Rachel and Her Angora National Best In Show Rabbit

We have a few more photos from the Angora National during the WCC in May that have not been shared.    Here are some more photos of Rachel with her French Angora that won the Angora National Best In Show and also the Open Show A Best In Show and Open Show B Reserve In Show.   Enjoy.

 

Concluding the Angora Demo at the Alameda Fair

The small animal managers are Dolores Morris and Ray Stacy.   Dolores opens the building in the morning, directs the staffs and volunteers to clean the building, to feed the animls and to clean the cages.  Ray comes in the early afternoon, coordinates with Dolores.  Dolores gets off before dinner and Ray stays all the way until the fair closes, then closes off the building and makes sure all the staffs and volunteers get their job done and leave safely.   It's a long day, before 8 am to after 11 pm.   Two of them coordinate and work well together.

Ray enjoys seeing Carol and Betty and their Angora display.  If you notice that Benji is kinda naked.   He received a haircut during the demo.   He is ready to enjoy his summer cut and maybe he will be lucky enough to meet a girlfriend.  When the heavy coat is off, it's time to be sexy!

Meet one of the young staff members Nathan.  Nathan is very interested in crafty things, he asks a lot of questions and gets two skeins of Angora yarns from Betty.   Maybe we'll get an Angora exhbitor and/or spinner/knitter in the future?

It has been a fun day.  It's late in the afternoon, Carol and Betty are ready to go home.   The red shirt is a fair staff and the blue shirt is a fair volunteer, they help to pull Carol and Betty's demo material back to the parking lot.  Betty is following them to make sure nothing falls off the carts, and taking this photo. 
Until next year, rabbit show and demo!

 

 

Farm Equipment Exhibit at Alameda Fair

Next to the model train exhibits, there are farm equipment exhibit.  Some new, some old.  

 

Model Train Exhibit at Alameda Fair

During the demo, Carol and Betty take turns to have a bit of break to use the restroom and get food and drink.   Next to the small animal barn is the a model train exhibit.   These look real and look like pictures taken at real train stations.  Nope, these are very small model trains and make believe tracks and landscape.   The trains actually move by remote control.

 

Demo at the Alameda Fair

As soon as the fair opens to the general public at noon, there are people coming into the small animal building.

Carol gets things in order to accept questions.

Benji is getting ready to meet his admirers.

Benji is a hit.

Benji is the center of attention.

Kids specially like Benji.

Carol puts in two shawls that she made.  The one on the left is made of sheep wool and the other is made of English Angora wool from Betty.   People can touch and feel the difference.

The feel of two shawls give the fairgoers a good idea of how Angora compares to sheep wool.

Carol answers questions.

Ray comes by to visit.

 

Back to the Alameda Fair to do Demostration

Carol and Betty are back to the Alameda Fair in July to do an Angora demo.

We arrived early, before the fair opens to the public.   The stuff are caring for the rabbits that are available for adoption.

There are a few fairgoers who arrive early and able to get in. 

Carol brought her spinning wheel to show spinning.    Dolores sits with us.

Carol also brought French Angora buck Benji along.   Benji is very sociable, loves attention.  Demo will be a fun thing for him.    There are photo albums on the table for people to flip through, and the big boards showing the Angora rabbits.   On the right side of the table, Betty displays some of her yarns and hats.      It does not seem crowded in these photos, just wait......   

 

Casey and Isaura Receive Satin Angora Babies

In early May, Betty's doe Raeberta had a litter of two babies.   A week later, Casey's Satin Angora doe also had a litter of two babies.   The Satin Angora mom did not have enough milk to feed her two babies so the two Satin Angora babies joined Raeberta's nest.   The two bigger ones are the English Angora babies and the two younger ones are the Satin Angora babies.

The chocolate Satin Angora bunny's eyes are open, nice and clean.  She is the only girl in the nest of 4.  

Even though they have to compete with the older English Angora bunnies, both Satin Angora babies grow well. 

They are stand up comedians. 

They are future Best In Show winners.

On June 20 when the Alameda Fair open show date arrives, Casey and Isaura are ready to receive the two babies.   Though they are a bit younger than desired but that's the only time we'd see each other during the summer. 

All work out well, now they are two months old, eating and pooping normally.  Casey and Isaura are happy.

Isaura with her dad Cole.   Cole had raised Satin Angoras with mom Casey back in the 1990s when he was a kid.   

They have grown a lot since the day of the Alameda Fair on June 20.

Pretty Isaura with pretty Satin Angora babies.

 

Isaura Visits Grandma Casey and Enjoys the Fair

Isaura flies in from Georgia to spend the summer vacation with grandma Casey and dad Cole.

Dad is not at the fair but grandma Casey is, two of them doing the twinning!

Retired judge Leslie Tucker comes by to visit, Betty, Isaura, Casey have a photo taken with Leslie.

Isaura is holding a baby Satin Angora.

Isaura is very happy to have the baby Satin Angoras in her hands.

Why is Isaura holding these babies?  Mystery will be revealed.  Stay tuned.