2025 - My Shetland Blog
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Sometimes it is lovely to have a day off from everything.
Happy Days
My blog fight continues. My Chief Administrator, the ever-helpful-nothing-is-too-much Nick Miners has successfully turned the clock back and I am back to my happy Luddite state of the Classic Word…
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My blog is back to normal (hopefully) but now I am investigating Squarespace. I hate change, though.
Thoughts and prayers, please!
Not a Day for Going Outside
Today was not a day for being outside. It was “coarse” – sporadic rain/drizzle accompanied by an unceasing westerly wind – F8/F9. When I went out first thing, I could see Ia…
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No one would go oustide.
Physiotherapy
I chucked the old horses and ponies back out into their old field. They were not impressed. But, as I told them, you don’t need all that grass for the foreseeable. I am saving it for the wi…
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Dog and cat see animal physiotherapist. I hope it helps.
Winter or Summer Track?
A wet dreich day and I have galloping TMJ pain so I am feeling very sorry for myself. After trying to play flute duets badly, I gave up (my jaw and neck hurt too much) and dragged Mandy out to help…
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Not sure what to do for the best. Where to put the Shetland ponies.
Invisible AI Master
Ever since I had the meeting with the internet social media chap, I seem to have lost my art of writing the blog. I feel like invisible expectations have been placed upon me and that my every word…
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I am not enjoying this.
A Lovely Day
FIrst thing and I was out with my usual buckets to my usual ungrateful lot animals. I title this photo “Good luck with that!” Breakfast for me and then off I went for a day out. First, …
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A day out on Bressay - small island next to Lerwick. Lovely to see somewhere different.
Autumnal Light
The sun tried to show its face this morning, albeit very briefly. The mornings are much darker now. I am usually up and around by the time it appears. This was my view from the feed container whil…
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The autumn light is magical.
Not Fivla’s Day
Today was not Fivla’s day. It started badly when I brought her her breakfast bucket and went downhill from then on. Fivla likes to eat on her own if she can because she likes peace and quiet …
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Poor little pony. Greedy little sheep.
Poor Little Newt
“Poor little Newt” is not a phrase I thought I would ever be saying but today was that day. This afternoon, we were down to one haybox (the other is being repaired by OH) and so I stupi…
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I don't like bullies.
Moved Them
This morning Vitamoobag and her not-much-of-a-friend Kolka escaped and went walkabout around the croft. It was all my fault. I didn’t secure the gate when I brought the breakfast buckets and…
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Moved the old horses and ponies back to their sheltered field full of grass. Bad weather coming.
Dark and Dismal
It’s been a dark and dismal day with constant wind and rain. Ugh! None of us wanted to go outside – there are days I would gladly swap lives with Monster. Still, I donned my full wet-we…
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It hasn't stopped raining all day. I went to build a website for a friend and took Pepper, the Patterdale terrier, with me.
Cantering Old Fools
Everyone else had come up the hill for their breakfast, except for the Icelandic horses – Kolka, Haakon and Iacs. They were still on the other side of the stream expecting me to lug their buc…
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They may be old, but they still move.
Be Prepared
We have a storm forecast and it’s not going to be fun. So today I decided to be prepared. I went around the croft with Skippy making sure everyone would be ok if we couldn’t get to them…
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Storm something is on its way. Four days of hell. But I am hopefully prepared. Worked hard all morning getting ready
The North Wind Doth Blow
As I write, the wind is gaining strength but my plan is go day-by-day through this storm. Like the train in Dumbo, “I think I can, I think I can”. My only priority is that Iacs gets hi…
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Weather foul.
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