2026 - My Shetland blog

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A Morning Away

Today I left my bed. It was bliss. My friend, Monika, kindly offered to drive me to Lerwick. I desperately wanted to stock up on animal feed before the next snow arrives – it is threatening f…

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I got away from my sick bed for the day.

 

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https://myshetland.co.uk/rugs-and-moving-fields/

I put thicker rugs on and moved the ponies.

 

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https://myshetland.co.uk/barrel-vs-bert/

Two of the sheep (Bert and Harrel the Barrel) are fighting. They are meant to be good friends. This will not do.

 

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I went and sat with the sheep this morning.

 

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Always Fair

I left my pit to pop down to see how the little boys were fairing in this cold weather (wind chill today of at last -5℃). It was the sort of freezing cold wind that makes your eyebrows hurt. Anywa…

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Treats for the Shetland ponies.

 

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Escape for the Day

As Flossie hasn’t left the house since last year – just after Christmas to be precise – I thought we should have a day out. It would do us both good. And I am also panicking abou…

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A day away. Bliss.

 

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Not Talking To….

We are not talking to Pepper today. This morning she went a-murdering – two poor pigeons who were doing nothing awful apart from being in the chicken/duck shed probably stealing food. We tol…

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The wee face of a murderer.

 

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Bloomin’ Cold!

It was my turn to walk the dogs today. OH had gone to town, shopping, as we were down to our last carrot – apparently it was pandemonium in our two supermarkets. As fast as the shelves were…

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Walking the dogs, and went to find the sheep out in their field.

 

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Bed-Wars

I popped over to see a friend this morning. She had asked me if I wanted a bed she had recently bought for her dog (a Border collie), which had proven to be a bit small. I said, yes, please. Afte…

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The dogs/cat get a new bed. And now I think I need to buy more......

 

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Bed Wars (2)

The arguments continue and I am supposedly the referee – albeit an unwilling one. Monster decided that all this arguing was beneath him and he will take over the world at a later date. This …

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The dogs and the cat are still arguing over the new bed.

 

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Bad back (still) and wondering what to do about Shetland ponies - feed or move?

 

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A short blog today - No 1 daughter comes home to look after me.

 

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Haynets at Night

Really crap photos today and I’m sorry – it has barely been light all day and the weather has not improved (still freezing wind and rain). Daisy has now seen the set up and agrees with …

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Poor quality photos - apologies (winter light). We decided to give the Shetland ponies haynets at night. Much enthusiasm.