"Forget wearing purple. When I’m 80, I’m going to adopt an Alpaca!" - Erin Heffernan

One of our renters Anne and her daughter Mary sent us this wonderful article written by one of Anne's daughters, Erin.

 "By definition, an Alpaca is a domesticated, longhaired South American animal of the camel family, related to the llama and similar in appearance. An Alpaca may be in the camel family and related to the llama, but the handsome gene is all his.

My cousin, Mary, of Winterport, Maine, took her mother, my Auntie Anne, of Newburgh, Maine, to an Alpaca farm for her 83^rd birthday -- with her walker. Osteoperosis was no match for her on this day. But, who would have guessed she would adopt an Alpaca? Maybe my cousin, Mary, a woman with a magnificently eclectic thought process. Auntie Anne’s Alpaca is a female named Marylou, and she is exquisite.

Marylou lives at the farm, and Auntie Anne has unlimited visitation. Marylou would not have fit in Auntie Anne’s apartment, and she would probably alarm her neighbors in her senior apartment complex."

                                                                                            -Erin Heffernan



To read the full article, click here.

Anne & Sonni

Mary Lou

We are  thankful to have such incredibly talented and creative renters that have truly become part of our alpaca family.