Judy P's Tickle Trunk

……or Part 2 of Alpaca Magic.

I was compelled to return a second time to Alpaca Magic to take a few more pictures. Florida is just starting to green up (earliest spring I ever experienced)  and despite a severe killing frost which took out many of the lush plants like the trumpet flowers, the gardens at Alpaca Magic in Homosassa are already full of colour.

Alpaca Magic has so much more than just alpacas. Indeed, it has just about everything I like:

Lavender.

Bright colours and pink flamingos. The flamingos are plastic; likely because the silliness of living ones would have been too much for the alpacas.

Butterflies.

And more butterflies.

Indeed, they pride themselves on their large selection of butterfly host plants.

They also sell many unusual and exotic plants and trees. You can buy anything from a fig tree to a loquat. I took a long ramble around the grounds where I found a large dose of whimsy:

I loved the yard art.

Tin chickens

and live chickens. This lady was admiring herself in the window-glass.

A whimsical suitcase planter.

A whimsical raised bed made from wine bottles. The owner assured me she had thoroughly enjoyed emptying them.

A whimsical corner to rest your weary bones.

The cat, too cool for whimsy, chooses a more conventional place to sit.

Inside the store there were all things alpaca to be purchased. Some were imported from South America and some, like the hand-spun fleece and hand woven woolens were produced right on site.

Spinning in her stocking feet. Her slippers were hand-made needle-felted alpaca wool.

A hand woven mix of fibers and colours.

And just so that they don’t feel left out, a few more alpacas to close:

© Judy Parsons 2015 click on any picture for a larger view.