Angora Wool Cloud?

Grooming a white Angora?  

White wool flying in the sky.

Angora wool flies everywhere? No, it's a cloud formation.

It's an interesting sight that is not commonly seen.

It's a beautiful scene.

Angora wool falling off?

 

Sisters Vera Rose and Vianna Growing from Babies to Juniors

In the animal world, females are always more preferred than males.    In this English Angora litter of 4, two are does and two are bucks.

These are two sisters in February being Valentine models.

These are the two sisters in March being the St. Patrick's models.

The two sisters around the time of Easter at the end of March.

In May, sisters each has a condo, a name and an ear tattoo, this is Vera Rose BC1VE. 

This is Vianna, ear tattoo BC2VE.

In June, Vera Rose looks like a little lady.

Vianna in June, developing well but slightly smaller than Vera Rose.  

 

Sunflowers in the Sun

Black oil sunflower seeds are a good supplement for rabbits’ diet.  They have roughage, protein and oil.   My Angoras love them.   Most sunflower seeds got eaten by rabbits and those drop to the ground are treasured by squirrels.    One seed escaped the fate of being a part of the food, that one seed flourished, grown, and bloomed into glorious sunflowers!   Enjoy the results of this one lucky seed:

 

Scenes from Alameda County Fair at Pleasanton

One of the three judges is Melissa Magee.  Melissa's daughter Lena is helping at the table with Fran Shuettler.

Jennifer Milburn is also a judge at the table.   Lauralee Erbe is helping at the table.   Randy Shumaker watching.   As we know, these three are all judges.

At the table judging is Doug King with Ray Stacy helping.   It's interesting to see so many judges as exhibitors but not judging.

The building is air-conditioned with smooth ground.   It's a nice and good sized building at the Alameda Fair.   Our club Northern California Angora Guild had many specialty shows and fiber shows that was called "Fluff and Stuff" at this building in the 1980s and 1990s until the rent became too expensive and the number of entries could not support it.   

You may notice that there are many wire cages against the wall behind the judges.  That's because this building also houses the bird show.  Most of these birds are available for sale at the spot.

 

Pigeons being shown and for sale.

A close up photo of the a pair of pretty pigeons.

We thank Carol Green for taking these photos and providing the information.

Open Top Winners at the Alameda Fair in Pleasantion

 

Alameda County Fair used to hold coop in shows but this year the format changed to one day carrying cage show held on Saturday, June 15, 2024.   The entries are better than expected, the number of judges increased from two to three.  It's a single show, so a three-judge panel is equavent to a 6-8 judge panel in triple shows.   The three judges are Doug King, Jennifer Milburn and Melissa Magee.   The wool breed is represented by Carol's American Fuzzy Lop, no Angora shown.  With the format of one-day carrying cage show, it's hopeful that the Angora people may be interested in participating in the future.

The Best In Show winner is Randy Shumaker's New Zealand.   Randy is a bit camera shy so Lauralee stands in for his win.

Reserve In Show goes to Carol Green's American Fuzzy Lop.

Remember When: Grooming My English Angora at the 1994 ARBA Convention

I saw Susan Conley using the blower as a grooming tool for the first timeat the Tulsa convention in 1989, she was the only one who had a blower and her rabbits stood out from those of us who did not know anything about the blow grooming method.   In this second Tulsa convention in 1994, everyone has a blower.    Here is me blowing Cynthia.

Cynthia had the density, also had the length.   One of the comments from the breed judge as well as the 4 Class judge was that this was the longest wool ever seen.

You may notice that my hair rivals the length of Cynthia's wool.

My two pretty does at the 1994 convention, Kimmie on the left, BOV white and Cynthia on the right, BOV colored and BOB.

Remember When: Angora People at the 1994 ARBA Convention

Beloved Polly Holmes of NV with her Satin Angora.   Polly was the NARBC newsletter editor at the time, at the verge of becoming the president of NARBC.   Polly passed away a few months ago.

 

Linda Lewis of OH, she was the NARBC secretary for many years. 

Margaret and Tom Mompherd of MO.    Margaret is now Margaret Bartold Brown, she was the NARBC president and secretary for the longest time, from the early 2000s all the way to only a few years ago.

Carol Lim and daughter.  The rabbit on the stand was the BOB Giant Angora at the 1994 ARBA convention.

Carol Kerris grooming her French Angora.  Just a year prior, Carol Kerris successfully presented and passed the broken French Angora at the 1993 Tacoma ARBA convention.

Kathleen Wileman of MO was very active in showing English Angora from the late 1980s to 1999.

Suzanne Brady was my English Angora partner in the 1990s, she was active breeding and showing until 1998 though she attended convention until 2000.    On the table are English Angora tort buck Dillion and fawn doe Sweet Belle.