2024 - My Shetland Blog
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Dentist and Shopping
And so to town to the dentist for my six monthly appointment. Not fun, but not half as bad as it could be, I kept telling myself. I suffered as a child, but now (touch wood), I get off pretty ligh…
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tea-towels and tote-bags
The Glorious Twelfth
When I was a child, I always thought “The Glorious Twelfth” was referring to my birthday. It seemed obvious to me. Apparently I was wrong, but I shall gloss over that because, for me a…
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So that's what glorious about the twelfth!
Edna’s Routine
Edna has a routine which I try hard to stick to. Her feet are not the best – she is prone to limping so I like to treat them daily with an antibiotic (turquoise) spray. I do this after her b…
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Healthy feet, please
Strange little girl
I have a new fence so I need to take down the old temporary electric fence before the gales get it. So, obviously, I had to talk to the ponies instead because lugging fence poles and trying to wind…
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Most odd.
Beds and Veg
Not much today because I am mostly not able to communicate easily. And I found that Pepper has a new “spot” – *** sigh *** – is nowhere out of bounds? But it is deal for loo…
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- how many beds does a large cat or a small dog actually need?
A Day of Shite
The weather is pretty horrid here and I spent the day swithering about whether to put rugs on the old ladies and Tiddles. Part of me thought it was not that cold (around 13 degrees but lower with …
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Rugs on old ponies.
Animal Crackers
The tables have turned and I’ve decided that, as Lambie refuses to eat in the shed, where he has gone for many months, he can eat in the poultry pen because then he can’t get out and st…
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The biccies the sheep like best are Animal Crackers - the US ones, without the chocolate!
Mostly Storm
Storm was having a snooze this morning. He wanted to get up but…… ….. the sun was shining and, you know how it is, he was feeling more and more woozy….. I love it when ponie…
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Enjoying the rare Shetland sunshine.
One of Those Days
If it could go wrong, it did go wrong. That’s how I would sum up today, so I am fed up. The morning was spent in Lerwick having my debit card randomly refused at my usual haunts, which result…
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A bit of a whinge-fest.
Shed Wars
This morning, mostly everyone was soaking wet from last night’s Hurricane Ernesto. Meanwhile, I had spent the night awake worrying and listening to the howling wind and pouring rain. On a g…
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Last night's weather was hell. Everyone was ok, but wet except for those with rugs.
Last of the Celery
I came back yesterday from working at Turriefield (my sorting and packing veg volunteer job for a local cooperative), with a large bin liner of the last of the celery – various bolted tops an…
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A little known fact - Icelandic horses don't like celery. Luckily, Shetland ponies love it!
Introductions
I spent yesterday evening sitting in the little sheep shed with Dahlia and Gussie while it was raining outside. I wanted them to get used to the idea of an indoor shelter. Something, as hill sheep…
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My two new sheep have now been introduced to the others. They need to work out the social order in the flock.
The wee dug is fine with them.
Worried
I have been worrying all day about Iacs. He is not himself and is spending a lot of time by himself, which is never a good sign. It is not like him. He has deliberately taken himself away from th…
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Iacs is not himself. Not sure what is going on, so I wormed him in the hope it might help.
Pretty Please
I will just leave this here. As I was doing my afternoon chores, I came across this little reprobate looking very hopeful. I was, of course, immune to his charms! ❤️
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There is nothing, I tell you, nothing more appealing than a Shetland pony begging!
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