More Beds

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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 replacement bed for the tiny furry bed that Monster couldn’t actually fit in, has now arrived.  It’s not very big either (the words “total crap” spring to mind if I am being perfectly honest but I can’t be arsed to send it back again).

And no one is particularly keen to go near this new bed so I am trying to show everyone how to use it properly, other wise they just sit on top, crushing the neat little roof that won’t stay up on its own (I told you it’s crap).

Anyway, I arranged Pepper in it and she looked thoughtful about the bed’s possibilities.  She does like a cave and has been known to squish herself into Monster’s original Fortress of Solitude but it is a tight squeeze and she only does it to annoy him.

I told Pepper that she liked this sort of bed.  We will see, was her reply.

And I am now officially giving up on this new dog-bed scene, unless someone can recommend a lovely large dog cave that has a roof which stays up on its own, like a large cat cave, but a cheap one. How difficult can that be?

Asking for a friend…… (please ignore my rubbish).

Moved the Oldies

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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 thwarted.

I didn’t stand a chance really.  I don’t know why I bothered.

Pepper has been “funny” as in funny peculiar, not funny ha-ha, all day.  Her tummy rumbled and off she went to the garden.

I dragged her out for her walk (she wanted to stay near the house watching me do the dog walk with Ted) so I walked the track boundary and, while I was fixing fence wire, all the horses and ponies came up to talk and say they were hungry.  I looked at their field and decided they could all be moved to better grazing.

With open gates, they followed me up the hill to the main exit.  Then I put headcollars on Haakon and Iacs and told the rest to follow, which they all duly did with nobody going “off-piste”.

This is the nicest field now and it will hopefully do them all until the proper grass starts to come in.

I don’t think the old men (Haakon and Iacs) look that good – ie, a bit scrawny in the back end – so hopefully this was a wise move and, as the spring grass arrives, they will start putting more weight back on.

And so Pepper spent her afternoon shivering, making horrid noises and then a long sleep in front of my little shed fire, while I cried my way through “The Help” and made another sheep.  When Pepper woke up, she said she wanted her tea now, so we are back to the beginning again. *** sigh *** I am none the wiser with this little dog and her tummy.

Tricky

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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 the Connections puzzle (Wordle 6).

But Pepper had an eating-day, so that was encouraging.

The sunshine was also most welcome by everyone.  Animals sprawled everywhere inside and out.

The sheep are coming along well. I just need someone to buy one, two, three….. have a whole flock.

And the real thing were hanging around too.

After their supper, I tried to get Monster to pose nicely with Pepper.

She tried her best.

It just wasn’t a very good best.

And Monster quickly left.

Oh well, Pepper is still cute (and still eating) – oof, that little face ❤️

Everyone Bare Nekkid

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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 clean and beautiful they are underneath.

No one looks too thin, which is my main worry this time of year – with rugs on, you don’t know what is going on underneath.

Everyone had a lovely sleep lying flat out in the sunshine too.  I could almost hear them snoring.

And also they told me spring is here by starting to lose their winter coats.

I am lazy and don’t brush anyone until it gets until mid May/June as their winter coats might still be needed.  It could get cold again still.  You just never know.

I am particularly pleased with Vitamoobag.  She looks glorious for such an old lady (32yo) but it doesn’t take much for her to look like a hat-rack, I know that.  At this age, we all just go day to day with absolutely no expectations.

I climbed up the hill back to the house to find we had company!

Happy Easter

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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 the UK.

I’ve had a lovely day doing absolutely nothing, just resting on my bed, heatpad on full with Pepper by my side or on my lap.  I am still feeling very fragile after yesterday’s hard work.

Later on in the afternoon, we went over to friends and were given a proper Devonshire cream tea (homemade scones, jam and clotted cream) – absolute bliss and I feel very full.

So that’s me. I hope you all had a lovely day. Next, I’m off to eat my weight in chocolate with absolutely no sharing.