Lots of Flowers & Alpaca

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My braided hibiscus tree occasionally goes crazy with flowers. Love the flowers! Every so often I have to spray it for aphids with a soapy water with a few drops of cedar wood oil (one of my doTERRA oils). The soapy water kills the aphids and cedar wood oil smell keeps them off for a while.

The alpacas in the next picture are enjoying the splash pad on a hot day. My son bought it for them last year. They love it, as soon as he drags it out and sets it up they are in it like any kid, lol. Occasionally one will lay down in it and hog it up. Tisk, tisk tisk. Sometimes he brings out a sprinkler instead, but there are some that stand on top of the sprinkler and hog it up, lol. They much prefer our winters which are often -20’s to -30’s without the windchill. Their coats are so dense that snow doesn’t melt on their backs, and rain doesn’t soak in! But, they spend a lot of time in the barn too, they always have access to get into or out of the barn. They love playing in the snow. He has large fans going 24/7 in the barn in the summer so they can stay comfortable when the heat is too hot to be outside.

Hope you all are staying cool, we are very humid and hot. Sweltering is what the weatherman said. Tomorrow they said with the humidity factor we will be around 101F.

14 thoughts on “Lots of Flowers & Alpaca”

  1. Beautiful hibiscus! And my favorite color, too!!

    Well shoot, now I want an alpaca! How funny, they are like kids!! Love their sweet faces!

    You keep your humidity on your side of the fence! We’re in the 90s every day, but it’s not sweltering. Try and stay cool tomorrow, that’s not gonna be pretty.

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    • The flowers are my favorite color too, actually that’s what my daughter said when she gave it to me, “I bought it for you because they are your favorite color.” I was surprised she remembered lol.

      Dang I was hoping to ship the humidity off to you, now I’ll have to find someone else, but probably better to do it undercover so they can’t refuse it :P.

      Alpaca’s are very cute, but not cuddly at all, some of them will let you touch them maybe even pet their back, but most only come over for food, no food we’re outta here ;).

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      • Yep, just like kids… Feed me or I’m out!

        I’m always surprised by what my daughter knows about me. I guess it’s true, they do watch us!

        Remember when we were little and we brought the friend whose house we wanted to sleep over at to ask our mom if we could? She could never say no with the kid standing there! I think that’s the approach you need to take – bring the humidity and ask if it can sleep over. 😉 LOL!

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  3. Your flowers are so bright and pretty!! Love them.

    It must be really fun to watch the alpacas firsthand. 🙂 Glad they’re doing okay in the heat. Hoping the same for you too!!

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