Mastodawn

https://myshetland.co.uk/how-bert-arrived/

Throwback Saturday - how 'Bert, my moorit Shetland sheep arrived in our family.

Looking at these photos of 10 years ago has made me go awww.....

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MyShetland 2d ago

https://myshetland.co.uk/more-weights/

All the Icelandic horses and Shetland ponies were weighed today. Most have lost weight which is what I wanted to achieve for the fatties.

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MyShetland 4d ago

https://myshetland.co.uk/water-day/

Sitting waiting for the big water containers to fill up, chatting to sheep.

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MyShetland 5d ago

https://myshetland.co.uk/eye-problems/

To town to see the optician. Now referred to hospital for emergency appointment. A bit of a shitty day then.

I need a seeing-eye pony, I think?

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Eye Problems

I went to town by myself after the morning chores for a much-needed eye appointment at our local opticians. I’ve been having a few problems with my eyes and was already worried. The results …

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MyShetland 6d ago

https://myshetland.co.uk/pepper-watching/

Playing flute duets on a Saturday afternoon, while watching for my wee dug not running away. Trust. That's it. Trust.

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Pepper Watching

Yesterday, Mandy and I went into my shed to play our flute duets as per our usual Saturday afternoon routine. And Pepper came too, which is part of her routine as well. She doesn’t seem to m…

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MyShetland Apr 12

https://myshetland.co.uk/rugby-match/

Feeding the old horses and ponies is not dissimilar to a rugby match.

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Rugby Match

Every morning I go out with buckets of food for the old horses and ponies. This is not as simple as it sounds as I have to carry four rather full buckets – one each for Kolka, Iacs and Haakon…

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MyShetland Apr 11

https://myshetland.co.uk/tyres-or-tires/

Horsevan needs new tyres. I found this out and have learned this science.

Tyres or Tires?

After I had sorted out all the animals, including Lambie who was determined to be in exactly the wrong place, I drove into town to find out if all the rims on the horse-van’s wheels were knac…

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MyShetland Apr 10

https://myshetland.co.uk/wee-fatties/

I think they look fatter. And they are meant to be on a strict diet.

Shetland ponies, this is.

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Wee Fatties

I walked the dogs today and went down to the Shetland ponies’ field to a) count fence posts as I am having wooden ones put in where I built the new track and b) see how everyone was doing. Th…

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MyShetland Apr 9

https://myshetland.co.uk/annoying-me/

A whole afternoon being annoyed by a huge white cat.

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MyShetland Apr 8

https://myshetland.co.uk/already-missing-flossie/

My daughter left tonight. We are all going to miss her.

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Already Missing Flossie

Well, as I type this, that’s Flossie off on the plane going back to her home, job and life south. It was lovely to see her and she was a huge help, as ever. She gave my back had a well-earned…

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