Sunny Happy Baby

Spring has definitely arrived at Muleteer HQ… it has taken the form of a certain little lady Human Foal.    This Sunny Happy Baby has brought the most delightful of weather to us all, we think we'll keep her ;-)

HF has been busy checking out her kingdom, we're pleased to see that she has ensured plenty of blossom on the apple tree so that us Muleteers will have a plentiful bounty of snacks in the Autumn….

She has brought Dragon blue skies for sunbathing in and showing off those mulificent ears against!  Dragon is VERY happy with her new charge and is insisting on greeting HF with happy mule chuckles whenever she appears… Dragon it may be a while until she's up to riding you!

And of course not to be left out the canine furries are enjoying their new charge too and guarding her well….. hmmm Milo is the guardian of the hand lick and nappy snuffle (ick!) 

Murph is wondering what next?!  He has just finished bringing up the puppy to some form of adulthood (yeah right….) and now his has a new charge to pull on his ears and guard, no one is getting past this saggy Cloth Dog.  Oh well the life of a labrador is hard but he has broad shoulders and life is good :-)

Our humans would like us to thank you all for your lovely comments and wishes, they are very happy to share their new addition with you all, sorry for not replying to everyone individually - normal service will resume in a little while!  In the meantime sending you all a wish for a slice of our happiness, we're off to sing some nursery rhymes..... we're pretty good at Old MacDonald's Farm in this house!

And as for Human Foal?  Well it's all a little tiring so she's off for a nap.....

Sweet Dreams xxxx

Reasons to Be Cheerful!

What a lovely sunny weekend Muleteers!  We are so sun kissed and sleepy with few words to share but sometimes there's no need…. so here's what the weekend brought us to cheerful about!

Breakfast with the family!

Spring Flowers

A lovely view

Cuddles, scratches and conversation

Quiet Contemplation

Tasty Spring Morsels!

Blue Sky!

Friends

Cotton Wool Clouds

Beauty and an Audience!

We promise to write more soon, hope all our friends have had a nice weekend :-) 

Snuffles, neighbrays and ear waves xxx

Roller's Philosophical Friday: Happy

Greetings Fellow Philosophers!  Today I have decided to sit down on the job.... well thinking is hard work isn't it?  But actually thinking today was really quite simple because I was thinking about being happy :-)  

There are so many things in our lives to be happy about, in fact there are so many that it's hard to think of them all... but a few for today are:

1/. Carrots are yummy and we get a fairly constant supply
2/. Spring is on the way, if I look really close there are little green shoots on some of the plants! Mmmmmm.....
3/. The rain has stopped a bit this week, not torrential anymore just a drizzle and the sun has had his hat on a little bit too!
4/. It's Friday so nearly the weekend and I've been promised an extra long groom to rid me of my itchy scratchy coat.
5/. Our humans are happy, FH is busy expanding as she grows me my new rider and MH is busy decorating for the new arrival.... the nursery is shades of chocolate - that way the mud won't show and we'll all be 'happy' ;-)
6/. We have family, friends, health and beauty all around us.... how lucky are we?

So in celebration of happiness and wishing everyone a lovely weekend here is my favourite quote for the day!

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.  When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.  I wrote down 'happy'.  They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.
John Lennon

A Mule's Eye View!

Ah a lovely sunny day and what better thing to do than look at the view?

So us Muleteers set about trying to decide what the best views of the day were?

First we decided on the view of fresh grass…. Mmmm yummy!

Do you like my Autumn highlight dapples?  I'm testing them out before asking FH to bring in the Mule Stylist.... she laughed at me!

We are particulraly interested in the lovely long grass in our field next door….. when are we allowed to try that FH? 

Boo!  Apparently not for a while as there are acorns on the ground.  Acorns is poisonous to us Muleteers so we’re not allowed in in case we hoover them up…. us sensible long ears wouldn’t (honest) but that Roller might do….. so we’re gonna let our friendly local squirrels and jays take them for their winter snacks and then it’ll be safe for us.

There are some other mighty fine views that I need to show you too.

Here is the view through the gate up to the moor.  I’m hoping to carry FH up there again soon, it’s beautiful at this time of year!

Then there’s the view across the hill, there used to be an ancient windmill up there and the ruins are still visible.  It is SO unfair though as no equines allowed…. Grrr!  If it says footpath surely that also means hoofpath? 

Being a bit of a busy body I do like to keep an eye on the neigh-bours.  Being a weekend there are lots of things going on. Humans being taken for a walk by canines, humans being carried by horses, humans going for drives in metal mules, sheep herding dogs and cattle giving the farmer a run for his money….. come to think of it us animals sure do keep you humans entertained don’t we?

I also quite like the view of my mini friends, don’t tell noone but I am quite fond of them and they are well really cute aren’t they?  Please keep this a secret though….. folks might think I’ve gone soft or something and I don’t want that…..

When you look at the finery of little Roller’s winter coat and the cuteness of The Mini’s ears it’s hard not to enjoy the view isn’t it?

And then there’s the rearview…. Come on my fellow girlie muleteers….. it is rather delicious isn’t it?

Roller’s favourite view was the view of the open store room….. dumdedum…. Just having a little look inside….. mmmm tasty……. I’m so small no one will see ;-)  

FH come quick Roller's being all determined to get his own way again.....

Queen Catanian is busy with her own favourite view – of her throne, nothing like a warm lap to sink in to and relax on while being scratched and petted!

One of my favourite views though is the view of the delicious hazel branches on the other side of the fence, this is one of my favourite treats but they are just out of reach.  I tried standing on my hoofytips but to no avail….

But then what’s this?  Oh My Mule!  This view looks GOOD enough to eat.

Yes, yes, yes FH.  Fetch the branches here….. a little closer…..

Heaven!  The best view is of a tasty morsel to eat with some sunshine and company thrown in for good measure.

While we were busy munching I heard FH whisper something about the finest view in the world…. Apparently it has something to do with her darling Muleteers happy together in the sunshine blissfully enjoying the simple things in life. 

Sometimes the best view in the world is the one that is right there in front of you if you look at it in the right way J

Have a wonderful weekend Muleteers!  And tell us what’s the view that makes you smile?