Picture of the Week: May 6

It's shearing week at White Violet Farm Alpacas! Every year the animals get their summer "haircuts" and the fiber is collected to process into roving, yarn and felt for fiber items.

Here you can tell the difference between the fluffy alpaca on the left and the newly shorn one on the right. They look so silly until it starts to grow in again.



Here's a slideshow of shearing photos from the last few years.



(If the above image and slideshow aren't showing up correctly, you can view them at http://flic.kr/p/9F7XEu and http://flic.kr/s/aHsjuuMmAp)