Franchesca's Guinness Record Named 2015 Top Stories at Morgan Hill

 



 

On the first day of 2016, Morgan Hill Times listed the 2015 top stories in Morgan Hill, CA.  

Betty's English Angora Chu's Franchesca making into the Guinness Book of World Records is among the big local stories of the year.

Happy New Year 2016



Northern California Angora Guild wishes everyone a

Happy Hoppy New Year.



 

New Year's Eve Celebration

 

 

 

 

Bunnies are waiting for the New Year to come, are they going to have some champagne as the New Year's Eve celebration?



 

The White Brothers Fully Grown







Remember the cute "White Brothers"?   If not, visit:
http://ncag.blogspot.com/2015/06/white-brothers.html



Would you believe how fast they grow?  This is Jacky.

And this is Jonny.

Both Jacky and Jonny are now Grand Champions.

Franchesca's "Four Peas in a Pod" All Grow Up

Franchesca's "Four Peas in a Pod", originally posted in May 2015:

http://ncag.blogspot.com/2015/05/little-franchescas.html

What do they look like now? 

Clementina gets the ear number BC1FH, now a Grand Champion and multiple Best In Show winner.

Cuties gets the second ear number of BC2FH who is the first one to get the Grand Champion status. 

 

Halos gets the ear number of BC3FH, she achieved the Grand Champion status and also has the honor of winning an all breed Best In Show.






Ferrari is the only boy in the "pod"; without having to compete with any littermates in the same class, he has more legs than any of his sisters.   Needless to say that he is also a Grand Champion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pendleton Woolen Mill Tour, Part II

After a visit at the store, the group is being lead to the mill.
 

The inside of the mill does not allow photo taking, the best we could do is take some photos of the outside building.  




These mill buildings are quite old. 




This is a photo posted on the Pendleton website showing the inside of the mill.   The machines for weaving the fabrics and blankets were huge and very noisy too.  

To read more about the history of Pendleton Woolen Mills, got to:   https://www.pendleton-usa.com/custserv/custserv.jsp?pageName=CompanyHistory&parentName=Heritage



Betty bought three spools of the wool thread for plying.

 



Here is a scarf that is made of Angora wool plied with the Pendleton wool thread.




 

 

Pendleton Woolen Mills Tour, Part I

 

 

 

Pendleton Woolen Mills is an American textile manufacturing company located in Portland, Oregon, United States. There are two locations that offer tours, one is located at Washougal, WA and the other one at Pendleton, OR.  

 

In November, a group of Angora people went on the tour at Washougal, WA.
 

The mill store offers many interesting products.  The next 9 photos show the inside of the mill store.