Life is a…… Some days I think life is like a tipped up food bucket. Well, Fivla certainly agrees. The wind had caught her bucket when she lifted her head out – a rookie mistake.  Iacs will tell you that …

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My philosophy.
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Around and About “Breakfast!”, I shouted and the Icelandic horses all came thundering over the hill. Well, Kolka had a good thunder while the old men, Haakon and Iacs, walked slightly faster than usual.…

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Does anyone want breakfast?

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Hell Finally Froze Over A good friend from Wool Week came over to see everyone.  I had a lovely time re-introducing her to all the horses and ponies. And then, after a strenuous climb up the hill in their enormous field, …

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Sitting outside with the sheep and the best view. Bliss.

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Not My Day It’s not been my day today. I took a pile of photos to show how ‘Ster has worked out how to get into the field, when everyone else has gone under the fence and left him. But my camera a…

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Some days are just not my day. Today was such a one so I gave up.
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The Shock of My Life I got the shock of my life today.  I know one day it will happen and I must be prepared. I mean I have five horses and ponies over the age of 30, I have to be a realist. But this was a step too far…

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My poor heart. I have never been so scared.
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Saying No! All I did was say “No” today to just about everyone. This was Iacs’ attempt at going to steal Fivla’s breakfast bucket.  I was holding onto his chin hairs, trying to do my d…

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I spent the day saying no to just about every animal.

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Sheds The weather was fairly rough this morning – F8, north-westerly (bitter) with occasional rain/drizzle – but everyone still got fed.  It is non-optional, apparently. When I saw Gussie try…

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Everyone took to their sheds today.

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Icelandic horses in field

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A lovely morning dogwalk in sunshine.
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To Scalloway/Lerwick This morning, on my way home after taking OH to catch the bus to town, I met a small ginger dog wandering along the road.  OMG, it’s Pepper! Feeling somewhat surprised as I knew that before I…

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To town(s) with both dogs as neither can be trusted alone at home.

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The Dogs After a rather good Sunday lunch (we had friends over so I made curry out of anything that stopped moving), we walked over to Clothie with our dogs to give them a run – them, not us! I also g…

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Took my big camera on a dogwalk after a very good Sunday lunch
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Not Feeling Very Well A certain “person” has spent the day not feeling very well. Pepper didn’t eat her breakfast, didn’t want to go on her dog-walk  and has spent the afternoon alternating betwe…

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My poor little Patterdale Terrier is not feeling her best.

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Autumn Flush Begins This is the face of someone who went a-visiting yesterday afternoon while I was away packing vegetables….. And she’s not sorry she did it but sorry she was caught and brought home, thou…

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All on high alert for laminitis in the Shetland ponies.

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Annoying Visitor These days I am spending a lot of time in my shed – typing out manuscripts in the morning, stabbing away at my felted sheep in the afternoon and evening. And then there are the occasional vis…

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I am very easily distracted.

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Your name’s not down, you’re not coming in! After breakfast (in very dull weather), I couldn’t see the Shetland ponies.  I asked OH, as he was coming up the hill after poo-picking the track, if he’d seen them and he replied &#822…

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I don't know what Newt did but it was probably pretty heinous.

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A Windy Day It’s been very windy here all day. OH and I struggled round with buckets of food and poo-picking buckets thinking when it is like this, everything takes twice as long and nothing is easy. I s…

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The wind has blown hard all day in Shetland.
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Autumnal Thoughts This is the sight that greeted me first thing this morning.  Everyone was having a wee snooze in the early morning sunshine (8 a.m.) and Newt was apparently the chosen armoured guard, which was pro…

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My day in photos.

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Sheeps Do you know it’s been just over one year since Dahlia and Gussie came into my life? And I’m very pleased they are here. Both have taken easily to their new life here.  Gussie is a big b…

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It's been just over a year since Dahlia and Gussie moved in.

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Northern Lights Autumn 2025 Last night I looked out of the bathroom window (after my nightly shower) and saw the faint glow of the Northern Lights or the Merrie Dancers, as they are called here. But as they didn’t look …

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A great show of the Northern Lights last night.

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The Sunny Westside The westside of the main island is sometimes referred to as “the sunny Westside”, obviously said smugly by those who live there. As we have a visitor, we are showing him the island &#82…

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Showing off Shetland to our visitor

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Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary Yesterday we drove to the north part of our main island to show our visitor the sights. On our way back, we dropped in to Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary as I had been told earlier they had two seals …

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Went to see two rescued seals in Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary. Fascinating.
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Followed around I took this photo last night when I was putting the hens/ducks to bed and making sure everyone had everything they needed.  Tis Maggie.  Pretty lady. Anyway, this morning doing my daily chores, I h…

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I have been followed all day by a large white cat singing at me.
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Cupboard Love The ducklings are almost all grown up now.  They are still very sweet and not afraid of me at all, though they are not keen on being picked up and cuddled (their little legs go ten to a dozen and t…

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Ducklings growing up fast. Very curious about everything.

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Lost Lambie When I was doing the sheep count, I lost Lambie. He had snuck out of his field, going under at least two fences, to spend time by himself.  I think it was the flies and midges.  It has been very st…

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Lambie on his own.
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Last Night and Today A few photos from last night and today. Ever feel you are being watched…… like, all the time? Dear old Bibble still maintaining his Bibbleness.  A job is a job.  Someone has to be Bibbl…

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A few photos from today and yesterday.
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The Smell! Currently, I am feeling very sick sitting here surrounded by a scented oil diffuser on full blast, covered in perfume trying to get over Ted’s latest behaviour. He found a bad egg somewhere i…

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Dog ate and rolled in a bad egg. I want to leave home now.

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Meeting the Rest of the Family I gave Family Duck a new “paddling pool” – ok, it’s a washing-up bowl but I thought it might be a good introduction to water for the little ones.  I put strategically placed…

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I gave the ducklings a new "paddling pool". They meet the rest of their family.

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The Sun! As you know, my main hobby is to complain about the weather. But today the sun came out and it has been hot by my standards, though probably not anyone else’s – I think it said 22℃ in t…

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Animals lying in the sun.

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From Yesterday Here are a few pics from yesterday, and a wee film. This is what I get on my birthday – Lambie’s grudging acknowledgement of my existence.  I feel truly blessed. And yesterday, also, un…

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A few photos from yesterday and a wee film.

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My Birthday Again! Happy birthday to me today. I am 62 apparently. I had a very good harvest, as my uncle would say – Lego (my ultimate relaxation), Lambie wool seat-pad, shepherd’s crook, bamboo sheets, …

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My birthday. 62. A good day. Thank you. x

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Dammit I’m leaving this here as I have run out of things to say today. Everyone is going along ok except for Pepper who went off her front leg last night, the same day I had cancelled her x-ray appo…

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I have run out of things to say today. Sorry.

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