We drove to visit our alpacas today – several of them, not just Amelia. None of them were really anxious to pose for the camera, but Amelia, as usual, stole the show.

Amelia, however, was not particularly impressed with the strange two-leggers. It’s hard to accept that while she’s our baby, we’re not really her people. The alpacas that moved as adults may still remember us, but the babies really don’t know us. Besides, that grass was awfully short and very tasty. It’s a lot of work to feed a growing cria.

It’s a long way down to that grass. Eating is lots of work. Amelia was very intent on her grazing, despite our photography.

Amelia has a lot of different colors. Areas of rose gray are obvious on her neck, along her spine, and elsewhere. Although much of her blanket appears brown at the moment, we expect she will prove to be rose gray throughout – possibly with variation in shade. From the front, her ears have white tips. From the back, they show a lot of white. I really like her markings.

We also saw Jubilee, Maggee, Morghan, some alpacas we no longer own, and some cria born to those we no longer own. They’re all doing well. The babies are cute!