Northern California Angora Guild: 9/6/20

Show C Angora Judging at Monterey

New judge Jordan starts show C with French Angora. The fawn senior buck is being flipped over to check the underside.

The fawn senior buck is on the right side.

A chocolate agouti buck is being checked.

Now is the turn of the tort senior doe.

Judge Jordan checking on body and wool of the tort senior doe. Carolyn watches.

Judge Jordan is ready to put the tort senior buck back to the coop. Carol and grandson Kyle watching.

English Angora on the table.

For a complete list of results, go to:

https://angorashowresults.blogspot.com/2020/09/august-29-2020-angora-showing-at.html

Casey and Betty's 2015 Memory

Got message from Casey this morning:

"Hi, Betty: This came up in my memory on Facebook. Fun times. Casey

Casey Jones

September 10, 2015

Betty's Chu's Franchesca made the Guinness World book longest wool 14.37 inches . Here she is with me with our 2 BIS winners from Monterey Fair last year. Casey's Miranda and Betty's Franchesca. Very cool. How did she keep in secret for a year. Wow. NCAG blog tells the story."

That's Casey and Betty at Monterey Fair in 2014. Did we look younger then? Or do we still look as fabulous? Your know the right answer.
Here is the blogpost referred by Casey's FB memory:
https://ncag.blogspot.com/2015/09/franchesca-makes-world-record.html

Show B Angora Judging at Monterey

In show B, judge Lauralee starts English Angora colored senior buck, watching the judging is show superintendent Arian.

Kathi is planning on getting her judge's license, she is observing judge Lauralee's judging.

Judge Lauralee helps to teach Kathi on examining the body of the English Angora.

Judge Lauralee examines one of the colored senior bucks.

Another colored senior buck on the table.

Judge Lauralee has the white senior buck on the table.

The French Angora are on the table ready to be judged.

Judge Lauralee has the French Angora junior doe on the table.

For a complete list of show results, go to:

https://angorashowresults.blogspot.com/2020/09/august-29-2020-angora-showing-at.html

Making Cute Masks

Cute dish towel made of 100 percent cotton. With so many rabbit images, it's a good candidate for cute masks.

Wearing a mask is a fact of life during the COVID. Can't resist it, might as well make it fun, cute and practical. This is Albert's first try using the dish towel, it's a good one but it'd be nice if the eyes are not covered.

The second try is perfect, You'll see me wearing it in rabbit shows.

Tort Girls Hanging Out at Family Room

During the heat wave, I have to move the rabbits around to get under the cooler or mister. With show coats, some rabbits cannot get too close to the mister. Susanna and Simone need a cool place to hang out during the afternoon triple digit heat without getting their coats wet. They get to come inside.

The two tort girls seem to be synchronizing their movements. In the first photo, they both face the front and then they both turn around in the same direction.

Living Through Another Heat Wave

Temperature in my town is 109, this is the second time we got to this temperature this year, it's a record breaking heat. It's very hard for rabbits and for people. Thank goodness the heat wave did not come last weekend, it would have been very difficult to do an outdoor show even though Monterey is currently in the 80s. It was in the 60-70s when the show went on. My home was in the 80s this time last weekend when I was at Monterey.

The swamp cooler is in full blast, the shades are drawn down to keep as much cool blast as possible. The sprinkler that was installed to help prevent the threat of the fire now comes in very handy to help to lower the temperate in the barn.

Water running down the roof to the sides of the barn.

With the heat wave, people are all using more power to keep cool. PG&E issues warning of rolling blackout. The buns cannot survive this kind of temperature without power, so we bought a generator this year to ease our mind.

Since I am not very good at any mechanical things, Albert shows me the steps of how to turn on the generator in case he's not home. This is step #1.

This button is step #2.

These are the outlets to plug in the extension cords for the swamp cooler. Hope we won't have to use it and so looking forward to midweek when the temperature will be going down to the 90s. I can't believe that 90s would be considered as a desirable temperature but sure it's way better than 109!