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recently, Lyme disease, all of which combine to make him significantly less mobile and more easily fatigued.
She didn’t go into this much detail in the email, but she did sign it, as always, “Hugs, Gwen."
“So .. . don’t get old,” scolds Gwen, wagging a finger playfully at her visitor - and then she and Clyde shift gears easily to talk about the Erickson retirement community Ashby Pbnds, in Ashbum, where their “dream condo” recently became available - this being the other major catalyst for their decision to sell the farm, and the llamas, and move to Loudoun County.
"They have b&en a wonderful, wonderful addition to our county” says Huntly resident Fran Moore Krebser. “All their work on the lighting ordinance - they even paid for a high tech demonstration - and all along, they have just been givers, givers, givers. I can’t say enough nice things about them.”
While talking about their plans, Gwen and Clyde sit in the shade of a giant cedar between their house and the paddocks and bams where most of their 22 llamas graze, romp and hold brief, mysterious meetings, heads turning at once to peer intently over the fence at us.
Nearby, a male peacock in full parade dress wanders by, his less decorative mate circles slowly not far away, searching the grass for bugs to feed to the three fist-sized, buff-colored chicks who scurry to remain in her shadow as she hunts. Hummingbirds patrol the garden.
Many have found West Wind Farm to be this sort of serendipitous, welcoming place - in part because of the llamas’ natural playfulness, curiosity and almost mystical attentiveness (and the kind of careful breeding and training one might expect from a couple of engineers), but also because of their owners’ decision to share the animals as often as possible with others.
In fact, The Washington Post urged its readers to come “Face to Face with Rappahannock’s Rural Charms” in a travel story that featured a photo of Clyde and one of his llamas. The article brought the farm more than 200 calls or visits after it ran last September, Gwen says.
“I didn’t know Gwen and Clyde that well,” said Sperryville photographer Molly Peterson, “but when I called and
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