Nothing like a baby goat!

OK, I admit it, I may be a bit obsessed. But you just cannot imagine how adorable these angora baby goats are! These are from Kathy's fiber ranch, which is just a few minutes away from our little ranch.
Check out this baby, I think her name is Willow.

Better Pictures?

Ok, so I've been playing around with backgrounds, lighting, macro settings - oh my!
Here's my latest offering for buster and boo pendants. Do you like this picture better than the one in an earlier post (scroll down)? Let me know what you think?? Thanks!!

Babies

My friend Kathy has 15 babies at her fiber ranch. !!! I can't wait to go over later today and see them !! (I'll be bringing my camera). Just had to share this picture...
She has lambs and baby angora goats....and spins the most glorious yarn from their fiber!!

Trouble with the new shop

So, my pendants are not selling at buster and boo. I KNOW it cannot be due to price, because I am only charging $10-$11 per pendant - which is actually a necklace because I have included either a ribbon necklace or silk cord, with sterling clasps. Quality. Well, I have sold two of them.
So, the question is, WHY? I would very much appreciate any input. I have a lot of new ones to list today, so am going to go play with the pics. They need to be compelling, and apparently are not compelling enough.
There are other shops on etsy selling similar items. Maybe too many? Maybe I don't have enough variety listed?
I also have them for sale at Bohemia Tucson, I wonder if they are selling at all there.....
Would very much appreciate ANY and ALL criticism, comments, suggestions!

View from my road

We live on a dirt road. I grew up in the suburbs of a big city - Philadelphia, so to say that I live on a dirt road just puts the most gigantic smile on my face. My dream is to live on a dirt road that is 20 miles from my nearest neighbor.....not there yet! (I always seem to have noisy neighbors, dogs that bark 24/7 or blast really bad music). Anyway, that is Mt Lemmon - the highest peak in the Catalina mountains.

New for Spring

I found this fabulous suri alpaca, and just knew it would make an awesome lamb. Sometimes it is hard to part with my little animals, as I'm knitting them - I become so attached, and worry and ponder about their name.
I really should have a contest one day, to help me name them!
Anyway, here is Suri, a little baby lambie. Let me know if you think of a better name for her! (isn't tom cruise's (yuck) baby named Suri?? or am I crazy - very possible!)

High Desert

We are from Philadelphia, so the move to Tucson was a BIG change for us. We love it here, and the incredible beauty of the high desert will never cease to amaze me.
Tucson is surrounded by mountains. We live in the foothills of a small mountain range, the Tortolitas. To our immediate east is the Catalinas - the highest peak is Mt Lemmon, at over 9000 feet. There is snow up there - one road up - with a ski resort at the top (no, not a big resort, just a few runs). Catalina state park is where I used to ride Dozer, and many times riding there I thought I had fallen into a wild west movie.
Here's a pic of a the Canyon Del Oro wash - this is dry MUCH of the year, but when the rains come in the summer, or the snow melts, this can turn into a raging river.