In the morning we went to Holmavað to help Bensi and Ella to muck out the stable of the 1year old sheep. The thick layer of shit was cut into pieces with a spade and then stapled on a pallet to dry outside. Later this will be teared into pieces and used to smoke salmon and lamb. In my opinion, this method is giving the tastiest results ;-)
Kátur, Bjarni´s and Elsa´s dachshound, which is our guest at the moment, went of course with us and had a busy day in the countryside. So much to see, smell and do! Mirra and Pollý were playing with him, he used the chance to bark at the sheep, eat something I don´t wanna know what it was (didn´t look good) and roll over in a lot of smelly things (fortunately he rolled over in some nicesmelling hay too).
Mysa, our sheep, seems to be a colourchanger! She was nearly white in spring when she went to the mountains, came back grey and is changeing now again to white. Interesting to watch all these changes. We hope she´ll get some healthy lambs in spring and maybe one will inherit her colourchangeing!

We used our 2 days winterbreak in school to drive List and Magnús to Kiddi in Helluland and ride with him. Both horses really enjoyed to change the environment a bit and were very willing and forward through the rides.
It was a pleasure to watch Ingólfur and Magnús both on tölt and trott. A true Gæðingur I´d call Magnús. He reminds me very much of his father Geisli!

Sigurjóna and Fanney were so kind to allow us to use their horses, so we could go for a ride on ice with Kiddi. That was partly spooky as it was quite warm the days before and the ice had melted on the surface, but frozen again during night. So there was just a thin layer of ice on top, then water and then thick ice underneath. The horses were breaking the think layer with every step, not really giving us a secure feeling. They actually didn´t mind ;-)
On the way home the brothers Móli (in ownership of Fanney) and Svörður (Sigurjóna´s horse) showed that they are not old at all and competed who´d be the fastest on tölt.

It was a nice stay and we will be back to go for another ride soon!

Yesterday the annual foalshow of the local Horsebreederassociation took place in Saltvík. Fridayafternoon everything was prepared, a showring built, programs printed and the "coffehouse" set up.
As Sigtýr and Embla were supposed to take part in it, we walked them and their mothers up to the stable. Both enjoyed to run over the big field, leaving their mums a bit worried ;-)
Around 30 foals took part, the Saltvíkstable was filling up with young horses and the ridinghall with visitors.
Sigtýr showed himself very well, showing all gaits including natural, flowing tölt with good movements. He came to the second round and was put in place 4-6, which was actually better than we expected.
Embla was tölting very much, but that´s not necessarily what the judges want to see ;-)
There were a lot of really good foals, showing especially good trott with wide and high movements, some of them tölting and pacing too.
The stallionfoals in places 1.-3. (not in the right row) were Hjörtur frá Húsavík, Bessi frá Húsavík and Hlynur frá Viðivöllum, the first 3 marefoals Óskhyggja frá Húsavík, Draumadís frá Garði (she was chosen most beautiful foal too) and a brown daughter of Kappi frá Kommu.
Farsæll got a chance to show himself too and ran a few rings, both in trott and gallopp. 
It was a really nice afternoon and I attach a few pics of our horses. The others will follow soon as a picturealbum.

Askur frá Hellulandi



Áli frá Hellulandi



Farsæll