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22.05.2011 12:04

Snow....

After having spring we have winter back... Húsavík is covered in a white, wet blanket, nature is taking a break and I use the time to update the links on our homepage. This had to be done anyway, so why not use this weather for it?
If you don´t believe me, just have a look at the new Húsavík Webcam

So, if you have time and nothing else to do, just go through the updated links from the Icelandic Breedingfarms and have a look at the first foals born at different farms.

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13.05.2011 09:21

Víkingareið Grana 2011

Once a year the vikings from the local riding club Grani meet for a riding tour. Vikings only, no valkyries!
This year the vikings were meeting in Traðagerði and had to solve riddles to find the right way. On each stop was a hint where to go next. First stop were the ruins of a house the Firebregade had used for training. There were a bottle of Brennivín, Hákarl and some juice hidden for the thirsty and hungry riders. The hint was not too difficult and after finishing the drinks they were off to the watertanks where they met a valkyrie offering refreshments (beer and liversausage) and another hint. As it said "fyrstur kemur, fyrstur fær!" - "first-come, first-served!" Óli just went straight on back again and off to find the mysterious "Hornkerling" - "Cornerlady". The vikings were supposed to take her back to Saltvík, where their trip ended. They arrived with beautiful orange bandages all over as they were supposed to dress up at the last stop. After a few games in Saltvík they went back to Traðagerði (this time by bus) and had dinner there. Think they all really enjoyed themselves, laughed a lot and sang even more!

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13.05.2011 09:07

Finally...

... the waiting had an end! I received a SMS during the teachers' conference telling me that Mysa started to have her lamb. I'd have loved to just jump on my feet, run out of school, jump into the car and drive to Hólmavað like a madman. Well, as that wasn't possible I had to wait till the evening to see her and her lamb. And what a lamb it is! It's a little ram, white like it's dad but thick and heavy, as big as a 1 week old lamb.
I was on duty while Bensi, Ella and Helga went to school concert. Looked like all the ewes waited with having their lambs till they were back. Probably not trusting my skills emoticon

So I had enough time to take a good look at the already born lambs and admire the long long long legs of the "frontsheep"lambs.

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07.05.2011 09:55

Busy Saturday

All the things we did today could fill a few days ;-)
In the morning we met the members of Grani, the local riding club, and took part in Húsavík Cleaning Day, which is every year in spring. All the clubs in town get an area they are supposed to clean from all kinds of trash. At lunchtime everybody is invited to have a hot dog and drink at the school. We skipped the hot dog and had instead coffe and cakes at the clubhouse emoticon

At one o´clock we met our friends in Saltvík, put a lot of horses in 3 trailers and went to Víðiholt to have a so called "rekstrarferð" which means you take a ridingtour and let all the horses you can find run free with you. It´s a good trimmprogramm for the horses and they learn a lot about how to behave in a herd. And it gives the photographer a lot of opportunities to get good pics.

Then it was time to put Embla outside again. Before that we clipped her hooves, which went really well, no struggling or stress. Hope that the other youngsters will be like that too, when we take them. When we arrived in the field we first caught Ösp, who finally should start her training, and put her in the trailer, then we released Embla. She was really happy to be free again, eventhough the other horses were not soooo friendly with her in the beginning. Good to see her running again!

After a quick dinner we took a drive to Helluland and had a look at the colourful lambs and the youngsters from last year. There are some really interesting horses and we are looking forward to see how they´ll develop the next years. Especially Fluga and her brother were impressive.

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06.05.2011 00:32

Farsæll and Skömm

Time had come to go and check out the horses in Torfunes. Bensi showed us both Farsæll and Skömm under the rider. They are both at a similar stage in training, already being ridden outside in the basic gaits, both showing tölt too.
While we were watching Bensi, Hjördís made friends with Torfi, the dog. They were playing together, Torfi not all the time ready to give back the stick Hjördís threw for him.
Afterwards we had a good talk with Baldvin about the future training of the horses and were happy to hear that he wouldn`t castrate Farsæll straight away and that it is maybe not such a bad idea to get a judgement for conformation for him. Skömm will stay a bit longer and then come back home and take a brake before she goes to further training.
As you can see on the pic it´s not so bad to come home and enjoy some time outside in the paddock! For more pics just have a look at our albums.

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05.05.2011 00:25

Embla

News from Embla! As she is doing very well and already really bored staying in her box, she got the OK from the vet to stretch her limbs a bit in the riding hall. If everything was going fine we were supposed to let her loose inside the day after and set her out afterwards.

Well, everything went as well as it could, no signs of any injury or lamness at all. Embla was letting all her energy loose, hopping, running, jumping, just name it!
She was sweaty but happy afterwards emoticon

We are looking forward to bring her back to the field soon!

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01.05.2011 22:29

Lambs

The lambingseason has started in Hólmavað, the first lamb born by the ewe Lady. As it is a ram, it is called the lambking and got a royal name. He is called William.
Short after William the lambqueen (first female lamb of the year) and her sister the lambprincess were born. These two got the names Elizabeth and Kate. Looks like the Royals are a big theme this year emoticon

We hope that everything will go smooth and easy and that Bensi and Ella won't have to help a lot this year. My ewe Mysa will be one of the later ones to give birth and I'm looking forward to see her lamb. At the moment she is still more interested in the food we have to offer and comes gladly to get it. Thanks to Ella who invested her time to train her on a special sound!

Lambking William

Lambqueen Elizabeth checking out her mums horns

Mysa getting treats