Virtual Craft Show on Cafe Handmade

I joined the Virtual Craft Show on Cafe Handmade again, starting this past Sunday. I love how the ad came out this time. Again, nice bright colors and a showcase of some of my favorite fiber art. Basically, it is a virtual craft show of all handmade items and there are some amazing artists advertising in this craft show. You can vote for your favorite artist - just click on the little heart under where it says Vote For Me! You can vote once per week per artisan per IP address (i.e., per computer). So, if you haven't already voted this week and you'd like to help me out, please click here to go to the Split Rock Ranch ad in the craft show. Winner of Best in Show gets a free ad on the Cafe Handmade site for the next week and a widget to display on their site. Thank you to everyone for voting for Split Rock Ranch!

By the way, you do NOT have to be a member of Cafe Handmade, nor do you have to register or do anything else to vote - just click one of the links provided above, then click on the heart under the words "Vote For Me!" Thanks!!

Split Rock Ranch - Cafe Handmade Virtual Craft Show

Split Rock Ranch

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A brand new week for the Cafe Handmade Virtual Craft Show. You can vote once per artisan per IP address per week. If you haven't voted this week, please do! Thank you!!

Reconnecting with Old Friends & Best on Blogspot

Yesterday I had a visit from an old high school friend whom I haven't seen in years - I think our 20th reunion was the last time we saw each other and that would have been in 1996! We reconnected recently on Facebook and she wanted to see the llamas and my yarns so yesterday she and a friend came to visit. It was a lot of fun and there wasn't nearly enough time to catch up so we're going to have to meet again soon to talk more! Her friend had spent several years in Peru where llamas are a common sight since they're used as beasts of burden there. She missed seeing llamas and was thrilled to reconnect with them again. And, small world, her husband works for the same company as JB!

I wish we had crias for them to see. But, it appears that all the females we bred last Fall did not get pregnant. I thought for sure Belle was pregnant by the looks of her when we sheared her in July but now we're thinking she is just fat and grouchy. :o( We'll expose several of our top females to our top herd sires this coming weekend in the hopes that we'll have some outstanding crias next year. I think this is only the second year we haven't had even one cria on the ranch! Our last cria was born over a year ago, little Hot Shot. So I'm putting in a couple of gratuitous photos of him because I know everyone loves to see crias. The first photo is when he was a newborn, just learning to stand. The second photo is a couple of weeks later - what a difference a little bit of time makes!


And finally, I'm doing some shameless promotion (okay, begging if you will) for votes on Best on Blogspot. You can click on the link to the right of this post or you can click here to go to the site. You can vote once daily and voting ends tomorrow, so this isn't a long drawn out homework assignment, just an easy click today and tomorrow if you visit my blog again tomorrow. Thanks!

Another Photo Contest!

UPDATE: Please keep voting through Sunday. Today we moved up from page 5 to page 3 of the entries! Thank you to those of you who have been voting for Gigi!!

Okay, another shameless plea, I mean plug - for your vote in the Animal Rescue Site's Cutest Dog Photo Contest on Facebook. This is our little Gigi as a puppy. She's a toy poodle and still cute as can be! Thank you for voting! You can vote once every 24 hours until the contest ends on Sunday August 23rd.

Please vote for our submission to this contest!

You do have to register to vote on this contest but it is easy and takes only a little bit of time. If you do go to all the trouble to vote for us, we really appreciate it! Also, you can vote once an HOUR until April 30th. So, if you are just looking fora way to kill some time and help out... ;o)

Winner gets a $100 gift certificate from PetsMart. Our cats and dogs thank you profusely for your efforts to win them some snacks, treats and goodies!