It’s been a while since I posted any photos from our year living at my mother’s smallholding in West Wales, so I thought I’d break my blogging silence (no reason, just busy) with some of my favourites pics. There are quite a few, sorry about that!
Posts Tagged ‘pony’
7 Apr
April showers… or April snow?
It’s all about the rain this week (and then some!) but last year it was a bit cold for rain, so we experienced some April snow!
26 Feb
When Ted met Victoria
Last year, having spent the winter indoors in the old (and very large) sheep shed, we let out two pigs out to enjoy the sunshine, fresh air and mud, glorious mud. Albert was quite happy to dig his way through the paddock but on one sunny afternoon last year, Victoria decided she had larger horizons [...]
9 Feb
(Yet) more Moonlight pics!!
Last year, I sat down on a rather chilly hillside in the sun (resulting in a warm body but alarmingly cold butt) to enjoy the sunshine and watch Moonlight and Mum’s mares as they enjoyed the warmth on their backs. Still shunned by the herd, Moonlight decided that human company was much more preferable, which [...]
6 Feb
More on Moonlight
When we moved down to south Wales, we were able to bring the pigs and the chickens, not to mention the cats and dogs. Moonlight, sadly, has been forced to stay put at mum’s as the field really isn’t suitable for a mare and foal. It occurred to me as I was writing yesterday’s post [...]
5 Feb
Horsing around
One year ago today, I collected my new Section C mare, Moonlight. She is now three and very much in foal to a 3/4 Polish Arab, nicknamed Monty. This is what she looked like last year – a skinny teddy bear who, as a two year old, had not wintered particularly well: I bought her [...]
13 Jan
A picture in pink!
On Sunday, I went up to Mum’s and was disappointed by the lack of time and the driving rain as I’d hoped to get some photos of her Welsh Mountain ponies in their fuzzy winter coats, not to mention my Welsh Section C broodmare, Moonlight, as she was a real teddy bear last year and [...]
13 Dec
Blue skies
I don’t have to look out of the window to know that it’s pouring down – I can hear the rain spilling down like water from a bucket and it’s not a cheery sound. I’ve got to go out in this! In leaky waterproofs and wellies! In the mud! Last year at mum’s, however, it [...]
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