A break from the incessant rain of the last week thank goodness. The house is no longer filled with dripping coats and I don't have to leave the house looking like M. C. Hammer with my waterproof trousers billowing in the high wind. Trigger has been in a medium weight rug thanks to a shivering incident with a lightweight one which may dry out by June if I'm lucky. The wild ponies look miserable out there when it's so relentless. Betty was agitated yesterday and I can't find her today. Am wondering if there might be a foal in the offing. This little one looks a couple of days old. Amazing how similar its markings are to its mother.
Two peas in a pod
Yesterday I had my first hydrotherapy session in the hope that it will help my back. was worried I would be standing, freezing in a luke warm pool but, as it turned out, it was tropical in there and really amazing. Strange exercises including holding floats under water with one foot whilst trying to balance on the other; very embarrassing when the float pops out and shoots into the air.....silence from my fellow class-mates. I bought my swim suit a week before my accident and, as it turns out, it serves as a perfect frame for the VERY long scar down my spine. I might have gone for something more Edwardian in style had I known what was going to happen. Bit self conscious to start with but I got over it. Nuthatches have fledged so I'm hoping for a second brood being less camera shy.......we'll see.
Hello Em. I followed the link from Danielle's blog and plan to be a regular visitor from now on. My Dartmoor blood calls to be back on the moor, but life dictates otherwise right now . . .
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile I shall take great pleasure in reading your posts (and Danielle's) and enjoy your lovely artwork too.
P.S. It's nice to have a horsey fix as well, now we no longer have ours. Our little Section C was built like a tank - your lad looks very Section B with a throwback to earlier Arab blood. Funny how bloodlines turn out - some like the skewbald mare and foal on the moor are dead ringers but others hark back to g.g. grandaddies or whatever. What a pretty boy he is and I hope he son settles to his new pack pony career.
Hi there,
DeleteThanks so much for your lovely comments. Trigger is described as a part bred Arab on his passport but I can't find it anywhere in his family tree. Perhaps I haven't gone far enough back. If it wasn't for the fact that he is barefoot and lives out all year round, I couldn't afford to keep him really.
The weather here is DISGUSTING today but not quite as bad as yesterday when we were just sitting in a torrential cloud. Visibility 20 feet!
I'll look forward to your future comments....
I just came over from Danielles and enjoyed my visit very much. As an owner of 2 scruffy dogs, I loved seeing Snippet. I had native ponies for many years so the photos here are a delight and your artwork is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you!
Blessings, Kath
Thanks so much and It's nice to know I'm not talking to thin air! Very pleased you like it. Am at home with sick son today so not much walking or pony visiting going on.
DeleteNice to meet you too.
Em
Lovely sketches. So sorry for the ponies in such bad weather, but probably they have the genes to deal with it -- but it doesn't mean they like it! I would like to follow you especially because of the sketches particularly. May not be able to comment all the time -- my following blogs is getting a little unwieldy! I love the sheep especially.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you like the sheep. Drawing them has been a revelation; I really enjoy doing them. I know a horse's anatomy so well but the sheep have been more of an education. Partner is doing print samples today so I'm HOPING to get the Etsy shop going soon. It's a very long process. It's actually not raining at the moment!
ReplyDeleteThanks for following,
Em