They go Lickety-Split! A little known fact, but when my mother was pregnant with me, she read a children’s book called “Susannah of the Mounties” by Muriel Denison.  This book was first published in 193…

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Little Shetland ponies trotting past (all except Newt, who had to canter).

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Celery Time! All I have to do is shout “celery” and there is a rumble of little hooves and everyone arrives…. (please sing Rossini’s William Tell Overture – the fast bit – ba…

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Little known fact - Shetland ponies love celery.

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On Track Now I wasn’t going to move the Shetland ponies yet until I received a text yesterday evening from a friend saying that one of her ponies had come in “a bit footy”. Footiness means the…

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Shetland Ponies on the track.

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BT Expect to Fix Subsea Fibre Optic Cable Break on Orkney by Tomorrow - News By ISPreview.co.uk #FibreOptic #Politics #Scotland #shetlandislands
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We go to Town I had my shopping list ready (and I also took a photo of it in case I lost it, which I usually do). I had my companion too and off we went to town – aka Lerwick, Shetland’s capital. Fir…

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Pepper and I go to town.

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SNP 2026 Manifesto Dangles Possible Subsea Fibre Cable to Shetland Islands - News By ISPreview.co.uk #BT #FibreOptic #Politics #Scotland #shetlandislands
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Always There Not much today.  Yesterday was much nicer, weather-wise so I spent my morning waiting for a physio phone-appointment and trying to value stuff to put on Ebay.  I am finding that Google Image certai…

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They seek him here, they seek him there......

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The Grass is Always Greener Guess who turned up this morning, after going out into his field with his friends (he snuck back while I was finishing tidying their bedroom)?  Yes, I fed him and yes, I’ve realised I’v…

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The track system calls.

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Channeling his Inner Edna Some of you may remember Edna.  A hobbit-like ewe who enjoyed her many breakfasts. Always, Edna would follow me back after breakfast to have another one.  It was her routine and we duly obliged bec…

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Lambie would like a second breakfast.

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Primroses Are Here! Spring is almost here…..Our “wall of primroses” is beginning to appear on both sides of the burn (stream) that runs through the fields.  The primroses are a most welcome sight and…

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Spring is finally coming. The wild primroses have arrived.

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Fivla, Shetland pony, in her rug

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Rugs on for tomorrow will be shitty weather.

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Scorned I appear to have tonsillitis so all bets are off and all plans cancelled.  I am just doing the bare minimum, ie feeding the horses, ponies and sheep and about to put rugs on everyone because winter…

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Tonsillitis and unloved by Lambie.

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🟠 UPDATE: M5.2 mb earthquake, South Shetland Islands, depth 10.0 km

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🟠 INITIAL ALERT: Magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake detected at 09 Apr 2026 21:59:20 UTC, depth 10.0 km.

Location: South Shetland Islands

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More Beds And we return to the Bed Saga….. Now this ancient bed has been greatly improved, according to Monster, by the self-heating mat.  He loves that and spends many hours inside snoring. The replac…

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Another dog/cat bed. Another potential failure.

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Moved the Oldies As some of you may be aware, the world news is terrifying me, so I thought I would try and read a sensible newspaper over breakfast to put things better into perspective. My plans were duly thwarte…

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A new field for the old horses and ponies.

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Tricky As W. C. Fields used to say “Never work with children or animals”. Well, he was right. Today’s breakfast was tricky. Monster was absolutely no help at all and I failed dismally on…

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Never work with children or animals.

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Everyone Bare Nekkid It seems odd that not 36 hours ago it was blowing a hoolie and snowing but now everyone’s rugs are off and they’re all bare nekkid. The nicest bit of taking rugs off is seeing just how …

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Rugs came off today.

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Happy Easter Happy Easter to you all. We got through Storm Dave (honestly, who names these storms) and have come out the other side fairly unscathed.  I think Shetland got off lightly compared to other areas of…

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A lovely peaceful day.

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Carrots and Celery It was a long morning at Turriefield, packing vegetables.  I came home and went straight to bed for a few hours and was joined by Pepper  who was feeling very poorly – not eating again.  My b…

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Getting ready for Storm Dave - by giving the Shetland Ponies celery and carrots!

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Beds, Again Continuing with the cat/dog bed saga….. This is one of Monster’s many beds.  He loves it, except when he finds Ted enjoying it and then Monster has to hate it until he forgets. It&#8217…

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The dog/cat bed saga continues (it will possibly never end).

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First Visitors of the Year Today we had our first visitors of 2026. They brought carrots. Everyone loves carrots. First we visited the Shetland ponies.  They came running when I showed them the carrot bags. Then we walked ov…

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Always nice to have visitors - the first of 2026.

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I’ve Done Too Much I think I’ve done too much today. My fault, of course. I never learn so now I am resting on my bed with a heat pad hoping tomorrow will be better. In other news, Pepper’s bloods came ba…

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I have to stay tough and not give in. No more variety of diet for Miss Pepperpot.

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Awful ‘Haviour Well, we are just back from our visit to the vet. I would love to say Pepper behaved like a dream but she didn’t – it involved a cat in a box and words were said. I was ashamed of her a…

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Awful 'haviour at the vet (Pepper, not me!)

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BT Confirm Delay to Subsea Fibre Optic Cable Repair Ship for Orkney - News By ISPreview.co.uk #FibreOptic #Politics #Scotland #shetlandislands
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Comes in Three’s Bad luck comes in three’s.  That’s the saying and my Monday was no exception. It started well, and I was lured into a false sense of security as I started the fully-loaded washing machi…

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Having my share of bad luck today.

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Goodbye Flossie We knew the weather would be very bad at 8.00 when we usually go out to feed everyone, so Floss and I got up an hour early (plus the clocks went forward last night) before it all revved up. We want…

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Outside early, inside to hug sheep and goodbye to Flossie.

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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.

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A Day Between Weathers Today has been a day between weathers or “atween wadder”, as they say in Shetland dialect – calm, warmer and even blue sky.  It was very spring-like but of course we will all be thrown back i…

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A nice calm day - makes a change. Still failing on the minimalist lifestyle front but did some carrot distribution.

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