Yesterday, we woke up to snow – not a huge amount but enough to be annoying for everyone but I refused to put open a new bale and start lugging hay everywhere. And so, after breakfast, I opened the gate and let all the Shetland ponies into the middle of their track field where the […]
From Snow to Mud! | My Shetland
And then just like that overnight the snow vanished and we were straight back to mud again. I won’t lie, I did groan a little as I clambered over the fence with the breakfast buckets but I honestly think mud is better than snow. Less work for us hoomans, ie when we have no snow, […]
Woke Up To Snow | My Shetland
We woke up to snow. Not a lot but enough to get in the way of everything we wanted to do. And it is very windy too so the windchill is making itself known. The Minions are fine. Because of their escape, they now have masses of old long grass to get through. I grudgingly […]
Sort of Snow | My Shetland
We had a bit of snow, well more like polystyrene packing thrown at us, over night. I drove over to feed the Minions, while Daisy fed the big ones. Floss had to work all day. There was a beautiful morning light, which totally cheered everyone’s spirits – the last two days have been tough on […]
Snow and ice attraction at Shanghai animal park makes it cool
The Shanghai Wild Animal Park in the Pudong New Area has opened a new “Snow and Ice Kingdom” featuring animal-shaped ice sculptures and an icy slide, offering a thrilling visit for residents and tourists from home and abroad. The kingdom, which has its temperature kept around minus 10 degrees Celsius, features an array of ice-engraved […]
Snow in Summer | My Shetland
My mother visited me in Shetland many moons ago (around 1997/8?). I wouldn’t call it a success really as travelling here was her very definition of Hell – the plane was cancelled due to fog and I think she ended up on the floor of the ferry trying to sleep that night. Not ideal and […]
Hail and Snow Today | My Shetland
We have a digger digging here at the moment. Poor digger-driver has a long list on my to-do list. In case the digger-driver turned up today to dig, I kept the old folk in their field bringing them haynets to hang on the gate. One of the digging jobs is to scrape all the mud/poo […]
More Snow Again | My Shetland
The round bale of hay is a huge success. I think this is the way forward. I have it sussed using the bits that drop down, when I am making up the horses’ haynets, for the sheep. The beautiful hay dished out in a variety of net arrangements to everyone here at home. The hay […]
Snow and more Snow | My Shetland
There had been significant snowfall last night and I changed the feeding area for the oldies, putting out all my four hayboxes. It just makes life far easier for everyone. The hay boxes are a great invention. I love them. Stops wastage. Even Iacs understood that he had one to himself. And Haakon was smiling […]
Snow (again) | My Shetland
We woke up to this (though I spent the night awake listening to the freezing rain and the wind howling). This morning’s buckets. (Haakon always looks wonderful in snow). For the oldies, I do buckets and then haynets. I call this my “Feeding Station”! The Happy Couple share beautifully. As do these two cousins but, […]