What is it with sheep and sheds?

If the Boyzenberries see a shed door open, they are in.

Some like to just eat the hay put out for Haakon and his companion for the day.

Others like to wear their food (*** sigh *** Lambie, always Lambie *** sigh ***)

Meanwhile, a certain Her Maj just sits in judgement on the whole scenario.

Lambie is finally over his fear of my shed.  He likes to come in and wanders about investigating everything.

Ever since the others arrived, he appreciates the special time he has on his own with me.  ‘Ster tends to barge everyone out of the way and ‘Bert can be annoying.

It is not all roses, however.  We did have words about eating the tassles on my tablecloth. Lambie was hypnotised and obssessed with them.

This is the cross told-off face. He left shortly after that or was he asked to leave?

In the post today a lovely pair of new Grub’s wellies arrived.  Fed up of squishing around in the mud actually inside my wellies, I ordered a pair half price in a sale I found.  Having waited a week for the boots to appear, I phoned up the company (The Internet Gardener) possibly in a rage to find that I never actually ordered them, just imagined it.  I then discovered the sale pair had also gone.  Luckily The Internet Gardener kindly offered me a huge discount and so today my feet smiled for the first time in ages.  Goodbye chilblains and trench foot, hello happy feet and thank you The Internet Gardener.

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!