great weather in the 60's.
Thank you to my great Suri friends at the show for helping get my girls to the show ring on time. Everyone is so social that it's easy to lose track of when your alpacas should be in the show ring. Thank You!!
=)
Brian
Jazz 1st Place N.I.A.E.
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Friday, September 30, 2011
Lakeland Alpacas
Mora, Minnesota
Lucy and Jazz's lace weight yarn came back from the mill.
Talk about luster!! Lakeland Alpacas has mostly white alpacas because the yarn can be dyed into any wonderful color you can think of!! These are the first 4 colors dyed for the fall sales season. More to come in October.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Lakeland Alpacas
Mora, Minnesota
2011 brought another great year to visit alpacas and learn more about the green life style! Visitors were able to see both Suri and Huacaya's in addition to the new ciras (babies). The kids love alpacas and alpaca finger puppets :)
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Princess E kissing
Lakeland Alpacas
Mora Minnesota
Princess Elizabeth is the newest arrival at Lakeland Alpacas. Her dam, Cindy gave birth a little early due to the HOT July. Princess E is doing Great!! Daughter of Champion Rose Grey Herdsire Titan.
Elizabeth will be just short of 2 months old at this years Alpaca Farm Open House. You can visit her and a few more crias that are due just before the Farm Open House.
Princess Elizabeth is a very friendly little girl. She likes to visit with all of the older alpacas and follow me arround the stall/pature.
Elizabeth visitng the teen girls.
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Lakeland Alpacas - March Sunrise
Lakeland Alpacas
Mora Minnesota
This is my favorite Poem! The love of nature.
Just thought I would share.
Brian
I only went out for a walk
and finally concluded to stay out
until sundown,
for going out,
I found,
was really going in.
-John Muir (1838-1914)
American naturalist
Lakeland Alpacas - Awakening Moon
Lakeland Alpacas - Winter Snow
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Prodigy 3 x Champion!!
Lakeland Alpacas MN
Mora, Minnesota
I have good news and bad news about our new white Suri Herdsire Prodigal Son.
The good news about "Prodigy" is that he is new to Minnesota (MN) and is proudly co-owned with Whispering Oaks Alpacas & Dummond Farm Alpacas and Woolens.
The Prodigal Son has arrived. "Prodigy" is the first cria born out of 15-time Champion, the most decorated white suri male in the nation, PIVAL Blazen Son!
He was just transported in June (2011). Tari Maxfield is starting him off with her herd of Suri females. Prodigy will then be off to Leslie Peterson's farm to breed her Suri females. We all look forward to having the 3 time Champion bring our Suri herd to the Next level.
The BAD news is that we have to wait 1 year to see the new crias!!!
Please check him out. THE PRODIGAL SON HAS ARRIVED!!
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Hello from Autumn!!
Lakeland Alpacas MN
Mora, Minnesota
L. Pietrzak, Agricultural Education / FFA, of the Mora High School had 12 of her students out for a farm visit. The 10th-12th graders came out to visit the alpacas. It was nice day to visit the alpacas that were just shorn 3 weeks earlier. The little crias came up to say hello as well as Autumn, who is always the first to greet visitors. We talked about what you would need to own alpacas, alpaca history, breedings and the differences between huacayas and suris.
Thank you for visiting!!
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