Green Grass | My Shetland

I shouted and they all came over, like the elephants in the Jungle Book. Haakon, Iacs, and then Kolka. Vitamin and Fivla were not going to be left behind and trotted through too.

Mr and Mrs – Kolka and Haakon. They are a couple now.

Vitamin was very happy shovelling.

Monster was watching.

As was Fivla – at different times of the day, someone was always waiting for me.

I don’t worry about the parked cars/vans . Everyone knows very well how to behave around them. Living around the house is nothing new.

When I was in my shed, I opened a packet of shortbread (I know, no Tunnocks – I’d eaten them), and in an instant Iacs was there, whippet-like! He has the hearing of a bat.

Pepper was very happy to have everyone around. More folk to chat to during the day.

As was Monster – I actually laughed out loud when I saw this!

There was something very special about today.

Little Fivla was unexpectedly standing by the gate this morning when I went back in to collect the buckets.

The others were hanging around too.

I just thought they were full and couldn’t be bothered to go and find anything more to eat.

After my breakfast, I came back to clean out their big water bucket and refill them only to find the lurkers still a-lurking.

So, being the nice kind person that I am, I opened the gate and told the old folk they could spend their day eating the green grass around the house. We have a lot and needs eating down. This is cheaper than mowing and less effort too.

No one needed asking twice. Zoom through the gate, they went.

After cleaning and refilling all the water buckets in the fields, I found Fivla and thought I would give her a little brush. That winter fur is just not coming out on its own. In the end I brushed everyone and collected up the fur in a bag.

I ended up sitting on the bag full of fur to keep my bottom dry and Fivla and I had a lovely chat and brush. Fivla was grooming me back and listening to the classical music (Purcell) that was also playing on my phone in my back pocket. Such a peaceful time.