Sarah Ladd

A photo of a pony with a long blond mane wearing a red rug in a bare stall taken with a surveillance camera.

A white bucket of soaked alfalfa pellets with chopped apples, carrots and sweet potato floating on the surface.

#HorsesofBluesky #NovaScotiaGoodLife when your hardy pony gets colic and survives, you celebrate by serving alfalfa soup, which she turns her nose up at in favour of a hay net, and you don’t mind at all, bc you’re so glad she is alive to do it!

Beautiful photo. Is this the Tall Ship that is engaged in scientific research?

Two roosters sit on a tree stump in the snowy woods.

Two roosters bask in the sunshine in a wire cage framed by red wooden barn doors.

#RoostersofBlueSky #RescueRoosters #RuralLife#NovaScotiaGoodLife when your daughter is a member of Search & Rescue she just naturally rescues any creature with a heart beat.

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A pair of green and white fliptop mittens with a horse head motif and corrugated blue and yellow cuffs photographed on a horse’s back.

“Lillehammer” socks from the Norwegian Olympic Games knitwear collection. Black and white knee high socks with red, green and gold trim. The gods Odin and Freya are riding their steeds and ravens accompany Freya.

Pony trigger mittens knit in grey and white with matching hat. Pattern adapted from the Saltwater pattern book.

#ShowMeYourKnits animal theme week. We’re a horsey household, and coincidentally it is the Year of the Horse, so naturally I gravitate toward the equine motif. Details in the ALT

A bright red orange and grey clouded sunset with black silhouetted trees and a snow covered field in the foreground.

#Sunset #NaturePhotography#NovaScotiaGoodLife #RuralLife

A tiger cat and a long haired tuxedo cat sitting on bales of straw, not quite looking into the camera.

A tiger cat turned away from the camera and a tuxedo cat looking at the camera sitting on bales of yellow straw.

A tiger cat with a white bib sitting on a bale of yellow straw looking into the camera.

A long haired tuxedo cat looking into the camera with a green wheelbarrow and straw in the background.

What’s a #Caturday without my favourite #RecueCats (FHW) Harry and Sally? Pretty hard to get them both in the same frame looking adorable, but here we are.

#HorsesofBluesky #NovaScotiaGoodLife it’s not 🍋 🍋 and it’s not lemonade, but you get the drift (pun intended).

A long haired black tuxedo cat sits on the porch with a tiger cat scratching his claws on a railing.

A tiger cat lays in a bed of hay.

A tiger cat sits on a bale of straw, looking into the camera.

#Caturday #RescueCatsofBluesky

(FHW) Harry and Sally soaking up the rays, and (FHW) Harry playing at being a barn cat.

A red cabled cowl hanging on a tree branch against a grey sky.

A red hooded balaclava on a glass mannequin head with a burlap ‘Woolfest’ bag in the background. Cascade 220 wool, worsted weight.

Moon Dragon red caplet by Lavish Craft knit with Malibrago Rios on a hanger against a backdrop of leafless tree branches.

The iconic Melt the Ice cap with brim folded up on a sheepskin.

#ShowMeYourKnits Reds for Valentine’s Day #MeltTheICE #CascadeWool Details in ALT

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When you breakdown the pattern you really are only going to use two stitch markers for the decreases, the other two are superfluous, imo. Allow the extra six stitches to hang out there, divide the six stitches so there are three stitches on either side of the decrease markers. You should be okay?

A tabby cat sitting on a lap looks into the camera with a hand holding the RedHat knitting in the background.

The Red Hat Project in recognition of the work Minnesotans are doing. A red woollen hat laying on a white sheepskin.

#Caturday #ResistanceKnitters#RescueCats #NovaScotiaGoodLife always nice to have(FHW) Harry keeping me company whilst a worthy project is on the needles.

Rustic Sampler Hat (Ravelry). A grey & dark brown cabled and stranded winter hat laying on a bed of autumn leaves

Batad by designed Stephen West. A pale grey closed shawl with bands of variegated grey separating multiple rows of the pale grey on a black mannequin with a wooden door in the background.

#ShowMeYourKnits, Greys- something about the chameleon like characteristic of greys makes for an interesting choice to work with… details in the ALT.

A snowy boot print with the Canadian Maple leaf imprinted in the white snow with bits of frozen grass poking through the snow cover

#NovaScotiaGoodLife #OhCanada #MapleLeaf Boots on the ground…

Stranded green and white mittens with flip tip, horse design and corrugated ribbing photographed on a light brown horse’s withers.

