Tag Archives: pony

Mother returns from the dead to interfere in household tasks (Rousse)

Posted on November 27, 2025 by Dreamaticus

My (deceased) mother accidentally loaded the tumble dryer with a pile of dirty laundry and a cup of soap powder. Before she switched it on, I retrieved all the clothes and carried them in a bundle to Corbridge. On the … Continue reading →

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Beats, betrayals and a bizarre beast (Belle)

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I had a long commute to the rave – a flight followed by a coach. When I arrived the venue was full of former friends and acquaintances. One of them (‘C’) had stolen my live in boyfriend many years ago, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged coach, commute, DJ, dog, fair, money, murder, plane, pony, rave, summer, TikTok | Leave a comment

Sausages on a train (Rousse)

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Not long after my mother and I bought half a dozen sausages to cook on the train carriage grill, TPR suggested that we take advantage of the 40 minute break in the journey at Edinburgh Waverley station to play tourist … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged by-pass, computer, Edinburgh, handbag, hill, Midlothian, Pentland, pony, sausage, sausages, station, suitcase, tourist, train, Waverley | Leave a comment

Hospital portering as a career for the elderly (Rousse)

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My father complained that he was sick of living in Edinburgh and wanted to move elsewhere. I couldn’t understand why. Whatever would we do with the ponies that grazed in our garden? Perhaps he needed a job? I suggested hospital … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged career, Edinburgh, elderly, garden, graze, hospital, job, move, ponies, pony, porter | Leave a comment

A dangerous level crossing (Rousse)

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Dreamaticus

My sister almost ended up with all she ever wanted with a house in the countryside, two daughters (adopted), and a couple of ponies. However, the house was right next to a railway line and level crossing. This was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adopt, barrier, broken, country, countryside, crossing, dangerous, daughter, house, level, life, limb, line, nuisance, ponies, pony, railway, risk, sister | Leave a comment

Walls have ears (Rousse)

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Dreamaticus

MK clearly had no idea that QU was still in the room as she launched into an angry account of his behaviour. She had placed herself in extreme danger and it was up to me to protect her. I grabbed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abuse, angry, attire, behaviour, bitter, corridor, danger, ear, ears, listen, pony, pony-tail, ponytail, protect, room, tail, tirade, utter, wall, walls, Word | Leave a comment

To Australia by sea with an unlimited baggage allowance (Rousse)

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It was so frustrating to find that both my meetings with the Scottish Government and Skills Development Scotland were cancelled. What made it worse was only discovering this news on arrival at the offices: first at Saughton House, and then … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged allowance, Australia, baggage, black, boot, boots, cancel, collection, Corstorphine, cut-offs, meeting, meetings, office, pack, packing, plastic, pony, Saughton House, Scottish Government, sea, ship, Skills Development Scotland, skin, travel, unlimited, white | Leave a comment

Wife swap for ferret (Rousse)

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Hexham was packed with early morning commuters walking to work. It was particularly difficult to get through the narrow gap next to the abbey with so many people fighting to reach their offices on time for a 09:00am start. Once … Continue reading →

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Home extension adds to work worries (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Dreamaticus

We had just moved into the restored blackhouse located to the rear of the garden at the back of our flat. My first task was to chase the swarm of five bees around the sitting room and kitchen and out … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged barn, bees, Black house, building, door, estate, flat, garden, kitchen, land, miniature, patio, ponies, pony, ruin, scrub, sheep, Shetland, sitting room, swarm, TPR, work | Leave a comment

Cute Shetland pony foals and black labrador puppies (Rousse)

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Dreamaticus

This was the best garden fête ever, with a huge area roped off for petting Shetland pony foals! Things got a bit messy later when the ponies transformed into thousands of undisciplined slobbery black labrador puppies, all competing for attention.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cute, dog, doggies, fete, foal, foals, ponies, pony, pup, puppies, puppy, Shetland | Leave a comment