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My Shetland

@thordale.bsky.social

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Crofter, animal rescuer/collector and retirement home in Shetland. Daily blogger sometimes with half way decent photos of my life in Shetland. Spinal surgery failure x 3. Mother of Muscovy ducks. Animals in my house. Insomniac.

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 6h

Touch wood, he is doing really well.

My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 6h

Mine, I swear, are probably playing strip poker in their container!

My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 10h

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I gave in and moved the Shetland ponies into their winter residence.

#myshetland #shetland #shetlandponies #shetlandislands #winter

This Lot

Honestly, this lot……. they have mooched around in their containers all day refusing to go outside, enjoy the relative calm before the storm (which arrives Friday) or even enjoy the rare…

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 1d

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They may be old, but they still move.

#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #icelandichorses #shetlandponies

Cantering Old Fools

Everyone else had come up the hill for their breakfast, except for the Icelandic horses – Kolka, Haakon and Iacs. They were still on the other side of the stream expecting me to lug their buc…

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 1d

Ditto

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 2d

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It hasn't stopped raining all day. I went to build a website for a friend and took Pepper, the Patterdale terrier, with me.

#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #shetlandponies #icelandichorses

Dark and Dismal

It’s been a dark and dismal day with constant wind and rain. Ugh! None of us wanted to go outside – there are days I would gladly swap lives with Monster. Still, I donned my full wet-we…

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 3d

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Moved the old horses and ponies back to their sheltered field full of grass. Bad weather coming.

#myshetland #shetland #shetlandponies #icelandichorses #shetlandislands

Moved Them

This morning Vitamoobag and her not-much-of-a-friend Kolka escaped and went walkabout around the croft. It was all my fault. I didn’t secure the gate when I brought the breakfast buckets and…

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 4d

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I don't like bullies.

#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #shetlandponies #haynet

Poor Little Newt

“Poor little Newt” is not a phrase I thought I would ever be saying but today was that day. This afternoon, we were down to one haybox (the other is being repaired by OH) and so I stupi…

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 5d

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Poor little pony. Greedy little sheep.

#Myshetland #shetland #shetlandponies #icelandichorses #sheeep

Not Fivla’s Day

Today was not Fivla’s day. It started badly when I brought her her breakfast bucket and went downhill from then on. Fivla likes to eat on her own if she can because she likes peace and quiet …

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 6d

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The autumn light is magical.

#myshetland #shetland #shetlandponies #icelandichorses #shetlandsheep

Autumnal Light

The sun tried to show its face this morning, albeit very briefly. The mornings are much darker now. I am usually up and around by the time it appears. This was my view from the feed container whil…

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 6d

Wonderful

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Don’t think so

My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 7d

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All my horses and sheep and ponies did today was pull faces.
#myshetland #shetland #shetlandponies icelandichorses #faces

Faces

It’s been a day of faces (oh, Haakon!) Or a sneaky side-eye (thank you, Vitamoobag). Apparently, no one wanted to look pretty today. Just silly so I gave up trying. With the exception, of co…

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 7d

Working at Transition turriefield (veg co op scheme) today.

My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 8d

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A day out on Bressay - small island next to Lerwick. Lovely to see somewhere different.

#myshetland #shetland #bressay #shetlandislands #dailyblog

A Lovely Day

FIrst thing and I was out with my usual buckets to my usual ungrateful lot animals. I title this photo “Good luck with that!” Breakfast for me and then off I went for a day out. First, …

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 8d

The reader in my head!

@seanmcp.bsky.social - I could not love this photo more.

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 8d

I will go on being me. It's all I know, really x

My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you x

My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 9d

Boosting is good, apparently xx

My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 9d

I like that idea and the boiling

My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 9d

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I am not enjoying this.

#myshetland #AI #shetland #dailyblog

Invisible AI Master

Ever since I had the meeting with the internet social media chap, I seem to have lost my art of writing the blog. I feel like invisible expectations have been placed upon me and that my every word…

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 10d

[email protected]

My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 10d

@anamca.bsky.social btw I have made 🐑 sheep. Are you still wanting one?

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My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 10d

It does help but doesn’t get hot enough for me. I have resorted to EMS/TENS pads which are really helping.

My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you for confirming all I thought. Please keep reminding me of this