Monday 22 June 2009

R.I.P. Elizabeth


You were only a 5 year old little mare, you looked a bit skitty, a bit young, probably a bit wild.

We all prayed that someone would want you and say let's save Elizabeth. Came too late for you honey. You went for live export and are now dead.

We heard about it today. That you were gone. That it was too late. A poor young frightened semi wild unhandled girl hurtling to her death. With not a friendly face a kind word, or someone she knew to calm her.

Would like to think you didn't suffer, you weren't afraid, you didn't panic, they didn't hurt you. But I don't believe in fairy tales.

Sunday 21 June 2009

Hats Off for Aimee - Possible Charity Donkey of the Year

This clever little donkey - ok I was paid to say this - has been out there pounding the streets doing her fund raising for other less fortunate donkeys. Me, well while I am still in the lead in the charity donkey of the year competition (lead is slipping away, please vote for me on the Horse and Pony Website), I am gettng ready for my photoshoot if I win. So I am exercising gently, working out which is my best profile etc.

Aimee on the other hoof has raised £460 for the Brooke Hospital (hip hip hooray Aimee), £250 for Animal Refuge Carlisle and £350 for Animal Care in Egypt - so all these other horses ponies and donkeys are going to be so glad that little short ass is working her little short ass bottom off for them.

She gets so tired, comes home and lies down, mum says it is mainly due to the surfeit of carrots, polomints, apples etc which have passed down Aimee neck! She is so full she can hardly stand up.

So while of course there is no chance she is going to win charity donkey of the year - a measly 4% of the vote compared to my (slipping) 23%, though it pains me I do have to do she does a bit more for charity than I do.

But I do have many charitable thoughts - just not many about Aimee....

We are the Klu Klux Klanners


The things we get dressed up in....it is very midgy weather at the moment so mum has rigged us up in this ridiculous fancy dress - ok it keeps the dratted midges at bay but what does it do for your stret cred?

I mean we can hardly turn up for London Fashion Week looking like this.....as mum says all we need is our Fiery Cross and we are all set for a meeting....

Saturday 6 June 2009

We are still waiting


Aimee and I are very very worried donkeys, will either of us win this charity donkey competition or are we going to be pipped at the post. Mum is hoping that I will, particulary as she says she has 'reserved' a little boy donkey and is trying to get his mum to safety and it would be wonderful if i could win something, get some publicity and maybe some donations to help fund him.... here he is - isn't he lovely....

Molly Goes for Precision.......

Mum got a shock recently when she came to give us our breakfast.....she went into feed the daft donut Molly, the retired for years coloured cob who hasn't a brain cell worth counting...Anyway mum was just about to tip Molly's breakfast into her manger when she noticed that it was swimming.....Molly had managed to piddle in it.

Given it is hanging from the wall, and not very large, quite how she managed to precision pee into the manger is a mystery! Given her long bushy tail and the height of the manger, it is a pretty amazing technical achievement!

Of course, mum couldn't put the breakfast in there and had to go and get a container, while the Mad Mare danced around wondering where her breakfast had disappeared to...then mum had the job of clearing out the manger, which is fixed to the wall, so one roll of kitchen towel later, it was all mopped up.

Some horses are totally bonkers....wouldn't catch me doing anything daft like that.

Hoorah for the Hens

The clever little cluckers don't know it, but two boxes of their eggs won a prize at the local agricultural show.

OK, we don't want them to get too big headed as there weren't many other entrants in the class, but the good little Maran hens were second, and the other little bantam won with six beautiful buff eggs.

So well done cluckers! Maybe some nice mixed corn for you for dinner.