2024 - My Shetland Blog

Frances144 · Sep 17, 2024

Sheep Together!

It’s been very foggy all day but when I walked the dogs, I found all the sheep together, which gave me great joy. At last, I thought, and I took a few photos and sat down on a rock. Various s…

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All the sheep are now happily living together in the field. This gives me great joy.

Frances144 · Sep 18, 2024

Honestly, You Two!

I finished making my afternoon sheep so I thought I would pop over to Clothie to check on the Ancient Icelandic horses. Haakon had taken himself away. He didn’t want to talk to the riff-raff…

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Trying to take nice photos of nice Icelandic horses.

Epic fail.

Frances144 · Sep 19, 2024

Fitting Out Containers

I (and OH) are exhausted but we did it. We fitted out the two containers with their rubber mats. Two coats of bitumen paint were down and had dried first. Then we lugged half the mats from the van …

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The Shetland ponies meet their containers and love them (all except for Albie).

Frances144 · Sep 20, 2024

OMG, Where’s Newt?

I am always counting animals – 9 sheep, 3 Icelandics, 8 Shetland ponies, 12 ducks, 8 hens, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 2 daughters …. the list is endless. So, this morning at breakfast, I was counti…

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For one dreadful second I couldn't find Newt and then I looked in his "office".

Frances144 · Sep 21, 2024

Visiting

After a very successful flute duet afternoon, I went to check the Icelandic horses just to make sure that they don’t have colic or laminits. They don’t and I know this as I fed them all…

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Horses then sheep - sitting in the field with the sheep thinking this is perfect.

Frances144 · Sep 22, 2024

Oh, Albie….

When I had finished mucking out the containers and little paddock with the help of the invaluable Skippy (my electric wheelbarrow that I now could not be without), I found Albie mooching about by h…

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A little chat with Albie

Frances144 · Sep 23, 2024

Their Own Choices

Today it rained and I made the concious decision not to put rugs on any of the Shetland ponies. My theory was that, now they have the two containers and unlimited hay, they get to make their own c…

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The Shetland ponies get to make their own choices. I think that's important.

Frances144 · Sep 24, 2024

New Grass

I took this photo last night as I was going indoors for the evening. I title it “All Alone in the World”. It felt very Hans Christian Andersen Little-Match-Girl-esque. Poor Lambie. O…

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I opened up a bit more of the track for the Shetland ponies. There was a bit of a dash for the grass. Lickety-split!

Frances144 · Sep 25, 2024

Asleep

I took this photo at 09.15 today when I noticed that only Silver, Albie, Waffle and Tiddles (slightly behind Waffle) were eating their morning hay so then I began to wonder where everyone else was.…

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Where are half of my Shetland ponies? Oh yes, sunning themselves in the containers. Happy days!

Frances144 · Sep 26, 2024

Monster and the Mirrie Dancers

I was lying in bed last night after a lovely hot relaxing bath when I saw someone had posted a photo on social media of the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis or Mirrie Dancers, as they are called …

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An evening spent outside freezing my bits off, in a dressing gown and wellies standing on the compost heap while taking photos of the Northern Lights.

(I hope you think it was worth it)

Frances144 · Friday at 5:24 PM

Part of their Flock

It is very autumnal now, damn near winter really – temperatures are low with a strong and biting north wind. I might have to dig out my winter sweaters shortly. But the sun was shining when …

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Croft life in Shetland.

Frances144 · Saturday at 3:28 PM

Oh, Albie. Please go in.

The containers are a huge hit with everyone. Everyone except Albie who just won’t. I have no idea why but he refuses to go in. So today I decided was the day he he would. I put a headcollar…

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I spent my morning trying to convince a Shetland pony to go inside a container because he might be glad he knows how to and its there.

Frances144 · Sunday at 5:34 PM

Smug

I’m feeling very slightly smug. After breakfast (their’s, not mine), I put a headcollar on Albie, taking him away from his haynet-in-a-box over to the containers where Fivla was resting…

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I think we've finally cracked it. Albie walks into the container and spends his day there with his friends. Huzzah!

Frances144 · Monday at 5:06 PM

More Grass

While everyone was eating their hay, I made the executive decision to open up a bit more of the track. It is pretty bare now, and I am swithering about whether to send the ponies to another nearby …

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I opened up a bit more of the track for the Shetland ponies as they need more grass. Winter is coming.....

Frances144 · Tuesday at 5:10 PM

Sleeping in the Autumn Sunshine

It has been a lovely day – a slight breeze with endless lovely sunshine. I could feel everyone around me relax and breathe out. We all make the most of days like these. I’d like you t…

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Little Shetland ponies fast asleep in the Shetland autumn sunshine. Bliss and perfect peace.

Skib · Tuesday at 5:38 PM

Doesnt the mud act as a dry shampoo?

Frances144 · 2024-10-02T17:42:42+0100

Reward

I came back from Turriefield (my vegetable packing volunteering job) after a busy morning with a packet of little carrots that hadn’t sold. I was told they were for the sheep. So the dogs an…

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When you're a good boy, you get carrots!

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