What a Difference a Day Makes Well, someone is feeling 100% better and would happily eat all the meals she missed on her day off.   I must admit I do try and feed her slightly more when she’s hungry because she’s al…

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Feeling better now and eating everything.

#myshetland #ShetlandIslands #shetland #feelingbetter #patterdaleterrier #whitecat #hailstorms #badweather

Not Well (Again) Guess who said no to her breakfast (again)? Guess who is wandering around like a wet weekend feeling very sorry for herself, while making wretching noises and constantly asking to go outside with h…

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Pepper is ill again. *** sigh ***

#myshetland #pepper #patterdale #patterdaleterrier #whitecat #unwell #wildfood

A Failed Minimalist Temperatures are dropping and it has been a freezing cold and windy day with intermittent showers of hail so I stayed indoors. Even the dogs turned back on their dog-walk and went home. After an ea…

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Old family things in my house - what to do with them?

#myshetland #family #minimalist #fail #familythings #handmade #oldphotos #myheritage

Fierce Weather I can only described today’s weather as fierce. Trying to get to the feed shed this morning proved nearly impossible in the gale force winds.  At one stage, Flossie and I just couldn’t …

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Winter has returned. I am not impressed.

#myshetland #ShetlandIslands #shetland #neverending #weather #shetlandsheep #sheep #hardwork #croft

The Dream vs The Reality This was the dream. And this is the reality. When I opened the parcel, a small flat pancake of a bed was inside, but as it was vacuumed packed, I prayed it had potential and would spring/fluff up i…

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I never learn.

#myshetland #illusion #ShetlandIslands #shetland #whitecat #bigcat

PepperPot Update Pepper is feeling much better again and thank you all for your kind words.  I am sure they helped her. All four legs seem to work 100% and she is back to being very enthusiastic about food. She has…

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Pepper is feeling better, and slightly bemused at Monster's behaviour.

#myshetland #patterdaleterrier #whitecat #shetlandsheepdogs #ShetlandIslands #shetland

Rugs Back On Again Chaps! The horses and ponies managed a few days without their rugs but next week’s weather forecast is looking horrendous and it looks like the snow will return. I am not happy but at least I have F…

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Bad weather forecast. Rugs back on.

#winteriscoming #myshetland #shetlandponies #ShetlandIslands #shetland #horseware

A Worrying Day Pepper has not been well. She’s wretching all the time, refusing to go on a dog walk (unheard of) and has been on the whole pretty miserable.  She even walked away from her uneaten breakfast.…

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I shouldn't have to worry like this.

#myshetland #patterdale #patterdaleterrier #sickdog

New Fencing I would’ve loved to have stayed in bed today but I couldn’t.  Things to do, people to see…… And it was also a beautiful day, which helped hugely too. Because I knew the weat…

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Bring it on. This is war! (electric fence not global)

#myshetland #ShetlandIslands #shetland #ElectricFence #tracksystem #shetlandponies #Ponies

Band Names and Album Covers Here are just a few photos of the sheep from yesterday and today when they came home for their tea-time ginger biscuit. I think I have here the potential for many album covers but I can’t fin…

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When in doubt, ask AI.... and then never do it again.

#myshetland #shetlandsheep #sheep #rockandroll #shetland #ShetlandIslands

Carrot Justice I’m not very good at injustice and Waffle not having his carrot yesterday was weighing heavily on me all night. I barely slept a wink for the worry. So this morning after breakfast, I popped …

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Waffle got his fair share.

#myshetland #shetlandponies #ShetlandIslands #shetland #carrots #HappyFamilies

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Carrots for all, except Waffle.

#myshetland #ShetlandIslands #shetland #horsewareireland #horserugs #shetlandponies

First Fluting As you know, I am trying to get my life back in order now the caudal epidural steroid injections are kicking in. Today, my fluting partner, Mandy, came round for lunch – a quiche with unident…

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Back to playing my flute.

#myshetland #shetland #ShetlandIslands #flute #duets #shetlandsheep #sheep #music

Back to the Vegetables Today, feeling stronger, I returned to my usual job of packing vegetables. There was lots to do and the old muscle memory kicked in as I filled poly bags with salad and other leafy veg, labelled th…

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Overdid things today. All my own fault.

#myshetland #ShetlandIslands #shetland #vegetables #growyourfood

The Last Push Well, this is the last push on these signatures in Polly Barnard’s Birthday Book c. 1888 and onwards. A quick recap, Polly lived in the Broadway enclave (Gloucestershire) of fashionable artis…

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I still need your help pretty please.