Gauntlet Gloves, lavender gloves with dark edge and embroidered cuffs.

Dark brown mittens thrummed with fleece and with leather palm and thumb pads sewn on.

Lotus Mittens, stranded purple with white flowers and designs on a sheepskin.

#ShowMeYourKnits, Week 76, hands. In Canada, we take keeping our hands warm seriously. All patterns available through Ravelry.

A long haired black and white cat sitting on a bale of straw against a barn red door backdrop looks into the camera.

A long haired black and white cat sprinkled with flecks of straw sits on a stall floor in front of a wooden wall background looks into the camera.

#Caturday #RescueCats #NovaScotiaGoodLife Sally, Barn Cat Super Model: beats living it rough by a country mile.

A snow covered Fjord horse and flaxen chestnut pony munch on snow covered grasses against a grey background of trees and sky.

A panorama photo of ice covered trees with a fence line in the foreground

A lone tree with a coating of ice between two fence posts with a blue sky and white clouds in the background

A panorama of a snow covered field with dark trees covered in ice against a background of blue sky and white clouds with the sun shining through.

#NovaScotiaGoodLife #HorsesofBlueSky#JanuaryIceStorm

A tabby cat sitting on the edge of a tub between white shower curtain and curtain liner, with face partially obscured.

A tabby cat sandwiched between white shower curtain and liner turning his head to look 👀 into camera.

#Caturday #RescueCats#CatsofBlueSky#NovaScotiaGoodLife (FHW) Harry gets up to stuff when he deems it too cold to go out.

A silhouette shadow of a pony and human on a snow covered field

A black and white portrait of a dark pony with light mane and forelock with a white stripe and a snip on her face.

#LongShadowDays #PoniesOfBluesky #NovaScotiaGoodLife Rosie!

Silhouette of a cat in a window that refelects the outdoor light and foliage.

A tiger cast with a white bib sits on a window sill, looking at the camera.

#Caturday, #RescueCats, #CatsofBluesky (FHW)Harry enjoys watching the world go by.

Twinkle Star Socks designed by Anna M. Purpley blue socks with stranded gold stars hanging from an evergreen wreath with a large red bow. Fingering weight.

Jaana’s Christmas Socks. Red socks with stranded gold stripes on a blanket of snow. Fingering weight.

Waiting for Mistletoe, red socks with bands of white edged with green leaves at top and bottom of white band, decorated with ribbons and ornamental balls on a sheepskin, designed by Anna Mäkilä. Fingering weight yarn.

#ShowMeYourKnits Week 70 Holiday theme, two of my favourite designers, Anna Mäkilä and Jaana Talvitie, who generously give of their time and knowledge each holiday season by doing KALs.

A tiger cat sits in a greenhouse on a bed dirt flanked by cabbages

#Caturday #RescueCats #NovaScotiaGoodLife #OfCabbagesandKings, (FHW) Harry enjoys the greenhouse on a dreary November day.

A gaggle of geese flying in formation as sun sets. Sky is light blue with pale yellow on the horizon. Silhouette of trees at base of photo

Red orange and grey blue clouds make for a dramatic sunset.

#CanadaGeese#NovaScotiaGoodLife#Sunsets

A tiger cat with white bib sitting on top of a rust stained wheel well with a tire mounted above his head.

#Caturday #RescueCats (FHW) Harry just hangin’ out.

Asparagus gone to see, yellow green ferns with bright red berries against a grey sky

Wintergreen, aka: Teaberry, Winterberry carpet a forest floor

Fallen spruce tree with gold-brown ferns, green moss and winterberry surrounding it.

Clusters of orange-yellow mushrooms on a forest floor covered in wood chips and dead leaves.

#November #NovaScotiaGoodLife
#Mushrooms #Forestherbs we take our colour where we can find it…

Black and white long haired cat curled up on a bed of yellow straw

#Caturday #RescueCats #NovaScotiaGoodLife Sally’s decided the move to the barn was a good choice.

Very tiny lavender flowers called ‘Eyebright’ blooming in a bed of brown oak leaves.

#Bloomscrolling #NovaScotiaGoodLife #TinyFlowers

Black and white long haired cat surrounded by fallen maple leaf foliage.

#Caturday #RescueCats#NovaScotiaGoodLife Sally is pretty as a picture despite her choice to live rough. She is now venturing onto the back porch, such a brave kitty.

This is so sweet, thank you!