Today has been lovely.
We all got what we asked for.
And we had a delicious festive lunch.
Afterwards, as the weather was being kind, we went on a walk with the dogs.
And now we are relaxing.
Merry Christmas to you and yours xx
I gave Floss my phone this morning to take photos for me in my usual routine.
So, I rustled up the troops and, clutching my bowl of sheep food, we all walked around to their shed for breakfast.
The sheep are all used to this routine and so know to follow me and my bowl of food.
I thought this routine was pretty fool proof except for one fool ….. Lambie, of course.
He decided that “Things Were Different” so he had to be different too and refused to go inside the shed like he always has done all his life.
Luckily the others wanted their food in their usual bowls.
Dahlia also slipped out because she got pushed off her bowl so I fed those two out of the shed, shutting everyone else in. We will stick to my routine, even when we don’t. It’s the law.
Meanwhile, Daisy had an easy job and fed the Shetland ponies. She took this gorgeous photo.
Next, it was time for the old horses and ponies – we each grabbed a bucket of food and off we went across the hill. It is so nice having all this help.
We were finished in half the time and then it was our time for breakfast.
I realise I didn’t feature Ted in the Christmas photos yesterday so here he is today, just after his rather soggy-doggy walk.
Ted’s eyes are always grot because he has KCS ( Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca) or dry eye, which has plagued him for most of his life. We put in regular eye drops to help and luckily he is very good about this.
(and the divine Miss Pepperpot. Just because).
Anywho, today has not been great, weather-wise. Dreich. We all felt it in our bones. I spent my morning trying to make space in the fridge by cooking soup (curried root veg, thank you for asking). I ended up with a good pile of edible veg peelings in a dish for later – that perfectly good piece of parsnip (top right corner) was found in a dogbed and even I declared it inedible by hoomans! I have a standard, low I admit, but one none the less.
While I was going over to my shed, I noticed that the Shetland ponies were all down by the house, so I scrambled over the garden fence clutching the dish, and threw the veg overboard.
I might’ve been a bit of a bad shot as Waffle was wearing some of it. He will wonder why he is so popular for a while, I think.
Everyone was very grateful for the peelings.
I was going to give them the pumpkin rinds but the last time I fed them, Storm came down with colic the next day so these days I am a bit wary.
I left them all picking through the grass looking for nice bits of vegetable to eat.
And then I went into my shed to make that sheep. Probably the last of the year.
This year’s treasure. Dearest Pepperpot looking almost angelic.
And a possible contender …..
As well as the downright failures….
(including the bumhole one!)
Merry Christmas, y’all xxx
On our dogwalk today, Flossie and I walked to the furthest corner of the furthest field to find the sheep.
And today it was Floss’ turn to have her presence acknowledged, after all she holds the crown as “The Queen of Sheep” when I go away.
And, of course, Lambie was not sure. He was in one of his speshul moods so we ignored him.
He needed to think about this new person’s arrival – Lambie is not the brightest star in our firmament.
But then he remembered that he liked Flossie and if it would annoy me, then he would like her just that bit more.
Thanks Lambie.
Anyway, it was very nice at the top of the field, far away from anyone and anything and we all had a good chat and enjoyed the view. We quite forgot about the dogs who were happy doing their own thing.
Best of all, today is the Winter Solstice and it is downhill all the way now. Apparently tomorrow’s daylight is increased by a whole minute! I tell myself it will soon add up noticeably.
