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Always Lambie

This is who greets me most mornings (‘Bert was behind the house – don’t worry, he gets his fair share of everything. He is just too cool to look as desperate as this lot). Edna ha…
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Forever with me.
 
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Upwards, Ever Upwards

I am fed up of going over to Leradale to check the Minions, only to find them lurking at the gate, waiting, always waiting. I think it’s all they ever do. Just stand there. Their field is 5…
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The power of Turmeric and Carrots
 
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Out for a Little Ride

It was a lovely clear and calm Shetland winter’s day – just perfect for going for a ride, or two. With me on Iacs, and Daisy on Efstur, we went out. Our usual route. Efstur went very ni…
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The perfect day
 
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Run out of Hay

An emergency dash to town (Lerwick) today as we had run out of hay and obviously needed more. Unluckily it was a Bank Holiday so everything was shut, but luckily I thought to phone the hay supplie…
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Emergency dash
 
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Horses first, then Birds

Another lovely ride on Iacs this morning with Daisy on Efstur. Then out on Klængur (who appeared to be on a cocktail of hallucinatory drugs combined with adrenaline – I got off and walked hom…
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Bloody fast tölt, though!
 
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Running Down the Hill

Daisy asked me to help her move her horses over to their favourite field. So I grabbed my camera, opened the relevant gates, walked down the hill to a good spot and waited. Efstur and Dreki were th…
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Muchos prancing
 
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Long Tailed Duckies

Since I found out that there were long tailed ducks at our local beach, I have wanted to see them for myself. So, yesterday, armed with my camera, after checking the girls, I went to look for long …
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Love a duck
 
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Desperate Sheep-Wives

It’s that time of the year – when rams will be rams and the hill rams have started hanging around outside our gate and perimeter fence looking hopeful. These days the words “absol…
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Whatever it takes. You know me!
 
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Not a Nice Chap

I turned around and found this looking at me. So, while laughing, I took a photo! To be fair, it is just a very bad angle and Monster is not really that obese, so he tells me. He just has big bon…
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His true colours.
 
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Sort of Snow

The weather has not been great – icy cold with huge flurries of sleet. To prove that my heart is not made of ice….. (I mean how could I resist those little faces?), …. ….. …
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Some snow, not much really
 
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Emergency Dash to Town

We fed our last bale of hay to the horses this morning – because of the harsh weather over the past few days, we used more than we’d anticipated. This morning I jumped into the van, hav…
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Got all we need now.
 
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Mountain Hare

Every day I drive over to see Brá and Hetja (my 2 retired Icelandic mares). It’s a nice drive. One that I am very used to so no hardship. Recently, I have spied this little chap sitting quie…
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Feeling very lucky
 
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Today’s Show and Tell

In today’s Show and Tell, I have brought a swan! It was all by his (or her)-self in the Stanevatstoe Loch (yes, I had to look that one up!). A thorough internet search says, I think (and I am…
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Whooper swan today!
 
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The Boyzens in Action

This time of year especially, the Boyzens have a-hankering to go and mingle in the hill. The rams are out and I think my lot want to hang out with the men. So, at any opportunity, they escape and…
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Sheep of the Year Show next (sort of like Horse of the Year Show, but with sheep).
 
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Les Girls – Checked

Après Minions, I go and check that my two (older) ladies, Hetja and Brá, are happy and healthy. They live about 5 miles away. Their field is enormous and Brá is, as ever, about as unhelpful as she…
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The things I do.
 
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Run Wild, Run Free!

Daisy and I “did feet” the other day – Albie and Vitamin were on that day’s list. The others all hung around and watched, unhelpfully twanging the fence (thank you Newt), w…
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Twanging the fence
 
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Pony Paranoia

They wait for me. All of them. There is no escape. They are always there. Sometimes appearing out of nowhere. Watching….. Always watching. With their spikey hair….. And little faces. So…
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Always watching, waiting.
 
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Just Stuff, really

The girls are home. Daisy and I went to fetch Hetja and Brá during a brief weather window yesterday. They have come back as the farrier is visiting this week and the field they live in (not one o…
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Fings I fink!
 
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Feeling Bad

I am feeling very bad. Edna is on the hunt for a man. She has been shouting her head off to the hill sheep as they pass by on their regular trek trying to entice them over. As she refused to give …
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No lambies this year, please
 
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