Debie Lyons - Abernathy Cricklebank

Just to let everyone know that Debie of Piskies & Poppets has one of her fabulous dolls up for Auction on EBay at the moment.
Meet Abernathy Cricklebank, isn't he wonderful, I just love his kindly face and what a fabulous hat..
I was very lucky to meet Debie at Miniaturia and she is a really lovely lady and her Dolls are fabulous.
Here's the link to Debie's Ebay :-
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/huffy2141




Just to let you all know that I've put some more pictures of the Foals over on Hericus Blog today...

Hello.. My Name's Beau ..Whats Your Name?

Hello.. My name is Beau, what's your name?
Well after much debate the newest baby has a name..
His full stable name is Hericus Barnabas, Barney for short. Harry wanted Brutus, but the name just did not suit this tiny little one.
Beau is very happy to have a little play mate, but does get a little over enthusiastic. I had to go and play with Beau for an hour yesterday, to give Barney a break for a well needed nap.
As you can see from the bottom photograph, there is quite a marked difference in size between Beau and Barney. Beau is standing just behind his Mum. If you click on the pictures they will pop up bigger.
There's some more photographs over on Hericus Blog.

Thank You Mary...

Just wanted to say a very Big Thank You to Mary over at Miz Mary's Minis for designing my new blog header for me.
Mary sent me a email saying it was a Pony Baby Shower Gift, how kind was that. I Love it and going by the reaction's I've had so far, so does everyone else.
If you haven't been over to Mary's blog page, then I suggest you do. Its always a very entertaining read.
Thanks again Mary.. xxx

Oh What A Night...

After the shock birth on the drive, last night. Mum and Baby were moved into a nice warm stable to do their bonding.
We made sure baby had his first drink and Pooh! (Yes you do have to check everything). Then went indoors to have a celebratory cup of tea. After about 30 minutes, we went back to check everything was OK and I wasn't happy with the look and behaviour of Muffy, who was stamping the ground, getting down, then up again. So called the emergency vet out. The poor girl had Colic and boy was she in a state. We walked her round and round the stable, waiting for the vet to arrive, the poor foal must have been so dizzy following its Mum. The vet arrived gave her a couple of jabs, checked all was well at the birth end and we stood with her and watched the medication take effect. Our Dutch Vet Wim is brilliant. By now it is Midnight!..
Saw the Vet off then came in for another cuppa and tried to catch up with some of your blogs. (I did try to leave comments on as many as possible!). Then back down the stable's at 1.30am to check all was well and baby was feeding. Finally at 3am, went to bed...
Muffy was perfectly fine at 7am morning and baby is up and about and feeding really well.
We noticed after he'd dried off in the stable last night, that he has a little lightening streak on his bottom, do we have another Harry Potter Fan in our midst? or was he kissed by the Angels?. Took these pictures this morning. If you click on them they will pop up bigger...
Our little chap hasn't got a name yet, but will have by this evening. Will try and update later, back down to the Stables now...xxx

****News Flash**** New Baby.....

After all the waiting, there was a knock on the Door this evening at 8pm telling us that Muffy had just given birth in our drive.
It was a mad dash up the drive to find Muffy laying on the floor with the foal standing beside her. I would not have minded but we'd only checked her a little while before.
Mum and Son are now safe and warm in the Stable..
Will be back later with an update....

Update...

Just a quick update...
Mick's Parents are here and are staying until Wednesday. Then we have some other friends coming to stay. One in, one out...
I heard from Harry last night, he's having a great time in France. He said that they'd been to an Aquarium and seen a Bird Show, which he's taken lots of photographs of. He was off to a Disco last night. I so glad that he's enjoying his trip, but I will be glad to see him on Sunday night. I miss the boys when their away.
As for the Mares they are still holding on. (maybe they are holding on for Harry's return?). They are absolutely huge, its a wonder they haven't exploded. Just wish they would uncross their legs and get on with it. There's only so much sleep deprivation I can take and after losing the other foal, you can imagine it is so hard to settle. Walking around on Tender Hooks would be an appropriate expression.
I'm missing you all in the blogosphere and will have to do some major catching up, when every thing has settled down here. To those of you still awaiting parcels from me, I haven't forgotten, just haven't been out to the post office..Sorry..

Thank You Everybody..

Just wanted to say a very Big Thank you to everyone, that left comments on the last post and for all the wonderful emails you sent. It meant a great deal to all of us, that you were thinking of us. Cameo is completely fine and is quite happy grazing with the others. So hopefully no lasting effects on her.
After having such a sad start to the day on Thursday, our friends arrived from Kent in the afternoon and we ended up having a lovely weekend. They left on Sunday Morning. Then Harry went away with the school on Sunday afternoon, to do his half of the French exchange. He rang me last night to say that he had arrived safe and well and where was his phone charger!.. (Typical Boy).
We also had a meeting at the Riding school last night, about the Medieval Fun Day, which is being held on 15th August. Ben stayed at home on alert, in case anything happened while we were out.
Mick's parents are coming up today and we are busy fertilizing the fields, the weather is wonderful and the Sun is blazing.
There is still no movement with the other Mares, who are now overdue, so your guess is as good as mine as to when they will foal..
I'll update as soon as we have any news...