New Judge Justin

New judge Justin.






Click the photo and you'll see Justin's list of breeds that he judged in his first time being a judge.





Justin poses a Belgian Hare during Best In Show judging.







Justin is very serious at his job picking the Best In Show.

CA is blessed with a very active show circuit; and CA is also blessed with lots of youth activities. Several youth breeders have come up in ranks and become judges during their teenage years.

The youngest judge title was held by Keelyn Hanlon, now taken over by Justin Ambrosino. At 17, he is currently the youngest and the newest judge in CA and probably in the country.

The entire Ambrosino family is very involved in rabbits and shows. Dad Michael, mom Jennifer, brothers Justin, Kyle, Cody and dog Daisy all come to shows together. Their rabbits, Satin and Mini Satin, routinely are at the tops at the Best In Show table. In addition to showing, Michael and Jennifer would help out at the show secretary's table or at the KW booth, Justin and Cody would work as registrars and Kyle would work on setting up and tearing down; now Justin has a new job: Judging.

Justin's debut judging occurred last Saturday at the CRCS shows in Lodi, he did a great job.

Susie Is Still At The Top Of Her Game

Convention English Angora Best of Breed Susie is still winning BOB and she is in the finalists for BIS in both show A and show B at Lodi.

New judge Ashley examines Susie during the show A Best In Show selection; English Angora is on Ashley's list of the top contenders.

New judge Justin examines Susie in show B Best In Show selection; his list of top rabbits are: Mini Rex, Satin, English Angora and Dutch.

Carol G. judges French Angora while Gabrielle works the table.

Leslie judges English Angora with Casey doing the writing.

Double Best In Show/Reserve In Show Winners in Lodi

In Show A, Allen's Mini Rex wins Best In Show and Mike's Satin wins Reserve In Show. First time judge Ashley selects the winners.

New judge Justin selects Allen's same Mini Rex as the Best In Show in show B.

Judge Justin also selects Mike's same Satin as Reserve In Show in show B.

Seagrove Park At Del Mar

The surfers are busy going up and down the beach at Seagrove Park.

Chris O. relaxes at the park bench. In the background there are surfers and a crew working to maintain the beach.

Erosion has been a common issue for beaches; a maintenance crew is working on the sand preservation.

Chris O. is enjoying a walk on the beach.

So are the dogs and their mom.

These are not human surfers; these are the bird surfers.

Don't underestimate this ugly looking thing; it's seaweed. Seaweed is nutritious and one can make some money from them.

Surfers At Del Mar Beaches

What are these piles? Do people just abandon their things?

Some more piles of things that belong to surfers. They seem to be very confident that their things would still be there when they return from the ocean.

A man surfer.

A woman surfer.

Lots of surfers in the ocean.

Even more surfers in this section of the beach.

Happy Thanksgiving

Northern California Angora Guild wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

American Fuzzy Lop Wool Yarns

Yarn made from pure American Fuzzy Lop wool.

These are samples of American Fuzzy Lop x Alpaca wool blend, showing from roving to yarn to a knitted swatch.

In the RabbitCon class of "Turning Rabbit Wool Into A Cottage Industry", there are yarns and garments made from Angora, American Fuzzy Lop and Jersey Wooly. NCAG is a guild for Angora breeders, and we are all aware of Angora wool could make some really warm garments. Most are not aware of the fact that the other two wool breed could also make some very nice products.

These two photos show a skein of yarn made from all American Fuzzy Lop wool and a blend of American Fuzzy Lop wool with Alpaca wool. The American Fuzzy Lop wool is more hairy than the English Angora wool but less so than the French Angora wool.