Life, is not waiting to come out after the storm. Life, is learning to dance in the rain.
Well spring is here and all the winter chores have been done. We had a lot of rain the last few months of 2009 and we hope the trend continues thru the summer. We have been in a 7 year drought and we need the rain. So far our pastures have been doing good but that can change with several weeks with out rain.
Our tasks for 2010 is to finish our manure shed and breed all of the girls. We did not breed anyone last year because of the economy. Not wanting to overstock our pastures because of a slow down in sales, we hesitated to breed until this year. Maybe by the time our crias are born in 2011 the market will return.
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 they 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 they 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.