Advent Calendar explained

Day 1 – Four ponies drinking – that would be Eggwubby, Rody, Nick and Fraser after the Tim Flach photoshoot.

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Day 2 – Bozz-Bozz, of course!

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Day 3 – Zoot running this summer

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Day 4 – I think that is Velia and her son, Apollo

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Day 5 – Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis or Merrie Dancers as they are known here.

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Day 6 – Bozz Bozz rolling in the indoor school.

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Day 7 – Indy looking incredibly, well, errr…. gorgeous?

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Day 8 – Fivla or Whiffy Chicken’s eye close-up

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Day 9 – Indy PingPong dancing for his laydeeez

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Day 10 – Viola, a lovely old mare we had with the best mane.  She had terrible arthritis so we did the decent thing.  I miss her.

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Day 11 – Muppet Chess – from the left Spring, Andy and Fraser!

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Day 12 – Velvereta and Indy introducing themselves.  The result was Hamish!

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Day 13 – Logo in the snow

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Day 14 – Nick, Eggwub and Floyd in the snow.

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Day 15 – Phyllis laughing

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Day 16 – Erebus introducing himself to his father, Indy

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Day 17 – Vitamin sitting down. This was the day she sat beside me 3 months after her 2nd foal had died.  I knew then that everything was alright.  She had been grieving terribly.

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Day 18 – 3 foals – Hamish, Dougal and Ermintrude (can you see a Magic Roundabout theme here?)

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Day 19 – Melinda grazing

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Day 20 – Muppets – Rody and Fraser

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Day 21 – Indy looking magnificent (front cover of the SPSBS magazine)

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Day 22 – Kiki running

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Day 23 – Indy and his harem, Gem and Melinda and the back end of Velia

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Day 24 – Fivla and Vitamin in their Fair Isle sweaters that hit the media at the beginning of this year.

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I hope you enjoyed the Advent Calendar. xx

6 thoughts on “Advent Calendar explained

  1. Carol

    It’s been the best Advent calendar ever, well apart from the ones with chocolate in them!
    myshetland makes for dangerous reading, since I’ve become a regular visitor here I’ve found myself hankering after a Shetland pony…

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