We were part of the Heldeberg Craft and Artisans Weekend and John was an involved participant in our two tours. We had about a dozen people come to see our demonstration of spinning, experience feeding the alpacas and browsing our store in the loft.
Our son who manages our business gave the tours, while John and I met the people who parked all over the steep road up Irish Hill with our spinning wheel under the canapy. John quickly adjusted to seeing people approach and was quite appropriate with introductions. Often we find that the more distractions there are with stressful situations, the less John feels the need to control. Our three grandchildren were an intrigate part of the day as well.
Noah rounded up the animals from the lower pasture. Ian kept the grain available for feeding and Mia showed our products to the customers upstairs.
The one side effect of the event was John's expectations that anyone else who drove in our driveway for the next few days would be a tour visitor. We expected that reaction and made sure that we were back "in routine" with no surprises.
All in all-a very good part of alpacanautism.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
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