http://www.ywl.com Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:25:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has been a bad week for our HughesNet Broadband.  Our system has experienced slow response on and off for the past several days.  HughesNet even sent a technician to the house to address the issue.  Once he arrived (two days later) the inital hardware problem had corrected itself, ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=269 Our male llamas have there own barn and are divided into a number of runs which are connected to their barn stalls.  Some of our males (Inspot, PPF Pablo Cruz  and Smokin' Gun) have there own runs and stalls, so that we can keep them separated from each other and ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=268 Spring seems to be struggling to reach us, with only a few really warm days and mostly cloudy, cold weather.  I know we can still have frost this time of year, and we did need the rain, but the gardeners are getting impatient!  Somehow I managed to get the flower ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=266 After a wonderful holiday get-together with our extended family, I came back into the computer room to check my email and found that my computer was DEAD!  We think the power supply is gone, and have a new one on order.  If that does not fix it, we are in ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=265 With the help of the llamas from Roxywood Farm in Tennessee, the Grinch made an appearance at the annual Christmas Parade and stole the show...including a Best in Show Trophy! Congrats to Rebecca and Roxy Wood and the help of their friends and llamas...what costumes they came up with! ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=261 Campaign x Hughes Bonita Got My Vote, aka Jimmy, catches everyone's eye with his striking reverse appy coloration and gorgeous head and ears. When you look closer, you will see that his correct, square and straight conformation and heavy bone complete the picture for this young male. He has ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=260 Congrats to Roxanne and Rebecca Wood of Roxywood Llamas in Tennesse on the purchase of YW Cooper!  Out of Star Adonis and Bardo's Gypsy, Cooper will become a large and big-boned testament to his parents.  He has always had an outgoing nature, and plans are underway for Roxanne to train Cooper ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=258 Fred and I want to thank everyone for their kind condolences on our loss of Lewis in September.  We've had many dear friends send both emails and special cards, and other rememberances.  One gentleman that we have never met sent a donation in memory of Lewis to the Oklamahoma State University ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=257 Yesterday was a very difficult day for Laura and I.  We had to say farewell to Lewis, our farm mascot.  Over the past ten years Lewis has taught Laura and I much about courage and overcoming adversity.    Lewis was born totally blind.  After a slow start he began to amaze ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=254 I have been closely monitoring the performance of our Hughes Net satellite internet system over the past several months.  I've noticed a significant drop in signal strength since the leaves came out on the trees.  Apparently the dish was not shooting over the large poplar tree on the far side ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=253 A couple of months ago we had a beautiful silver tabby cat take up residence in our barn.  She started showing up at feeding time and gradually took up permanent residence.  I guess she figured out that Hutu (pronounced Who.Two) our barn cat got fed at the same time as ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=251 A very enthused Judy called us the other afternoon to let us know that Sierra had just given birth to a coal black Incspot daughter, India Inc.. Congratulations from Laura and I. Fred P.S. The Brownies were wonderful. http://www.ywl.com/?p=243 It has been an extremely unusual two days on the farm.  Over the past 24 hours we have received nearly 9 inches of rain. Our farm is located at the top of a large hill which is one of the highest points in the state of Indiana, so we were ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=236 About a year ago, we had a small white cat move into the loft of our stud barn.  Laura's suspicion that she was carrying kittens was confirmed when we found a litter of three tiny kittens in our hay loft when we were putting up hay last June.  Of course ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=239 With summer heat only a few weeks away we have completed our annual ritual of giving each llama their summer haircuts.  Some of the llamas get show cuts while others are shorn completely.  Most of our breeding females receive a full body shearing to provide them the maximum comfort during ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=235 Well our experiences with the Hughes net satellite internet service has not been all wine and roses.  In my past posts I indicated that I was reasonably pleased with Hughes Net.  Unfortunately, I experienced very slow download speeds (slower than dial-up) over a two week period in mid-March.  Calls to ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=234 Old man winter has been holding on by his finger tips for the past 3 weeks.  Our daily highs and lows have been bouncing between the mid-20's and lower 40's for the past three weeks.  We have also had a deluge of rain.   But he is finally loosing his grip.  The daffodils ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=232 Yesterday was one of those days that cannot be described or even photographed, only remembered. We had a minor ice storm during the day, which is common for us this time of year. The storm was over and sun was shining through oily black March clouds when I stepped outside ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=231 Laura and I awoke this morning to the sights and sounds of Spring.  We were experiencing our first  thunderstorm of the year, during the first week of February!  After I had dressed for my morning trek to the barn, I glanced at the weather station and was surprised to see that ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=228 Well I finally managed to install the replacement for our original llamacam "one" which failed a couple of weeks back. I had been testing the new camera and software for a few days and expected the installation to be easy. Of course I guessed wrong. I carefully ... http://www.ywl.com/?p=223