Foalish
Images of mothers and children are incredibly powerful to humans. It’s even the case that we respond to other mammals: Mare and …
The Horse Egret
There are two white horses together with their attendants at Lago di Alviano. This is a Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis, riding a …
The Horses – a poem by Edwin Muir
One of the first times I heard of Orkney was when I read Edwin Muir’s poetry. It was so strong, so vivid …
Lady’s Mane
Lady the Shetland Pony is ginger and blonde.
Petting Lady
Lady loves to be petted. She loves carrots more though.
Lady likes a carrot
Lady the ginger and blonde Shetland pony loves a carrot.
No prizes
…for guessing in which field the horses have been grazing.
Warm noses
Lady is beautiful and eats delicately from my hand. Her nose is warm. Krummie wants to bite me and farts extravagantly for …
Grace and poise
Cycling past the Skello shop I see a vision in white, a stunningly beautiful, windswept and magnificent white horse. She has grace …
Tiny, ginger and blonde
She’s tiny, ginger and blonde and everyone refers to her as ‘Lady.’ Yes, it’s the new Shetland pony in the field at …
Krummi
Krummi the Icelandic wonder-pony searches out another Polo mint.