Remember Thordale Lyra?  She was the last of our homebred foals to leave us in October 2017 to go to her new home at Drumnagair Shetland Ponies in North Aberdeenshire.  This Stud breeds quality standard black registered Shetland ponies.

Yesterday morning, Lyra gave birth to a beautiful colt foal.

(she’s just given birth here in the cold light of the Scottish mainland dawn and still looks like a supermodel!)

Meet Drumnagair Vega Star by Westpark Three Star Out of Thordale Lyra.

Westpark Three Star’s pedigree…..

Thordale Lyra’s pedigree…..

So some seriously good breedlines there.

He is gorgeous.

Vega is the brightest star in the constellation of Lyra, the fifth-brightest star in the night sky.

Vega is a very fitting name for this chunky well-built little chap.

Both mother and son are doing very well.  This is Lyra’s first foal and she looks like she has taken to motherhood brilliantly.  She is a natural.

I think I may be in ❤️.

What a little sweetie.  Well done Thordale Lyra, welcome to Drumnagair Vega and many congratulations to Drumnagair Shetland Pony Stud.  Vega is a lovely addition to your Stud.

I must tell Vitamin she is a granny!  She will be so proud.

All photos and film of Lyra and Vega courtesy of Drumnagair Shetland Pony Stud

About a month ago, I may have mentioned I was busy working on a film  for Transition Turriefield.

Filming

(I knew it, I did, though sometimes I forget – I have the brain of a hen these days)

Anyway, here is the result of all my (and OH’s) hard work – the film is now available to the public as part of Turriefield’s Crowdfunder campaign. Please go to their page (link below) and read all about their hard work and what they want to achieve.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gfl-transition-turriefield

The majority of the film and photos were already created so I put it all together, made the beginning and the end films myself and did a small animation with beans.  OH recorded the soundtrack.  We are pleased with the end result.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the film – please watch it to the end. There is a good outtake which always makes me smile.

As you may know, we tried to grow veg and had limited success.   Three carrots dost not a vegetable garden make. Shetland is not very helpful as a growing climate.   So this is a very important project and one that we fully support.

These days, now I am “a crafter” (splutters), I spend many hours in my little shed creating my felted creations. I have orders and I like them finished and in the post as quickly as possible.  While I work, I look out on the best view, though perhaps not the best weather today.

The neighbours are ok, a bit nosey but we rub along.  However, I wish they would stop trying to butt the door down.

Lambie is still unsure about coming in (roll on summer then) but his Winning Smile always melts my heart.

When the rain stopped and, as I had been in my shed for a few hours, I went for a walk taking anyone who would come too. I needed to stretch my legs and walking is good for my back.

It is always good to have someone to go with even they are woolly and smell faintly of pee (*** cough *** Lambie *** cough ***)

Knowing Haakon is feeling better makes me think we may have turned a corner but I say this with everything, and I mean everything, crossed.

Now Iacs and Haakon are back outside again during the daytime, we are not safe in our own house.

Haakon is an old hoof at opening doors.  He knows his way around many a front and back door snib.

Before we had fences and a garden, he used to rattle the backdoor handle and stand with a friend asking for the contents of the biscuit tin.

These days, Haakon just goes for the more direct approach.

However, there was a small turf war going on when Haakon accused Iacs of queering his pitch.

It quickly dissipated and the boys soon decided to work together in this case because two enchanting faces are better than one if that biscuit tin is ever going to see the light of day.

I tried to escape the harrassment but was followed.

They all know where I live!

The weather has been a bit all or nothing today.  Sometimes it looks like Armageddon and of course we got caught in that vile shower of hail when we drove over to visit the Minions and pregnant ladies.

I am currently going through the traditional phase of wondering whether Hetja is actually pregnant.  I did this when she was about to give birth to Hjalti aand I guess the only way we will find out is if there is an extra horse in the field in a couple of months’ time!

When I asked Daisy for her expert opinion, she replied “well, if she isn’t, she is going on the mother of all diets!”  She pretty well summed up the situation.

And Brá, without a shadow of doubt, is giving birth to a heffalump.  She is professionally pregnant at me.

There is not doubt we will hear the patter of tiny hooves with her.

Meanwhile, I have spent the rest of the day redesigning this website/blog/thingy.

You may notice there are two extra pages on the top line.

Firstly, there is the Minion Story – A page devoted to how I came upon my Minions – a brief résumé, if you will, of how they ended up with me.

Secondly, a page for my new felted creations which I have called Heart❤️Felt (I love the name and thank you to the person who thought of it – truly inspired).

So, there you go.  Please read everything and inwardly digest – there will be a test later.