Farrier day yesterday and those who needed it, had their hooves trimmed.

Along with some “expert” advice.

Our farrier, Stephen, said the Minion’s hooves were growing straight and the laminitis damage was growing out so I am hopeful.

And I smugly, but hesitantly, congratulated myself that everyone was looking good.  We might to be getting through Spring without any reoccurrence of laminitis.

There is noticeable weight-loss from some….

…. though Albie seems to photograph as a lump.  He isn’t in real life.  Most odd.

The daily food, ie the minerals and vitamins, although not much loved, is eaten.

And they go to the four corners of their hill to find very sparse amounts of grass during the day.

(they share bowls, once they’ve finished their own).

So I am hopeful, if nervous of the rest of this year.

We are not going back to most of them having laminitis. Not now, not never.

Haakon was lying down, probably napping, and I was walking the dogs/cat as per usual.

Pepper had to go and investigate everyone, always (Ted just goes home).

This is the first time I’ve seen Haakon actually take an interest in Pepper.  He tends to usually just carefully ignore her even though he has known her since she was a little puppy.

He wanted to investigate on his terms.

Them’s the rules.

And Pepper wanted to find out more too.

I trust them both to make wise choices.

And they did.

I love that Pepper feels 100% comfortable. If I had stayed around, she would’ve probably curled up and gone to sleep right there.

And then this morning with Vitamin.   So sweet.  My funny little dog.

And now the dogs wear their hi-vis on all dog walks because no one can be trusted and of course the flowers are exactly the same ruddy colour.

So now I am thinking about losing the jackets for the summer as there is absolutely no point. No point at all.

I think everyone should be a very bright white, except on rare snow days.

At least I would know where they are.

Meanwhile, I took photos of wet sheep wool in the grass.   I shall use these as screensavers.

And… the first orchid of the summer.  My heart lifted.

And some cuckoo flowers (I type hopefully as I have actually no idea what the plant is called).

Hopefully summer is revving up now.

Kolka is a pretty lass and I’m glad she lives with us now.

Kolka waits for me and is very sociable, always coming up for a chat.  I like that and hope that it is me she wants to see, not the contents of my pockets.

The weight is back on too and I think she is “spot on” now.  The spring grass is very much here, so hopefully it won’t be hard to keep her like this.  She is a nice shape.

I know Kolka misses Klængur a lot but the old men are good enough company too and there is far less arguing.  She is rather taken with Haakon, but then who isn’t.

They make a happy little herd of three and I am pleased Haakon and Iacs have someone to boss them around otherwise they would just dither around the place not making any decisions.

I wish I could stop this, but I have days when I just worry about the old horses.  I can’t help myself. I just worry.  I watch their every move and worry.  I am feeling panicky and very anxious, especially today.

This morning they were all just hanging around, not doing much, so I opened the gate to another field to see if they wanted a change of scene.  I was worried they were not eating grass and were probably colicking in front of me.

So now the horses are nearer the house and I can watch them better.

This afternoon, after the dogs’/cat’s tea, I went down to the stream with my camera and had a sit.

Kolka came up and we had a chat about things.

She is a good listener.

Iacs is not the best listener.  He does try, but he gets bored easily.

Haakon just wants to play “elephant nose” – he sort of plays with your hand with his nose – and hates any form of affection. He’s always been like that.

I told Kolka that I was worried about everyone and she just stood next to me.

But it was reassuring to see them all drink.

And then they walked off to eat, which cheered me up too.

I need to get some perspective.