Elizabeth, traveled to West Terre Haute this past Wednesday to help the nuns of St. Mary of the Woods College during their shearing day. From 8:00 in the morning to 7:00 or so at night they were able to shear 18 of the male alpaca herd. Another 40+ will be on the shearer's table over the next two days!

We attended Shearing 101 at the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice on Saturday, where we learned about how a shearing is conducted and watched an alpaca go from fuzzy teddy bear to a naked giraffe. We also learned that the more helping hands that you have, the better.