Category: #Animals

One White, One Brown, Baby Alpacas

Six Word

Saturday

On Saturday, Coleman and I were able to borrow my daughter’s car and go down to the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina. It is an hour away from where we currently live, so it is a bit of a drive. Traffic was terrible. I very rarely drive in traffic (I don’t care for heavy traffic, I try to avoid it if at all possible).

Anyway, after we arrived and maneuvered around the Farm to the Alpaca section, we were delighted to discover the new Baby Alpacas born recently at the Greenway. There is One White, and One Brown Baby Alpaca.

Here are a few shots of the Baby Alpacas …

Baby Alpacas
in Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm
at Anne Springs Close Greenway

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Debbie’s Six Word Saturday-12.13.2025

Photo Credit:©️ 2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS 2000 D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature’s Beautiful Creations. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monday Portrait: 10 November

Equus

Equus is a genus of mammals that includes Horses, Donkeys, Asses, and Zebras.

These Jackasses were introduced to us by our former landlord. He brought to a portion of his land adjacent to our rental property to raise with the assistance of his daughters.

A Jackass is an adult male donkey, females are called Jenny. Jacks or Jackasses (male donkeys) are often mated with female horses to produce mules. At one time the more common term for the donkey was Ass.

From the 18th century, donkey gradually replaced ass and jenny replaced she-ass, which is now considered archaic.

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Monday Portrait 

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Lake Wylie, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take Care. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monochrome Madness — 30 October

This week Elke from Pictures Imperfect Blog is the host for Monochrome Madness. She has selected a theme of Farm Animals for our Monochrome Photo Challenge.

“There’s nothing better than watching your cows enjoy the life you gave them.”

Falling Sun Ranch

Cows in the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina. This is a wonderful place to visit with children of all ages.

“Pigs are not a symbol of dirt, laziness or clumsiness, but a mirror to view our relationship with nature.”

Yi-Fu Tuan
The Farm at
The Schiele Museum
of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina
Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina

“Alpacas represent all that
is good in this world.”

~ National Alpaca Association

Young Alpacas in the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

“To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that
of a human being.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi
tryst
The Farm at
The Schiele Museum
of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina
The Farm at
The Schiele Museum
of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

“Most of us are here to make the world happier and better. Even the goats.”

Lisa Kaplin
The Farm at
The Schiele Museum
of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

“There’s something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.”

~ Winston Churchill
Working Horses
on an Amish Farm
in Millersburg, Ohio

Horses in the pasture at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

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To learn more about Monochrome Madness check out Leanne’s Monochrome Madness page here.

Elke’s Monochrome Madness-Farm Animals

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit:©️2020-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

God Bless. Have a fabulous week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monday Portrait: 20 October

Collared peccary

My longtime friend had an unexpected and seemingly unusual visitor around her garbage cans the other night. A visitor she had not witnessed before in her neighbourhood, nor had any of her neighbours.

Aka Javelina

What was this unusual visitor you might ask? It was the creature pictured here known by many as the Javelina. In Arizona the Collared Peccaries are known by their Spanish name Javelina. What are Collared Peccaries or Javelinas? You might think they are some type of pig looking at their stout and pig-like bodies, but they are not pigs.

In fact, they are wild, pig-like mammals common in Arizona deserts, woodlands, and grasslands. Javelinas are known for their social behaviour and adaptation to urban environments. Even though they are primarily herbivores, feeding on prickly pear cactus, mesquite beans, and other desert plants, they will also eat insects and are known for raiding garbage cans for easy food access.

Javelina
in Arizona neighbourhood

Javelinas have sharp teeth and can be aggressive if they feel threatened. It’s best to keep dogs (pets) away from areas that Javelinas might wander. They can be an enormous nuisance to homeowners due to their attraction to garbage and gardens. Make sure to never feed a Javelina. Javelinas are most active during the twilight hours, specifically between dusk and dawn.

Javelinas can be found in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, through Mexico and south all the way down to Argentina. Javelina live in desert washes, saguaro and palo verde forests, oak woodlands and grasslands. Houses that are close to washes will likely have javelina in the neighborhood and are a usual sighting in Tucson, Arizona. [My friend lives in Maricopa, Pinal County, Arizona which is located within the Sonoran Desert a short distance south of Phoenix.]

Monday Portrait 

Photo Credit:©️2025 Beverly Boyce Graves … All Rights Reserved. 

God Bless. Take Care. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.