2026 - My Shetland blog

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Back to Bumble Bees

I took your advice and went into our garden yesterday evening, in the late sunshine, looking for more bumble bees to photograph. It was much easier as they were slower. There is a huge pile of com…

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I am very fond of watching bumble bees. They always look so busy.

 

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https://myshetland.co.uk/sick-dog-day-again/

Pepper has (another) off day. Monster is no help.

 

[Frances144]

I think I will stop writing on here as I don't believe anyone reads this anyway.

https://myshetland.co.uk/does-madge-miss-edna/

I wonder if Madge misses Edna?

 

[Frances144]

Fog, No Fog, Then Fog

We woke up to Shetland covered in thick fog. I know no flights got in or out this morning. But, still, the horses, ponies, sheep, etc managed to find me. There is no escape. I’m sorry, but I…

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A foggy day in Shetland

 

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https://myshetland.co.uk/different-sheds/

Everyone took to their sheds.

 

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https://myshetland.co.uk/fat-lambie/

Is Lambie too fat? I think so.

 

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Looking So Much Better

I went with my usual buckets at breakfast-time and found no one waiting by the gate so I had to shout, hoping I wasn’t in for a long walk looking for everyone. The horses and ponies duly appe…

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I think the old horses and ponies are looking just right now. I was worried about them too after the harsh winter.

 

[Frances144]

You’ve Seen Nothing!

I’ve had a quiet day mostly tripping up over the cat. Everywhere I went, Monster had already taken up residence. This is OH’s chair in his “recording studio” which Monster …

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Monster, oh Monster!

 

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Lost all my sheep

It was a lovely morning for a dog-walk. I was looking for the sheep, but came across Haakon instead. We had a quick chat and I went on with the walk, thinking the sheep were probably at the far en…

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I lost all my sheep today (I forgot where I put them).

 

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https://myshetland.co.uk/the-simmer-dim/

I took this photo at 11.30 p.m. Still Simmer Dim.

 

[Frances144]

My Day Out

This morning I did all the things I had to do, like feed animals, put the sheep in their field and walk the dogs. And then I drove over to a friend’s and we had a lovely day out, away from ev…

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And now for something completely different. Emus (like you do in Shetland - they are fab btw).

 

[Frances144]

I Worry at Night

Every so often I suddenly have a panic (usually at about 3 a.m.) that the electric fence is not working and the Shetland ponies will break through into the long grass. Last night I had that worry s…

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What if the Shetland ponies escaped?

 

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Busy Day

We have visitors coming up from south for their holidays tomorrow so I wanted to be prepared, food-wise, and have spent my day chained to the stove, cooking with varying degrees of success. I made …

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I spent my day cooking so needed relaxation - the sheep field called.

 

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Power Cut

We are currently sitting in the middle of a power cut with the promise that it might come back on around 8 o’clock tonight. I am not holding my breath but OH is hoping it might be working in …

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Power cut out of the blue.