He Has A Name...

After much debate, since this little one has been born. Harry has finally decided to call him Draconius, Draco for short.
If you click on the picture, it will pop up bigger..
I just clicked on the picture myself and clicked again to bring it up to full size, it would be a perfect screen saver picture. So if you'd like to use it as a screen saver on your own personnel computers, you are welcome to, but it is not to be used for commercial purposes.

Now That Was A Shock....

Now that was a shock, in the nicest possible way.
Tiger Lily has been bagged up for a few days and we've been expecting her to Foal at any time.
But having checked on her, in the Barn last night at 12.30, before we went to bed, she was busy munching away on the Hay.
So when we went down this morning to let the Ponies out, it was a shock to find this little one. Tiger Lily, had obviously given birth in the early hours of this morning, to a lovely Skewbald Coloured Colt, as yet he doesn't have a name.
I also spent some time up in the field today, with my Camera and managed to get some video footage of the Foals which I'm sharing over on Hericus Blog, if you'd like to have a look. There are three very short videos., which I must say have taken forever to load onto YouTube. Enjoy...xxxx

Pictures & Update

Just thought I'd give everyone an update.
Both the Foals are doing well and are having fun, running round in the lovely weather we've been having, up until today. It is currently tipping it down, which is good, as we need the rain to make the Grass & the Hay grow. The ground is rock hard.

Update on my computer! Well the external hard drive has arrived. Now everything needs to be transferred over onto that, before the hard drive on the PC gets messed around with. I'm totally paranoid, that I'm going to lose all my documents and photographs. I just hope everything can be transferred and that nothing gets lost.
Ben, has very kindly lent me his lap top, so I am able to get on line, but he really needs this for University, so don't know how long I'll be on line for. With all that's been going on here. I've got hundreds of emails to go through as well, so if you've emailed me and I haven't answered please bear with me. Foals and Family are taking priority at the moment.
Will be putting lots of pictures over on the Hericus Blog today, as don't want them getting lost or deleted.

Another Miniature Delivery..

Look what we found last night just before we were going to bed. We missed the actual birth by minutes as the Foal was still soaking wet, we think he was born at approx 11.30 - 11.45pm.
The first three pictures were taken last night, the rest I took early this morning. If you click on them, they should pop up bigger.
He seems full of Beans this morning and has been bouncing around the stable, like a little lamb!
He has the most beautiful colouring, Cream Dun with a darker Dorsal stripe.
You can only imagine the relief to have another live Foal. I've been having a cuddle this morning. He's gorgeous.
I think the Boys want to call him Demetrius, which means lover of the earth, given to the Earth goddess Demeter.
He's out in the field with his Mum Lemoney, at the moment, meeting his new play mate Dioynsus and soaking up the Sunshine. Ben's just gone up there with the Camera, so I'm looking forward to seeing what pictures he's able to get..

Better Then An Easter Egg..

This morning I took an early morning stroll down to the Stables and look what I found. Far better then an Easter Egg.
Chrizzy had not long given birth to a beautiful Colt Foal. His Sire is Birchwood Viscount. He is a strong little thing and has been jumping around like a Spring Lamb.
He went out in the little Paddock with his Mum for a few hours in the Sunshine, but we've got them in now as its really hot.
This little one has been named and will be called Dionysus, who was the great Olympian god of wine, vegetation, pleasure and festivity.
Thank you to everyone, that left such lovely comments on my Facebook and on the previous post. xxxxx

