[ad_1] First game of the day – Spot the Lambie. Of course, I was immediately captured by his Winning Smile! What’s not to love? Daisy and I went on a good dog walk, without Monster, and afterwards left for town to buy Lovely Things. We haven’t had one of those days for ages. Lerwick’s unique […]
A Lovely Day | My Shetland
[ad_1] This is what I saw, while I was feeding the ponies….. And then this….. After breakfast, Daisy and I went out with the intention of brushing the Ancients as they haven’t been touched probably since the last time Daisy was here. I am not very hot on brushing at the best of times. First, […]
Weird After Shearing | My Shetland
[ad_1] I always forget this but, after the sheep are sheared, they go a little odd. Yesterday evening, I found Lambie asking to go into my shed. It was very still and the midges were out. Of course, I let him in and proceeded to make a sheep while we watched another American medical drama. […]
Sheared! | My Shetland
[ad_1] I got a text last night from Morgan, my sheep shearer, promising to turn up tomorrow morning. So I had to get everyone into a confined area. Fat Madge has decided never to go into the shed again with all her friends, and I have been working on her special skill of being fed […]
Communication | My Shetland
[ad_1] Most Sundays one or two of my lovely daughters makes contact. To be honest, it is the highlight of my weekend. That, and the flute duets. This morning it was Flossie. Isn’t technology a wonderful thing? She had a quick chat with Pepper who quickly went to sleep. Then Mewzli, aka Monster, arrived. Flossie […]
Celeriac? | My Shetland
[ad_1] I spent the morning trimming and brushing the dirt and “paper” skin off what felt like a million garlic bulbs for Turriefield and was given some celeriac to see if the ponies would like it. Apparently there would be more, if they did. I called the ponies up. And threw the celeriac on the […]
Come Too! | My Shetland
[ad_1] “Come too!” is all I ever hear from Pepper as she squirts out of two catflaps, jumps the garden gate and arrives beside me while I am walking to my car trying to leave for Lerwick. I have choices – I can either put Pepper back in the house, which seems very cruel after […]
Many Small Noseys | My Shetland
[ad_1] The Shetland ponies know the best way to my heart and the contents of my pocketses is to stick their hopeful noseys through the gate and smile. We were waiting for the rest of the herd to arrive before I threw all my celery bits out for them. Even Vitamoobag (on the right), though […]
Cease and Desist | My Shetland
[ad_1] Fed up of watching Vitamin trying to break my electric fence by leaning over it, OH and I took action. We built an electric fence to stop her. I know I said in a previous blog that I didn’t mind Vitamin having the extra grass but I do mind her wrecking my fence, and […]
Lambie in the House | My Shetland
[ad_1] Last night, while I was making my evening sheep, Lambie came a-knocking. He was in a bit of a state so I told him to come in….. ….. And we could even talk about things if he wanted but I don’t think he was listening because the doorstep appeared to be a problem. But, […]