{"id":65605,"date":"2015-10-07T00:23:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T06:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=65605"},"modified":"2020-03-22T14:20:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T18:20:24","slug":"alpacas-fairy-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=65605","title":{"rendered":"Alpacas and Faerie Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another drive with no cars, the occasional RV, tons of farm vehicles, and alpacas&#8230;!?<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-65605 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=65606'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3708-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3708-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3708-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=65610'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3719-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3719-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3719-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=65611'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3722-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3722-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3722-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=65612'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3727-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3727-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3727-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=65613'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3730-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3730-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3730-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Alpacas are popping up all over the Maritimes because they are adaptable, sweet, easy-going, clean, and low maintenance animals. They can live in the snow and heat and also require less maintenance than a herd of sheep or goats. Also, they look like cute little muppets.<\/p>\n<p>Their wool is also very soft, warm, and strong. It&#8217;s a favourite amongst the knitting and weaving craft fanatics of the Maritimes. Alpaca wool is also like liquid gold in the rug and textile producing countries in Europe and Asia. <\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-65605 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=65608'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3712-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3712-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3712-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=65607'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3711-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3711-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3711-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=68141'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/med-IMG_3716-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/med-IMG_3716-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/med-IMG_3716-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Plus, in Canada, they provide a tax break! Methinks that one day, I will become an alpaca farmer&#8230; on a vineyard. So I too can own cute little muppets and drink wine while I am watching them. This will become an alpaca blog and I&#8217;ll write about their daily antics. See&#8230; I have dreams too!<\/p>\n<p>Not far from all the alpaca farms are fairy houses. More specifically, the Charles Macdonald Faerie Cottages. Charles Macdonald was an interesting egg&#8230; a very divergent man who worked as a carpenter, coffin maker, ship captain, builder, artist, sculptor, traveller, businessman, and all-round interesting man. The cottages come from the 1930s depression-era and were a building project meant to keep his cement factory workers busy while they all waited for &#8220;things to pick up.&#8221; The buildings are still used as summer cottages for private individuals and are Nova Scotia registered historical sites.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-65605 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=65614'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3779-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3779-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3779-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=65616'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3784-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3784-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3784-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=65615'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3781-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3781-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3781-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=65617'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3786-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3786-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sm-IMG_3786-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>All are steps away from the Bay of Fundy in Huntington but unless you know which backroad, country, dirt, pothole-filled roads to take they are 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