Super-Duper Rugs Arrived!

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Most of my super-duper high-neck Rambo rugs have arrived now  and I’m just waiting on the ones with 100g fill (for colder days) and Fivla’s 0g.

Yes, I spent a fortune and do I think it was worth it?   Well, I will admit I was nervous when I tried on Tiddles’ new rug this morning but it fits beautifully and is exactly what I want for him.  The high neck will stop the rain dripping down into his shoulders and legs (he gets very depressed when that happens) and the high quality of rug means he could basically live in this until summer arrives, which of course he won’t.  I love it. He loves it.  It is the perfect rug for him – a proper waterproof rug.

In the package was also a 0g rug for Vitamin.  It is exactly the same rug (Rhino Wug Pony Turnout), but bigger, obviously (Tiddles is 4′ and Vitamoobag is 4; 9″).

And, again, a perfect fit.  Vitamin has spent her day happy she has a new rug that covers her neck whilst having the freedom to move around. I am not a fan of total neck covers – they can be very restricting.

Meanwhile, Fivla has to wear her older version (standard neck) of the rug and her’s should hopefully arrive soon.

Why did I buy them all new rugs?  Because I am fed up of economising and throwing good money after bad on not-very-waterproof rugs, that let the side down filling up with water and have to be changed.  I have worked out this is a false economy and kills my back too.

Then Flossie came down the hill carrying the Icelandic horses’ rain-sheets. Nothing is easy to carry in our world.

We quickly rugged them up.

So we’ll see what the weather brings next.  I was getting used to the calmer days.

A Dog Walk on the Beach

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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 different from our usual beaches as it has red granite sand.  It is always nice.

With lots of shells too – a good and varied supply.

  

Although not the biggest of Shetland’s beaches, we had it to ourselves and walked up a down a few times, while Harley had a tennis ball thrown for him.  My lot ignored that but enjoyed the new sniffs and smells that were everywhere.  Next time, I want to take my big camera but, for them moment, it is too heavy for me to lug around.

Not gonna lie, but I think I might’ve overdone things a bit now, I realise but at the time walking along a deserted beach with friends and dogs was perfect.  I have managed to make another sheep this afternoon because I must keep going on that front too.

The cruise ships start to arrive at the end of this month and then it will be full steam ahead on the visitor front, espcially in Lerwick where I hope my sheep will sell and travel the world.

So I’m having a bit of a lie down now and will regroup to find my last gasp of energy required for supper, writing two weeks’ of the diaries, a shower and bed.

Though I may forego the Diaries, just this once, especially if I start typing rubbish, which is definitely a pissibolity!

Busy Doing Nothing

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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 around all day and even cooked supper too.

Last night I almost saw the Northern Lights.

This photo was taken by precariously holding my phone from the bathroom window. They never really got going, or if they did, I wasn’t aware of it.

So it is a boring blog because I wanted a day off from all my days off of total inactivity.  I felt lazy today. A chocolate-eating day, if you will and yes, I did share my chocolate with Flossie while she whisked past with the hoover.

Coming Too!

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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), when a small ginger flash ran past me and I am sure I heard…..

Pepper: “Coming too!” (just don’t ask how she got out)

Pepper “You can’t take me back to the house, you’re late anyway”.

Pepper: “And I promise to behave”.
Me (under my breath): “Yer, right”.

I dropped off Flossie at her meeting place and told Pepper that the front seat was now hers’.

And then I thought, as it was such a nice day, and I’ve been cooped up in the house for ages, we would take the scenic route home.

It was nice to see the outside world together.

A Good Day

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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 a few hours of sunshine. Aren’t they glorious?  For me, tis the little things.  This makes me happy.

The Shetland ponies seemed a little brighter too.  Floss took off Tiddles’ rug (on/off/on/off) and they all slept in the glorious sunshine.

I am trying to do a little bit more every day, so I went into my shed to make a sheep (and watch Anne with an E – brilliant series, I highly recommend).  My back aches a bit now, though.

I made one more sheep for the shop.

He will join the others.

And look, as I type this while resting on my bed after all my efforts, Pepper is still with me.  So this constitutes a good day – the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming and Pepper hasn’t run away….. yet.

And the main reason Pepper didn’t run away was because she was escorted everywhere (Teddy is always happy to tell tales) and the catflap was locked shut. Poor Monster had to ask to go outside.

Don’t feel sorry for Pepper – the tea-towel fell on her ↓