2023 - My Shetland Blog

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Finding My Calm

We’ve had some suprisingly calm days recently. Most unusual for the time of year. Perfect photography weather – that’s a heron on the shoreline by the fence. It’s blimmin&…

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A lovely walk

 

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From Dawn to Dusk

A few photos from today – sunrise to sunset. 08:18 08:38 (so apparently it took me 20 minutes to feed the sheep, get the buckets ready and drive over the road to the Minions’ field. I…

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Daylight hours

 

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Ice Penny

The sun didn’t put in an appearance today, not even slightly and the wind is beginning to get up. We are in for a week of gales now. Yuk. And, if you’ve ever wondered where I live, yo…

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Thick ice

 

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My Day

“Come on, everyone. Into a more sheltered field, please” – I shouted, while leading Iacs and Kolka trotted happily along behind. The weather forecast is for gales all week and ev…

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Dreich, there's no other word

 

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Always Waiting

I spent my day waiting for my little car to be collected – the far-side back wheel brake had jammed on. I only found this out when I put all my Minion breakfast buckets in the back, and tri…

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Car died

 

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Storm Ready

“Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning”. We have ahead of us three days solid of gales, ranging from moderate to fresh (understatement of the ruddy year – it’s going to …

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I can do no more

 

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Trip-Trapping Over My Bridge

Everyone is still alive (phew!) and the new fields that they are currently living in are completely still – very well sheltered as opposed to us on the top of the hill, where we get every gus…

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Not three billy goats gruff, just eight minions.

 

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Continuing with the Theme

So, as the weather is beyond words now, you can imagine we are spending a lot of time indoors going out only when necessary. Outside is pretty rough. All the animals were checked and fed. They se…

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Something to do

 

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And Then There’s Madge

The gale is finally on its way out, if slowly. Just very slowly. We are all very bored of it now. The sheep are staying around the house. This is their choice. I opened up a small uneaten paddock …

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No shame

 

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Everything Calm

Everything has calmed down now and we are all going about our day saying “Phew” to ourselves. The past few days have been quite the ordeal and I think the animals are very tired from t…

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And breathe

 

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Christmas Trees and Cake

You know when you don’t want to go somewhere but when you do, you end up having a good time. Well, that was me this afternoon. I was not intending to go out as I had mentally set the time a…

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a good combination

 

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Unpopular

These days I am about as popular as a 💩 in a swimming pool, as the saying goes. Now the storm has moved on, I moved everyone back to their old fields. To be fair, everyone cooperated beauti…

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Unpopular decision, apparently

 

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Just Stuff

We were out early as OH and I were spending the day in town. All the animals were fed, the dogs walked and sheep in their field. Town was surprisingly busy and very, very cold. There was a bitter …

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To town, Baltic out

 

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Winter Walk

A brief glimpse at the sun this morning and it was a busy day ahead. The plumber was here for most of the morning trying to resurrect our boiler (only 24 years old) to limp through another winter, …

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Everyone should experience a cat walk.

 

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Ducks on the Container

The ducks, having learned to fly, are practising height now. Today I found these three youngsters on top of one of the containers. Two girls and one boy. They are all huge characters. Watching th…

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Arguing like all families do

 

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myshetland.co.uk/frosty-ponies/ - it was a cold and frosty Shetland morning. Blimmin' freezing too.

 

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Blimmin’ Freezing

Before you look at the photos below, I want you to know that it was blimmin’ freezing when I stood outside the backdoor, in my slippers, head-torch on, and iPhone precariously balanced on two…

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Mirrie dancers

 

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Obsessed with Icicles

We had a beautiful sunrise this morning and I am trying hard not to think “red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning”. This shepherd is ignoring that. It was still and pretty wh…

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Slighly obssessed now

 

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Golden Oldies

The light was beautiful when I went out with the dogs this morning. I took with me a pile of chopped carrots that I had forgottent to put in the breakast buckets for the Icelandic senior citizens. …

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Dear old fogeys

 

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https://myshetland.co.uk/a-bit-wow/ -

Not a breath of wind.