#transcription #myshetland #broadwaycotswolds #johnsingersargent #victorianera

So How Old Is He? When Daisy and I first met Monster in April 2018, we were told he was approximately 2 – 4 years old.  Our Shtland vet at the time and I disagreed with this estimate and thought he was more li…

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How old do you think Monster is?

#myshetland #whitecat #sspca #oldage #ShetlandIslands #shetland

Help Needed, Please I need your help.  Between us, I think we can succeed. I was in my shed, looking for a book that I had inherited from my mother’s bookcase, when I came across a small leather and gilt bound b…

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Any help gratefully received.

#myshetland #carnationlily #johnsingersargent #transcription #famousnames

A Dog Walk on the Beach We have a major storm arriving soon, so to the make the most of the bad weather approaching, I took the dogs for a walk on Reawick Beach with some friends and their dog, Harley. Reawick beach is di…

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A lovely walk with friends on the beach.

#PerfectDay #beach #DogWalking #myshetland #ShetlandIslands #shetland #shells

Busy Doing Nothing Another lovely day and, by choice, I have done nothing much because I just don’t feel like it.  I took no photos, didn’t go for a walk, or do anything.  Floss, on the other paw, has run…

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Today, I was mostly be doing nothing.

#myshetland #lazysunday #ShetlandIslands #shetland #lazyday

Coming Too! Me: “I’ll be back soon”. Flossie: “Have you remembered to lock the catflap?” Me: “Yes!” Floss and I were walking to the car (it lives beyond our gate), whe…

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No is not a word Pepper wishes to understand.

#patterdaleterrier #myshetland #shetland #ShetlandIslands #scenery #ScenicViews #scenicroute

A Good Day Huzzah – we have flowers in the garden. And things are beginning to think about growing. It was such a lovely day today.  The sun shone in the clear blue skies. The same crocuses, after just …

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The sun is out, the sky is blue....

#myshetland #shetland #ShetlandIslands #spring #springvibes #SpringFlowers #sunshine #shetlandponies

Holding The Fort The fort is being well and truly held by Flossie.  She is doing admirable work looking after us all, I know, and it’s not easy. Today Flossie came in from feeding everyone saying Tiddles wasn…

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Floss is doing a wonderful job.

#myshetland #ShetlandIslands #shetland #shetlandponies #spring #springvibes #patterdaleterrier

Doing Nothing I am spending many busy hours doing absolutely nothing, which I will admit I am quite enjoying.  I listen to classical music from Vermont Public but can’t do anything that involves world news…

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My current skill is lying in bed doing absolutely nothing.

#chronicpain #myshetland #ShetlandIslands #shetland #whitecat #painrelief #backpainrelief

Bedrest For Me I’ve been lying on my bed all day being waited on hand and foot by my wonderful Flossie (as I type this, she is cutting up vegetables to roast with a chicken). To fill my day, I have gone thr…

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Resting all day.

#myshetland #ShetlandIslands #shetland #patterdaleterrier #bedrest #chronicpain #shetlandpony #icelandichorse #runaway #notsorry

Home Now Well, I’m back home now with a much-needed cup of tea, two Tunnocks and Marcus Aurelius (who came along for the journey just in case I needed him). The whole procedure (caudal epidural steroi…

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Resting up.

#myshetland #shetland #ShetlandIslands #hospital #chronicpain #BackPainRelief #sciatica #tunnocks

All Ready I like to be organised and I will admit that I also like writing lists. So this morning was spent packing my bag for hospital tomorrow where I will get my caudal steroid injections as a day case. I…

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I am all in a dither.

#myshetland #ShetlandIslands #shetland #chronicpain #backpainrelief #hospital

A Weird Day Today started strangely with a duck first thing on my porch roof.  I’ve never seen one there before.  Pretty but not the usual occurrence. I don’t know if he flew there by accident or o…

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Not the usual type of day.

#myshetland #shetland #ShetlandIslands #farrier #shetlandpony #icelandichorse #hoofcare #patterdaleterrier #horseriding

My Winter Horse Keeping Method The old folk – that is Haakon, Kolka, Iacs, Vitamin and Fivla – are doing well.  They live at the bottom of a rather steep and slippery hill in the field that is inside the track. This …

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This is my winter method of horsecare.

#myshetland #ShetlandIslands #shetland #oldage #horserugs #icelandichorse #shetlandpony #horsecare

My Obsession As some of you may already know, I like to obsess. My current obsession is rugs.  Today we swapped all the Shetland ponies’ (Vitamin, Fivla and Tiddles) rugs for dry rugs and I thought to mys…

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What to do? Any suggestions?

#myshetland #shetland #ShetlandIslands #shetlandponies #horseware #horserugs #whattodo

My sheep at NASA

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One of my sheep travels around NASA.

#nasa #space #crafts #sheep #myshetland #shetland