2025 - My Shetland Blog

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Autumn Sunshine

While we were packing veg this morning, someone asked how I write the blog. I replied that I take photos during my day of things that look appealing, upload them to my computer, take the ones I lik…

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A lovely morning dogwalk in sunshine.

 

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Interesting Day

An interesting day that started with the weather piling in bigly time. Wind and horizontal rain. All the sheep refused to go into any field and the dogs never had their walk as I couldn’t ge…

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I saw a rare moth and a newly-hatched butterfly today. Weather revolting.

 

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The Final Rush

This is the final rush before Wool Week starts at the end of this month – the 28th, I have just found out. So every spare minute I have is spent in my shed (‘scuse the mess) making shee…

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Shetland Wool Week 2025 is nearly upon us so this is my last chance to get my hand-felted sheep made to sell. Full steam ahead!

 

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Sheds

The weather was fairly rough this morning – F8, north-westerly (bitter) with occasional rain/drizzle – but everyone still got fed. It is non-optional, apparently. When I saw Gussie try…

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Everyone took to their sheds today.

 

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Life in General

Round Two of a little known game “Who Gets the Bucket First”. Fivla put on a sudden and unexpected burst of speed and claimed her breakfast. No one, and I mean no one, gets in the way …

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The ways of sheep.
The ways of ponies.
The ways of everyone in general really.
Exhausting.

 

[Frances144]

My Busy Day

As you may be aware, these are my last few days to get sheep to the Lerwick shop in time for Shetland Wool Week 2025. I am busting a gut here. Today I made these three. I really like the spotty La…

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My latest creations and an early supper for the ponies. They did ask nicely. How could I refuse?

 

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A Little Bit of Activity

I went outside last night just to see if anything was going on as I had heard there might be some aurora activity. There was a bit but also a massive non-moving cloud was in the way. Dammit. Push o…

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Nice to see the Aurora Borealis (northern lights, Merrie Dancers), even if there was a ruddy big non-moving cloud. A peaceful day today too. Lovely.

 

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Friends Fast Asleep

Our internet is playing silly-buggers. It is very slow so I am not going to write anything much because I am going mad here. Anyway, this morning on my dog-walk I found all the Shetland ponies in a…

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Our internet is grinding to a halt so the blog is brief.

(and lovely Shetland ponies fast asleep in the Shetland sunshine)

 

[Frances144]

Saying No!

All I did was say “No” today to just about everyone. This was Iacs’ attempt at going to steal Fivla’s breakfast bucket. I was holding onto his chin hairs, trying to do my d…

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I spent the day saying no to just about every animal.

 

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The Shock of My Life

I got the shock of my life today. I know one day it will happen and I must be prepared. I mean I have five horses and ponies over the age of 30, I have to be a realist. But this was a step too far…

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My poor heart. I have never been so scared.

 

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Not My Day

It’s not been my day today. I took a pile of photos to show how ‘Ster has worked out how to get into the field, when everyone else has gone under the fence and left him. But my camera a…

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Some days are just not my day. Today was such a one so I gave up.

 

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Hell Finally Froze Over

A good friend from Wool Week came over to see everyone. I had a lovely time re-introducing her to all the horses and ponies. And then, after a strenuous climb up the hill in their enormous field, …

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Sitting outside with the sheep and the best view. Bliss.

 

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Does anyone want breakfast?

 

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A Wool Week Visitor

I wrote out the whole blog and then the broadband went down and lost it all. **sigh **. So here I go again……. It was about how we had a visitor who was up in Shetland for Wool Week, and…

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I put my visitor to work. An extra pair of hands is an extra pair of hands, in my book.

 

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Life is a……

Some days I think life is like a tipped up food bucket. Well, Fivla certainly agrees. The wind had caught her bucket when she lifted her head out – a rookie mistake. Iacs will tell you that …

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My philosophy.

 

[Jessey]

@Frances144 just in case it’s still lost to you, it’s so annoying when the forum suddenly hides something!

 

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I shall never press a button ever again. I nearly lost the whole blog!

#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #storm #blog

 

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Shetland Wool Week 2025 Makers’ Market | My Shetland

A quick nip to town to see what was going on at the Shetland Wool Week 2025 Makers' Market. Lots of Lovely Things.

Weather frightful.

 

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We are all still here - except for one shed window.

 

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Sleep Well, Edna | My Shetland

Goodnight Edna. Rest in painfree peace.