Bernard Pastel by Pamela Koster

Bernard Pastel by Pamela Koster
Bernard the Magnificent

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Mr. Snuggles settles in at the Cottonwood Inn

Our new llama, courtesy of our friends over at Wild Earth Llama Adventures, has not only settled in, he seems to have fallen in love with one of the new emus. He also enjoys snuggling up and sleeping with Sparky during the afternoon siesta.

If you ever get the chance, definitely sign on for the "Take a Llama to Lunch" hike that Stuart over at Wild Earth offers. Stuart currently has his hands full with even more rescue llamas-- Mr. Snuggles was just one of over 2 dozen Stuart took in last year.

The weather has been warm and sunny, and all the creatures have been enjoying a respite from the frosty morning temps. Next week were supposed to get one more nice "arctic blast" before the end of the ski season here in Taos. If you haven't hit the slope yet this year, there is still time! Come and ski world-class hills, eat great food, watch beautiful sunsets and snuggle with a llama (or emu. Or chicken, or dog or or ....)

Sunday, March 11, 2012

When Chickens Go Bad....


I believe this photo speaks for itself.

Pictures of the new beasties and some great snow


New Snow at the Cottonwood Inn


Wow, what a morning! When it finally got light outside (remember-- daylight savings!) I saw that 6 inches of snow had fallen during the night. Up at the Taos Ski Valley it kept snowing until after noon. Yeehaw!

Anyhow, here are some pictures of the snow, the emus, and our new rescue llama Elvis (or Mr. Snuggles, I can't decide). The emus are Thing One and Thing Two. It's not easy to photograph an emu. As I was taking these photos they were trying to eat the camera and camera strap. Why were they doing this? I'm guessing it was because the bluetooth one of them ate two days ago was so DARNED tasty. Seriously, one of the Things ate my new bluetooth. I haven't come across it in the pasture yet....





Thing Two trying to eat the Camera