Life, is not waiting to come out after the storm. Life, is learning to dance in the rain.
I know it is not as cold here as some of the northern farms but for us it's cold. The winter of 09 and the first of 2010 has been the longest cold snap we have seen in a long time. The animals are loveing it and hardly come to the barm. I guess that even though they have been here for years now they still trend back to their home. We love this time of year because the cria's prong around and the herd is more laid back.
We have just about finished our fencing and water pads. Now it is on to building the manure shed. We only have about 300 more feet of water lines to run and we will have water everywhere. The work here is never done as we expand and better our farm.
Monty and I were raised in Jacksonville, Florida. We met in 1960 and were married in 1962. After a hitch in the Marines with a tour in Viet Nam we raised 3 sons. In 1992 we built our first new home and dedicated it to Monty's father, Emmett C. Parnell (11-16-1917 to 4-22-1988). Thus giving it the name Emmett Acres.
Picture taken 11-20-2007
This picture was taken looking Southeast from our front porch. The barn houses all the animals during rain or bad weather. Our Alpacas love this time of the year. Seldom do they stay in the barn at night during the winter. In the summer, we can't run them out because of the 12 fans.
Sheds, feed, hay and fresh water everyday is a must at Emmett Acres.
Looking Northeast from our entrance. we have four 1.5 acre pastures. These pastures are being cross-fenced to allow us to rotate our stock for better management. Work is never done at Emmett Acres. We are always looking for better ways to care for all of our animals.
Emmett Acres has several Alpacas boarded from other states. We treat every animal on this farm as if it were our own.
Looking west from our barn. We have a full view so we can see visitors when them arrive for farm tours.
This is Poncho our guard Llama. Poncho was a rescue from a petting zoo. Llamas and alpacas do not like being petted and will adopt strange atitudes very often. People ask why they spit. Llamas and alpacas spit because they can't say NO. Spitting is their way of saying don't mess with me. Most of the time, they do not spit on humans.
Monty and I were raised in Jacksonville, Florida. We met in 1960 and were married in 1962. After a hitch in the Marines with a tour in Viet Nam we raised 3 sons. In 1992 we built our first new home and dedicated it to Monty's father, Emmett C. Parnell (11-16-1917 to 4-22-1988). Thus giving it the name Emmett Acres.
This picture was taken looking Southeast from our front porch. The barn houses all the animals during rain or bad weather. Our Alpacas love this time of the year. Seldom do they stay in the barn at night during the winter. In the summer, we can't run them out because of the 12 fans. 
Looking Northeast from our entrance. we have four 1.5 acre pastures. These pastures are being cross-fenced to allow us to rotate our stock for better management. Work is never done at Emmett Acres. We are always looking for better ways to care for all of our animals.
Looking west from our barn. We have a full view so we can see visitors when them arrive for farm tours. 
This is Poncho our guard Llama. Poncho was a rescue from a petting zoo. Llamas and alpacas do not like being petted and will adopt strange atitudes very often. People ask why they spit. Llamas and alpacas spit because they can't say NO. Spitting is their way of saying don't mess with me. Most of the time, they do not spit on humans.