This is one of my favourite recent photos. Some people are so clever!
Photo fun "mud" theme
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Continuing the Shetland weather theme……
Shetland can be very windy. 20+mph is almost routine, with 40+mph also quite normal; 60+mph from time to time and 80+mph now and again.
This photo is from a few years ago, not long after we moved here and still had Harvey. There was a strong easterly blowing, and the dry stone wall was perfect shelter for the ponies. Harvey’s 16.3hh, however, could not be so easily accommodated. He could have stayed in the barn, but preferred to be out with his little friends, so he came up with this solution!
Shetland can be very windy. 20+mph is almost routine, with 40+mph also quite normal; 60+mph from time to time and 80+mph now and again.
This photo is from a few years ago, not long after we moved here and still had Harvey. There was a strong easterly blowing, and the dry stone wall was perfect shelter for the ponies. Harvey’s 16.3hh, however, could not be so easily accommodated. He could have stayed in the barn, but preferred to be out with his little friends, so he came up with this solution!
Bel71..
Equine affair sometimes had a booth with
Horse sculptures like that..
OMG they were expensive.
Equine affair sometimes had a booth with
Horse sculptures like that..
OMG they were expensive.
More Shetland weather! Storms! This one is building up nicely.
I think she's decided to start a double mane.
Shetland weather, part 4: snow. We don’t get heavy snow falls very often - it mostly gets blown straight over - but it can build up on the hills and against walls. Our winters are not very cold, but there is a significant windchill factor. I live very close to the sea, so salt is also a factor in dispersing the snow. This is a typical snowy day scene. As you can see, the ponies are not bothered at all!
I am coastal and I wonder if that is why we don't tend to get snow, apart from higher ground.
My theme is obsessions. Of course there's horses (SO many ornaments and pics) but I'm a tad worried about the number of Buddhas and elephants I have too.....
Apparently snow has to be at a lower temperature to settle on a salty surface. I think that is why is used with grit for roads.
I guess mine will be....
YEA COOLER TEMPS THIS AM.
BOTH Sonny and And
We're looking for the sunny spots this am.
When I got out Just
After dawn both were
Outside and must have been most of the night.
There really wasnt5 much to clean in the stalls.
I think every one us ready for FALL.
YEA COOLER TEMPS THIS AM.
BOTH Sonny and And
We're looking for the sunny spots this am.
When I got out Just
After dawn both were
Outside and must have been most of the night.
There really wasnt5 much to clean in the stalls.
I think every one us ready for FALL.
We do get some gorgeous clear days in Shetland of course, when everything is clearly defined. This is the view from outside my house, looking north. There’s nothing between the land in this photo and the Arctic Circle. It is an excellent spot for viewing the northern lights, but I don’t have the right equipment, or skills, to capture them.
This is what I was just watching from my front window...
A lovely hawk
A lovely hawk
Well sigh I thought I was going to have
"FUNNY GOATS"...
I FIGURED THEY WOULD BE ALL OVER THIS
Only Lincoln and Jefferson
have even gone up to it
So far...
WASHINGTON Said thus us close enough.
I moved it up to where I can see it well from the camera.
To monitor it.
And go right out if I see interest.
It won't stay out there ...
It will be a bring out and play then
It goes back In
The garage or barn.
"FUNNY GOATS"...
I FIGURED THEY WOULD BE ALL OVER THIS
Only Lincoln and Jefferson
have even gone up to it
So far...
WASHINGTON Said thus us close enough.
I moved it up to where I can see it well from the camera.
To monitor it.
And go right out if I see interest.
It won't stay out there ...
It will be a bring out and play then
It goes back In
The garage or barn.
Kinkey looked
Washington finally did because Kinley was right there.
Jefferson took another look
It was time to take it out...
for now.
Washington finally did because Kinley was right there.
Jefferson took another look
It was time to take it out...
for now.
To round off my selection of Shetland weather, these were taken in the Simmer Dim - that period in summer when it never gets truly dark, but there is often a glorious twilight. The 2 photos were taken at the same time - 10.25pm - on the same day - 5th June 2020. One was taken from my back door, looking north over the voe; the other was from my front door, looking east over the pier and Bluemull Sound towards Unst.
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