Idle-Hour Ranch

Lovely, beautiful morning we all have today!!! The sunrise looks fantastic. AJ ❤️

The playground opened yesterday!

Attention Please! The outdoor playground is closed until the weather improves!

Someone was begging more for some love today!!! 5 second after this picture her and her brother almost knocked me down. We love our big pups. AJ 🐺 stay safe in the storm guys!!!

Look at this Idle Hour sunrise! The sun is giving us a show beautiful this morning. AJ🐐

Nice reminder of last summer at the Ranch....three in a row posing.

Well, we finished up the nativity season on a high note in Columbus with our annual 7-hour indoor display, (18 years now). And as a special surprise we took our 4 week-old baby llama, "Kate" and her mother of course. This was a test, since mama llama has never been offsite, let alone with a baby, but the timing was so perfect, it had to be tried. It actually worked out quite well, even though mama "Sweet Pea" was quite protective of her baby. She was very easy to lead, just carry the baby and she was right behind, almost on top of me. Many, many fine comments about the cuteness factor of the baby llama. Here's wishing you a fantastic new year

Many thanks to all who used IHR animals in their Live Nativities last weekend! We had animals in Jackson, Greenville, Englewood, Sidney, Pitsburg, and Clayton. Photo below is at Clayton. Looking forward to our busiest weekend, this Friday.

Many thanks to Englewood Christian Church for having IHR's animals in their Live Nativity Scene yesterday!

Thanks to all who visited the Ranch this year! We are now closed for the 2025 season and plan to open the first weekend in June 2026. Look for our animals to be in local Live Nativity scenes this Christmas season.