Today is the last of the quiet calm days that we’ve been having recently.

The weather revs up again on Tuesday for the foreseeable.  It was lovely while it lasted.  Everyone thinks that and it is all anyone talks about at the moment.  Not that I am obssessed with the weather, but I am, totally!

Having said that, it is still very cold and once the wind starts blowing, the temperature will rise – so that’s the plus side.

The old ladies enjoy being around the house and I trust them to behave themselves.  Others possibly less so, but Fivla and Vitamin would never do anything energetic like kick out or destroy anything.

They have better manners than that.

And I secretly love having them around too.    Fivla has been in our family for 29 years.  We know each other very well.

Vitamin and I have an understanding.  Basically, I do whatever she says.  She bosses me around as much as the Shetland ponies.

The others are getting on fairly well without the old ladies in their field.  I think Waffle is the boss of them all now.

Albie knows he will be alright if he sticks with Waffle.  Albie always needs a role model around.  Independent thought is not his strong point.

And Silver is staunchly refusing to mind about his enforced diet.

He looks like he swallowed a button in this photo – and that would be the only thing he’s eaten all day, though there are small pickings in their field.

I am determined to stay strong on this diet front.