New Miniature Arrival

Last night as we went to get the Mum's to be in for the night. Harry shouted down the field, that Tinkerbell was in Labour. The bag appeared as he got to her. Then one foot appeared, but not the other. I tried to feel where, the other leg was, but couldn't find it. Panic set in, as I was terrified that we were going to lose another Foal and Mare. I rang the Vet and Angus was here within minutes. He immediately gelled up and found the other leg, which he brought forward. He then attached some rope to the foals legs and a winch and assisted Tinkerbell with the birth. I can honestly say what sheer relief it was, as I saw the foal was breathing. Angus gave Tinks a shot of pain killers and another of Antibiotics, as it had been quite traumatic for her. It's her first Foal.
Debie and the Poppets are staying with us at the moment and watched this Saga going on. Although Debie did take the little man indoors, until I knew that the Foal was alive. Debie, has got all the new born pictures on her Camera, which Megan and Beth took so can't share them with you at the moment.
Once Tinkerbell had settled down a bit, we moved her and her baby into the Barn so that we could keep an eye on them.
These Pictures were taken this morning. Tinks and her baby are doing really well. Baby is feeding well and Tinks has really bonded with her. The Filly Foal (Girl), has yet to be named. We use the Gods and Goddesses names, and this year we are on the letter "D". We were debating up till Midnight last night what to call her, but we are still undecided. I'm sure she will have a name by the end of today. It looks like we could have another arrival or two by the end of the week. So everyone, please keep your finger's crossed for safe arrivals..

In other news my Computer is still poorly, so Ben has let me upload this via his laptop. I need to get an external hard drive, to get all my pictures and documents off of my computer, before Tux can mess about with the hard drive, in case we lose everything. It's a total nightmare...

Beautiful Babies...

Just to let you know, lots of new pictures have been uploaded over on Hericus Blog, of the new babies..x

Its Been Like Waiting For A Bus...

Like I said its been like waiting for a Bus and then two come along together.
Look what happened in our Stables in the early hours this morning...
Two beautiful little Souls came into the World..

Update...

Just a quick update, to let you all know that all is well at Tiny Treasures.
Still waiting for the other Foals to arrive, can you believe this! By the time they are born their Mums will have been pregnant for a YEAR! Rather them then me.
I've just put lots of photographs over on Hericus Blog of me playing with the Foals. (See told you I need to get a hair dye! LOL) Thought I'd share this picture of me giving little Barney a kiss on the nose. He's so cute...
No miniature work has been done now for weeks and I'm getting withdrawal symptoms, but I just don't seem to have enough time in the day at the moment. At least I can get a fix reading everyone else blogs.
Yesterday, we went over to the House that our friends are buying to measure up and take some internal photographs for them. As they contacted the Seller direct they have no Estate Agent details or measurements. Our friend Tasha also came to see us yesterday and meet little Barney for the first time. She said she'd like to scoop him up and take him home..
Harry's gone to the County Athletics meet today with the school, so hoping that he does well.
I'm off outside now as the weather is glorious and lots of work to do while the Sun shines... xx

Barney & Beau..

Just taken these photographs of the little Munchkins and had to share them with you all.
As you can see there is quite a difference in size between the pair of them. There is exactly four weeks between them.
Barney was much smaller then Beau at Birth.
If you click on the pictures they will pop up bigger.

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.

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....

Sad News...

Hi everyone.. Just wanted you all to know, that I might not be around for a few days in the blogosphere.
In the every hours of this morning Cameo one of our Mares that was in Foal, gave birth to a little coloured Filly Foal, unfortunately all was not well and I'm sorry to say that the foal has died. As you can imagine I'm a bit out of sorts. Just keeping our fingers crossed that all goes well with the rest of the births.
Run free over Rainbow Bridge Little One...x

Update On Our New Arrival (Part 2)...

Yesterday, our dear friends Mary & Darling Ed arrived to spend a week with us. (Ed is the man that makes mine & Nikki's Miniatures Glass). Mary is hoping that she will actually see one of the babies being born, while she's here. It looks quite promising as two of the other Ponies are fit to explode.
After much debate last night over this little ones name. We really liked the name that Casey from Casey's Minis, gave us.
So his full pedigree name will be Hericus Bucephalus. Which Casey told us was the name of Alexander the Greats Horse, and means "Great Horse".. We will call him Beau for short..
He's doing really well, charging round the barn like a little race Horse. Took these photo's after he'd crashed out....

Our First Arrival...

We have our first foal, born this morning at approx 7am. Mother & Baby doing well.. Will give you all the details later.
Just came in quickly to let you all know and share baby's first photo...
I'm so excited I'm a Grandma...LOL