Newt and Albie

Newt and Albie are such dudes.  Always.

Even if you are far away, and Newt spies you, he will make the effort to come over for a wee chat.

It just takes a while.

But he gets there….. eventually.

Albie was, for a change, with Waffle at the far corner of the field, with some wild mallard ducks for extra company.  The ducks flew away when they saw me coming but Albie wandered up.

Albie has changed so much this past year and grown into an almost normal (whatever that is) Shetland pony.  He is definitely one of the Minions.  Remember all that horrible aggro and angst when they joined the herd last year (thank you, Vitamin for that appalling behaviour)? Happily that has vanished now and the ponies are one big happy family, which is something I wished from the beginning.  It just took a while, that was all.

Albie is fairly large for a minature Shetland pony.

I need to measure Newt again.  Last done he came in at 26″ and that’s yer lot.  He is not growing upwards anymore.  Been there, done that. It was overrated.

Sometimes, said Pooh, the smallest things take up the most room in your heart

  Winnie the Pooh

I ❤️ my littlest boys.

7 thoughts on “Newt and Albie

    1. Frances Post author

      Yes, thank you, that’s what I thought. I googled many quotes about being small and the minute I found the Winnie the Pooh one, I thought “yup, that’s the one!” Glad you thought the same as me. x

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  1. Linda Loba

    …and a pair of fine-looking Dudes they are!
    (And it’s no surprise to me, that the ponies are now one happy family – I think you can pat yourself on the back for that, Frances… 🙂

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