poplar road

We just had a fantastic long weekend with Sharon, Pat, Olivia, and Andrew, and special guests Cama, Flora, and Buddy, who fell head-over-heels for Olivia. Here's Buddy playing King-of-the-Castle on the heap of dirt exposed by our demolition of the chicken pens around the barn. He says, Hi, Olivia!

Buddy scared Olivia a bit at first - when you're only two feet tall, a big fuzzy thing five times your size galloping toward you is understandably intimidating - but despite frequent kisses from Flora it was Buddy who captured her heart. She started saying his name on the second day and he started coming closer than he usually does with Richard and I. I was very impressed. Letting the three llamas in was challenging because they just love raspberry and cherry leaves, and Flora is getting too big to be leaping through my flower beds. But it was worth it to have them closer once Olivia got comfortable with them. She made a beeline for the back door as soon as she got up every morning. Our visit to the BC Wildlife Park was also fun - it was one big wildlife weekend. (Sharon, I'm looking forward to seeing your photos! Thanks for a wonderful visit.)