Good morning! It will be a record-breaking week for heat in Pennsylvania -- but you can't argue with the blue sky and lovely breeze! I'm writing from my Treehouse where I do all my sorting, carding and spinning of alpaca fiber -- plus the record-keeping -- and it couldn't be nicer!

Thought you would enjoy a couple of pictures of the newest member of our animal family. Gable is a purebred Ragdoll cat whom we got from Rebecca Wixom at RaggleDazzle Ragdolls in Clearwater, FL (www.raggledazzle.com).

These pictures were taken by a superb professional cat photographer, Helmi Flick, in Dallas, TX (www.helmiflick.com). She is amazing! It was really incredible to watch these professionals capture Gable's quick movements on film. Gable is tons of fun . . . and if you ever doubted that we like furry creatures, this ought to cement it!

We have six of our premiere alpaca girls in four different auctions this fall. We will be profiling each of them over the next few weeks, so be sure to watch for them. They are:

• Diamond Princess Divinity (huacaya)at the Eastern Extreme Auction in WV (www.easternextremeauction.com);
• Dark Knight's Duvessa (huacaya) at the Breeders Edge Auction in VA (www.breedersedge.info);
• Diamond Houdini's Princess Aurora (suri) and
• Diamond Peruvian Forever Summer (suri) at the Private Collection Auction in OH (http://www.alpacajack.com/resources/private-collection.aspx);
• Diamond Houdini's Magic Penny (suri) and
• Diamond FlashFire's Kristeen (suri) at the Peruvian Auction, also in OH
  

These girls are hand-selected and spectacular! Check back so you can find out all about them and their superlative genetics. In the meantime, if you'd like us to send you detailed information and a fiber sample, please email me.