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Eigenwijslander
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Always teaching me that you can’t control life. And don’t worry love, I won’t force into the trailer if you aren’t ready #icelandichorse #horse #hearthorse
October 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM Everybody can reply
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Eigenwijslander
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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 #pride #icelandichorse
October 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM Everybody can reply
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Pixelplace.me
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On the way to Borgarfjarðarhöfn this beautiful horse was standing at the Breiðavað farm fence behind a bed of purple lupines. Wow! #horse #lupines #naturephotography #animals #photos #photography #iceland #travel #horsephotography #icelandichorse #exploreiceland #wanderlust #travelphotography
Icelandic Horse with Lupines
October 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM Everybody can reply
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thordale.bsky.social
My Shetland
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My philosophy.
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Life is a……
Some days I think life is like a tipped up food bucket. Well, Fivla certainly agrees. The wind had caught her bucket when she lifted her head out – a rookie mistake.  Iacs will tell you that …
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My Shetland
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I put my visitor to work. An extra pair of hands is an extra pair of hands, in my book.

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A Wool Week Visitor
I wrote out the whole blog and then the broadband went down and lost it all. **sigh **. So here I go again……. It was about how we had a visitor who was up in Shetland for Wool Week, and…
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My Shetland
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Does anyone want breakfast?

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Around and About
“Breakfast!”, I shouted and the Icelandic horses all came thundering over the hill. Well, Kolka had a good thunder while the old men, Haakon and Iacs, walked slightly faster than usual.…
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September 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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Sitting outside with the sheep and the best view. Bliss.

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Hell Finally Froze Over
A good friend from Wool Week came over to see everyone.  I had a lovely time re-introducing her to all the horses and ponies. And then, after a strenuous climb up the hill in their enormous field, …
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September 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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Some days are just not my day. Today was such a one so I gave up.
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Not My Day
It’s not been my day today. I took a pile of photos to show how ‘Ster has worked out how to get into the field, when everyone else has gone under the fence and left him. But my camera a…
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September 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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My poor heart. I have never been so scared.
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The Shock of My Life
I got the shock of my life today.  I know one day it will happen and I must be prepared. I mean I have five horses and ponies over the age of 30, I have to be a realist. But this was a step too far…
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September 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM Everybody can reply
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Vamsi
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The Icelandic Horse is much smaller than a regular horse, and they look cute!

📍Gullfoss, Iceland

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A light brown colored Icelandic Horse backlit by the early morning sun
September 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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I spent the day saying no to just about every animal.

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Saying No!
All I did was say “No” today to just about everyone. This was Iacs’ attempt at going to steal Fivla’s breakfast bucket.  I was holding onto his chin hairs, trying to do my d…
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September 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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Our internet is grinding to a halt so the blog is brief.

(and lovely Shetland ponies fast asleep in the Shetland sunshine)

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Friends Fast Asleep
Our internet is playing silly-buggers. It is very slow so I am not going to write anything much because I am going mad here. Anyway, this morning on my dog-walk I found all the Shetland ponies in a…
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My Shetland
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My latest creations and an early supper for the ponies. They did ask nicely. How could I refuse?

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My Busy Day
As you may be aware, these are my last few days to get sheep to the Lerwick shop in time for Shetland Wool Week 2025.  I am busting a gut here. Today I made these three. I really like the spotty La…
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September 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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The ways of sheep.
The ways of ponies.
The ways of everyone in general really.
Exhausting.

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Life in General
Round Two of a little known game “Who Gets the Bucket First”. Fivla put on a sudden and unexpected burst of speed and claimed her breakfast.  No one, and I mean no one, gets in the way …
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September 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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Everyone took to their sheds today.

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Sheds
The weather was fairly rough this morning – F8, north-westerly (bitter) with occasional rain/drizzle – but everyone still got fed.  It is non-optional, apparently. When I saw Gussie try…
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September 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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Shetland Wool Week 2025 is nearly upon us so this is my last chance to get my hand-felted sheep made to sell. Full steam ahead!

#Shetland #ShetlandIslands #MyShetland #IcelandicHorse #ShetlandPonies #family #rescue #RescueAnimals #photography #ponies #horses
The Final Rush
This is the final rush before Wool Week starts at the end of this month – the 28th, I have just found out. So every spare minute I have is spent in my shed (‘scuse the mess) making shee…
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September 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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Shetland Wool Week 2025 is nearly upon us so this is my last chance to get my hand-felted sheep made to sell. Full steam ahead!

#Shetland #ShetlandIslands #MyShetland #IcelandicHorse #ShetlandPonies #family #rescue #RescueAnimals #photography #ponies #horses
The Final Rush
This is the final rush before Wool Week starts at the end of this month – the 28th, I have just found out. So every spare minute I have is spent in my shed (‘scuse the mess) making shee…
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My Shetland
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I saw a rare moth and a newly-hatched butterfly today. Weather revolting.

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Interesting Day
An interesting day that started with the weather piling in bigly time.  Wind and horizontal rain. All the sheep refused to go into any field and the dogs never had their walk as I couldn’t ge…
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September 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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A lovely morning dogwalk in sunshine.
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Icelandic horses in field
September 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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To town(s) with both dogs as neither can be trusted alone at home.

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To Scalloway/Lerwick
This morning, on my way home after taking OH to catch the bus to town, I met a small ginger dog wandering along the road.  OMG, it’s Pepper! Feeling somewhat surprised as I knew that before I…
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My Shetland
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The Muscovy duckings are almost all grown up now and learning to fly with absolutely no success.

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All Grown Up
Once I’ve finished making sheep for the afternoon, the ducks/hens have their afternoon meal – hopefully the last one before bed. After all that stabbing, I give myself the luxury of sit…
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September 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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Took my big camera on a dogwalk after a very good Sunday lunch
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The Dogs
After a rather good Sunday lunch (we had friends over so I made curry out of anything that stopped moving), we walked over to Clothie with our dogs to give them a run – them, not us! I also g…
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September 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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My poor little Patterdale Terrier is not feeling her best.

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Not Feeling Very Well
A certain “person” has spent the day not feeling very well. Pepper didn’t eat her breakfast, didn’t want to go on her dog-walk  and has spent the afternoon alternating betwe…
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September 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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All on high alert for laminitis in the Shetland ponies.

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Autumn Flush Begins
This is the face of someone who went a-visiting yesterday afternoon while I was away packing vegetables….. And she’s not sorry she did it but sorry she was caught and brought home, thou…
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September 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM Everybody can reply
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My Shetland
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The wind and rain could not have been more unhelpful. This morning was very hard work. Buckets everywhere.
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A Difficult Morning
This morning’s weather can only be described as vile.  Haakon’ and Iacs’s breakfast buckets blew away and I had to scrape up Iacs’ complete with what pills I could find and …
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