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[Frances144]

Ducks and Pepper

No, this isn’t a recipe for duck and pepper. We are not that kind of page (!!shocked!!). We don’t eat family ever, not anyone, though sometimes some of us need a bit of reminding. I g…

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Little Pepperpot

 

[Frances144]

From Snow to Mud!

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 ho…

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Mud back

 

[Frances144]

To The Beach

We haven’t been to the beach in ages and I’ve started to think that the dogs and I are not very good at going out and also the dogs don’t know how to wait nicely in the car. So, t…

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A different walk

 

[Frances144]

Imperial and Metric

It’s been a trying morning. I have been designing a stamp to go on a brown sticker that is under each felted sheep’s belly. The old one was hand-written and said “By Frances x&#8…

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My brain is mush

 

[Frances144]

Boys Day Out

Lambie was in a pensive mood this morning. I notice these things. And after I had finished all the chores, I asked if they wanted to go into their field. Everyone refused and the boys seemed very …

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Off they went

 

[Frances144]

Fivla’s New Rug

Rain is forecast for the next 24 hours. Quite a lot, really. When I went out with the dogs for a walk, I found that Waffle and Albie had taken up residence with Fivla standing patiently outside an…

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She looks happier

 

[Frances144]

Swithering

I swithered at breakfast and I made the rookie mistake of taking off Fivla’s rug because the weather-forecast was good. And everyone walked out of the muddy field to their better pasture whil…

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No idea what I'm doing anymore

 

[Sparky Lily]

Swithering

I swithered at breakfast and I made the rookie mistake of taking off Fivla’s rug because the weather-forecast was good. And everyone walked out of the muddy field to their better pasture whil…

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No idea what I'm doing anymore

Sounds to me as if you are successfully making day-to-day judgements - a difficult skill in this perishing weather. Fivla is telling you what she wants/needs. Mares are good at that.

 

[Frances144]

In Haste

This is a bit in haste as I’m going out this evening to see a film in Lerwick, with a curry afterwards – a huge treat. So, I fed the duckies early and gave the sheep something as well t…

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Always watched, always followed

 

[Frances144]

Packed like Sardines

It was a really grotty morning today as it had pretty much rained all night and everyone was soaked through and thoroughly fed up. The breakfast paddock was utterly revolting and everyone was feeli…

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5 1/2 - who knew?

 

[Frances144]

Albie, No!

Fivla was eating her brekkie bucket in the field, while the others were in the water-logged paddock eating their’s. Albie was in the field too. He finished his food first and thought it woul…

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Vultures circling

 

[Frances144]

An Attack of the Sillies

The weather was, again (**sigh**) pretty revolting this morning so after breakfast, of course they all piled into the wee shed and I left them to it. These two, honestly – you can tell they&#…

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Funny little guys

 

[Frances144]

Darling Girl

When BeAnne died, I never thought my heart could belong to another dog. I really didn’t. As far as I was concerned, it was broken and I was inconsolable. But Pepper came into our lives and …

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my little Patterdale terrier stole our hearts.

 

[Frances144]

Farrier Morning

Stephen, our farrier, visited today. He arrived early while I was getting all the Minions inside, one at a time, hosing their legs and hooves down to get the mud off – clean legs makes it mu…

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Knackered

 

[Frances144]

Worried about Vitamin

I am worried about Vitamin. She’s stopped eating. No longer barging through everyone with a full-on stonking trot to get her bucket a bit earlier than everyone else. No pawing at the fence …

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Worried. Not sure what to do for the best.

 

[carthorse]

How is she today @Frances144 ?

 

[Frances144]

https://myshetland.co.uk/eating-phew/

- the worry, the stress

 

[Sparky Lily]

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- the worry, the stress

Oh, thank goodness. It is so worrying when a Shetland doesn’t want to eat. Big hugs to you and Vitamin x

 

[carthorse]

Thank you for the update, and more get well wishes on the way.

 

[Frances144]

Less Drama Today

My new stamp has arrived and I am thrilled with it. Just awaiting now the round 1″ brown labels to arrive and then it will be all systems go on sales this year of the sheeple. (I also splurg…

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A better day for all