Our riding horses are still in vacation at Ísólfsstaðir and enjoy every minute. There's no snow at all and they have a huge pasture to roam free and pick the best places to feed on. Therefore List hasn't lost a single gramm of her fat yet. Well, that'll be something to work on, when she comes inside for training again, not going to bother her about it now.
The youngsters are having a good time too, always hoping to get a clap or some treats. Snerpa's mane still hasn't decided to which side it should lean and therefore stands straight up into the air. We'll see where it will end. Rögnir looks a bit like a tiny coldbloodfoal, strong joints, a lot of muscels and a big belly. Most important they are all healthy and enjoying life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the forecast was good I decided to give the location at Höfðagerðissandur another go. It was a bit cloudy and windy, but I got some quite nice shots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We used the great weather and huge bag of bread we got at work to visit our horses and improve the fence.
Our youngsters liked the Tortillacakes best, starting to hit each other with them. Afterwards they checked Ingólfur out and got a good scratch.
I like the way Rögnir is developing, big, nice gaits and very nosy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember the sticker I made in FabLab in early August? I finally found a place and time to put it up and I really like the result.
As we repainted our bathroom there was an empty wall, which needed an eyecatcher.

 

We started our day early with our trainingshorses at Saltvík, just to be able to finish training before lunch and give them the rest of the weekend off. They definitely liked going to the other field today, running and bucking around before going to eat. 
Afterwards I checked on the foals, youngsters and mares, which are at the big meadow down by the sea. They were happy to see me, hoping for some treats. Rögnir and Sjarmi are getting to know each other better and start being friends. The youngsters are enjoying being together and up to a lot of stupid things whilst the mares keep a bit away from them, eating just like they get paid for it. Snerpa and Kóngur are developing very well, eventhough it looks like Kóngur got all the mane... Snerpa still looks a bit like a fat punk. Fönix starts to trott more and more and Vordís definitely can't deny being his mum, they look so much alike.
Last but not least, we visited the riding horses at Ísólfsstaðir. They have a great time off there and soooo much space to wander around, looking for the best bites on about 60 ha of land, which include 2 big heymeadows. Think they are not going to miss any gram...
The weather has been really great the last weeks, no snow yet, warm southern winds and a lot of sunshine. My roses definitely love this and are still flowering. Hope they'll last a bit longer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As much as I like photographing, working with horses and my job at school I like to work with my hands, craft and create. Especially working with leather is fun and I already made a few headstalls, nosebands, show halters and so on. But I always wanted to design my own browbands, which you could actually move between headstalls and just use the one you are in mood for. So no need for 10 different headstalls with different browbands, just 1 headstall and 10 browbands.
It took quite some time from the first drawing until I finally got myself to work, but it definitely was worth the effort. These browbands are handcut out of leather with fishleather appliqué.