About

Life, loves and adventures from the little corner of the world I share with my family – my husband, our two young daughters, and little menagerie of pets including our 27-year-old Fell pony, two cats, little adventuring hamster, gerbil, rats and fish!

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Pony ambles at: http://www.instagram.com/on_the_end_of_the_leadrope

Reading diary at: http://www.Instagram.com/a_coffee_anda_book

“A Mischief Managed”

I first began this blog back in January 2016, writing initially primarily about the pets who made up our much-loved little family at the time – a furry blurry collection of rats, hamsters and my biggest fluffiest boy, the very characterful Fell pony. Its name was drawn from the “mischief of rats” who made up most of our little rabble back then.

Over the years our little family has grown and changed and life now is fuller than ever – I am so grateful still to be blessed with the pony who is now an amazing 27 years old, having been with me over 23 years now; and the last few years have been huge ones for us, with our human contingent growing every day – our little daughters, born in 2017 and 2020, now making sure that we are “managing mischief” more than ever before at every turn! ❤ 

In 2021, we brought home Rosie and Theo, two little black kittens who have turned into our roost-ruling cats, and we currently have a lovely wee mix of small pets too – our dwarf hamster Buzz, little rescue gerbil Rory who joined us a couple of months ago, our goldfish fondly known as Fish, and, our newest additions in June this year, four rats, Snowflake, PomPom, Marin and Willow. 

I have loved to have this little space over the past few years to write and gather thoughts about our adventures together and all the things I love most in life. 

I now mostly write about our family life, both at home and at the farm, the animals, any travels we find ourselves on and some of my reading adventures too.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Xx