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Must be some tasty looking grass over that way 👀

Look at this model posing ❤ Life is slowly gett

Look at this model posing ❤

Life is slowly getting back to normal after the move and Birdie is settling in to her new home and herd.

Blog update soon, promise!

Birdie getting the side eye from her new herd whil

Birdie getting the side eye from her new herd while all she cares about is the grass 😄 Welcome to Hamilton Bird.

Things have been a bit quiet here and on the blog

Things have been a bit quiet here and on the blog lately because things are changing for Birdie and I (and Birdie's feline sister Scout).

At the end of this month, we are moving up to Hamilton to start a new life ❤ wanting to be closer to my family, I decided it was time for me and my menagerie to up roots and start a new adventure. These past few weeks have been a flurry of resigning from my job, ending the lease on my house, packing up and selling much of my worldly possessions since I'll be moving into a flat again. As well as Christmas and New Years too of course. Im heading up to Hamilton this weekend to check out some great looking grazing for Birdie so here's hoping that works out!

In the meantime, Birdie has been living the easy life while recovering from her 3rd abscess and is enjoying being a coverless, dusty horse. We have been working on her farrier manners and im pleased to say she's doing a million times better. My sensitive girl has obviously had some rough treatment in the past and the memories stick hard.

Can't wait to start our new lives and get back to riding once we are settled.

We're back on board after a bit of time off over C

We're back on board after a bit of time off over Christmas and New Years. Birdie spent the time off eating, galloping around on her sore hoof and rolling in as much dust as she could find.

Unfortunately her other front hoof has come up lame which I suspect is a third abscess. The second abscess has healed and she's sound on that foot again so that's a positive. Her hooves were in such bad shape when she arrived and with the sun/rain cycle of spring, this doesn't suprise me too much. Hopefully we don't have to go 4 for 4 before shes back on board. Ive put her on biotin and she gets lashings of Stockholm tar and neatsfoot oil daily so hopefully her hooves start playing ball sometime soon 💛 poor wee poppet

Finally catching up on some posts on the blog! The

Finally catching up on some posts on the blog! The vet came to visit a few weeks ago and it was quite a visit. Link in my bio ❤

What a treasure she is ❤

What a treasure she is ❤

Got to do a wee bit of shopping at Equifest this p

Got to do a wee bit of shopping at Equifest this past weekend. No big items but some cool small ones that I'm stoked with. Check out my new blog post for more info.

Headed to the first Equifest this weekend to see s

Headed to the first Equifest this weekend to see some comps, watch some amazing clinics and demonstrations, shopped up a storm and basked in the goodness of the horse world. Even got to be part of the official cheer squad of Kaipaki Horsemanship (matching t-shirts for the win). I'll do a full write up on the blog in the next few days.

It was our first ride back since the never ending

It was our first ride back since the never ending abscess today. Birdie was so excited she even threw in 2 bucks (the first I've ever gotten from her). Can't wait to get back into it.

It's been a bit quiet around here lately with Bird

It's been a bit quiet around here lately with Birdie still off work with her abscess. I think she's on the mend though so hopefully we'll back to normal soon ❤

Its been just over a month since Birdie arrived in

While Birdie is still brewing an abscess (and hang

While Birdie is still brewing an abscess (and hanging with her little fans), I've put together a list Insta gif/sticker creators for all of you horse obsessed instagrammers to make your stories pop. Check it on my blog! Link in bio.

Birdie still is a bit lame on one of her back hoov

Birdie still is a bit lame on one of her back hooves so the farrier is coming out this week to see if an abcess is the culprit.

It puts our plans on hold but I was always planning on taking things slowly so no biggie 😊 hopefully we can get her feeling okay soon.

Birdie's biggest (little) fans 😄

Birdie's biggest (little) fans 😄

Bird is having a couple of days off after having s

Bird is having a couple of days off after having some seedy toe cut out from all four of her hooves. Winter really did a number on her.

But look at this cute pic from the first day she came home 💛

After we went over the rigmarole of getting on aga

After we went over the rigmarole of getting on again, Birdie put out some good work last night.

She's still got lots of condition and muscle to build but she's getting better and better at using her body properly.

This little minx is still learning manners and gav

This little minx is still learning manners and gave me a good whack to the head on Tuesday evening after my ride. Not impressed. Not impressed at all.

Whisk me away from the office so I can hang with t

Whisk me away from the office so I can hang with this baby ☀️

Sometimes your rides don't go to plan (because you

Sometimes your rides don't go to plan (because you know, animals have a mind of their own) but I'm still grateful for this sassy as mare ❤

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