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Spinning demo day
Jun. 5th, 2011 07:57 pmThis one at the Colonel Potter house in Crystal Lake, sponsored by the Crystal Lake Historical Society. The usual mix of curious kids, adults who have some idea what it's about, and people without a clue where their clothes come from or that wool comes from animals even. My favorite was the youngish woman who asked me if the two alpacas were lambs.
Me: "Well, no. Actually, I think those two are full grown, but if they were babies they would be called crias."
She: "But I thought baby sheep were called lambs."
Me: "They are. But these are alpacas. The sheep are over there. *points*"
She: "These are still sheep, though. Right?"
Me: "No, alpacas are in the camel family, like llamas."
She: "I thought llamas were sheep too."
Me: *sighs as she walks toward the sheep*
There's always one. Otherwise it was pretty nice. Sunny but we had shade from big oak trees, not too hot or windy, and the only nuisance was the traffic noise from the nearby intersection of Terra Cotta Rd. and IL-176. The motorcycles were particularly obnoxious and disruptive. With the warm weather, they were also much too numerous.
Me: "Well, no. Actually, I think those two are full grown, but if they were babies they would be called crias."
She: "But I thought baby sheep were called lambs."
Me: "They are. But these are alpacas. The sheep are over there. *points*"
She: "These are still sheep, though. Right?"
Me: "No, alpacas are in the camel family, like llamas."
She: "I thought llamas were sheep too."
Me: *sighs as she walks toward the sheep*
There's always one. Otherwise it was pretty nice. Sunny but we had shade from big oak trees, not too hot or windy, and the only nuisance was the traffic noise from the nearby intersection of Terra Cotta Rd. and IL-176. The motorcycles were particularly obnoxious and disruptive. With the warm weather, they were also much too numerous.
