See the thing is my Facebook wall has been full of these dresses lately, ads and pictures and well it just had to be done!! . . .
. . . And well these GeeGee's are rather fashion conscious you know?!! OK i think we can all agree that this particular GeeGee doesn't seem best pleased with her owners choice of turnout rug, LOL.
HELLO . . . So the Summer has ended and WOW what fun we have managed to squeeze into it, Just the Kids and Ponies and spending time with all those people who are really important to me. Especially my BESTEST friend (You know who you are <3 ). We even had a seaside trip away for the weekend to Whitley Bay and the weather couldn't of been better!! We LOVE going to Whitley Bay EVERY YEAR . . . It is something we have done every year since Mini Funky was a tiny Baby, and we have continued to visit every Summer now with Baby Funky too. It is one of those places that just fills you with a sense of peace.
Whitley Bay ~ St Mary's lighthouse
But back to school now, TERM TIME!! The kids have got back into their routine of getting up on a morning and putting clean uniforms on, instead of the tracksuit bottoms, jods, or jeans we spent the majority of our summer wearing.
We still manage some time after school to fit in a quick hack, or a short lesson. But the nights are quickly drawing in and well soon it will be weekends only for the Mini Funky's :(
They have been learning about safety and low light, and we ensure that we can be seen when we are out on a hack.
Baby Funky and Sparky
So what have I been keeping my busy fingers doing whilst the kids are at school? . . .
. . . Well it took me about 2 weeks to get the house back to what resembled a family home, instead of the Alladin's cave that it had become (Although it was not treasure you would find, more likely an odd sock or empty juice carton. Look hard enough you will probably find a stale biscuit and maybe a half packet of crisps!). I have however managed to squeeze in some time for a nice hack out on my friends pony Toby, and do some lunging and longreining with Sparky to try and keep her in shape.
I'm failing miserably, and need to up her work some more and i've had to seriously restrict her intake of this lush Autumn grass we seem to have, Even Smurf has had to come in for a few hours to eat some hay and take a break for the seemingly PREMIUM GRASS GROWTH we have going on at the moment. We have very gassy GeeGee's on our yard at the moment!
Out for a hack looking over the countryside surrounding us.
I have also been keeping my creative brain active with some busy book work, I had the rough draft done, i just needed to read it and let the story flow to me (Well after a whole pack of jaffa cakes and an un-countable amount of coffee, but it came!) once written, it was that vital proofreading and basic edit stage, the stage where a short book becomes a feature length novel, and then of course you have the next installment and the installment after that rattling around up there too. As i am reading my manuscript i have ideas of pictures wizzing round that i have to quickly sketch down the idea before another takes its place. It's very busy in Miss Funky's brain at the moment, but things are moving forward and productive and I have to say i cannot wait to get cracking building this book up and seeing it come to life. It was so amazing the first time, the journey, the learning, the experience, the imaginative freedom to live in the Funky GeeGee world through my book creation. The frustrations, the tears and the tantrums which somehow all came together and i released my first book ~
The truth about PONIES. And i cannot WAIT to share the second installment with you all in the near future. I shall share my journey, share my joys, and no doubt STILL tears and tantrums, however maybe milder? . . .I have to remind myself :
I HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, I CAN DO THIS AGAIN . . .
. . . ENJOY,EMBRACE,CREATE, and IMAGINE.
Above all believe i can do it, and it will get done!!
And on that note i am off to bed to dream it's process,
It really has been brilliant this last couple of month and even though the weather has been Up and Down well we have done what we can, and made the most of every moment possible.
Usually i find the Summer holidays stressful near the end as we are running out of ideas of things to do, the kids are becoming bored and i'm tired of kid refereeing and "I'm Bored". But this year it needs to SLOW DOWN because we are having waaaaaaaay too much fun for there only to be a few weeks left!! I think having Sparky pony this year has been the best thing ever and we have sooooo many more summers to enjoy!
So what have we been upto since my last post?
Well it's probably easier to show you . . .
As you can see it has been jolly good fun. We have also been out to a local playzone, the park, visited grandparents, done some arts and crafts . . . AND we have booked our first holiday together as a family since Baby Funky was just 2 years old, it is well OVERDUE!! So we are off for a long weekend break to a seaside resort in our caravan as a little family, we are sooooo EXCITED!!
What about the GeeGee's? WELL ACTUALLY i do have news. I have rounded them up from their freedom to roam and we have all gathered in the kitchen
(Of course all the best ideas are made in the kitchen haha).
I forgot how cramped it gets in here with all these nobberly knees and 'can't keep still' fetlocks. And the flatulance from the Summer grass (OMG). And then there is the trying to get some order from the chaos . . . MY WORD!! IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES!!
BUT we have worked on the plan, in a rather in-cohesive and messy manner, but we have decided on the way in which we shall bring the next book together with the next loaded secrets and humour from the SSCMH. The arguments already over who will make it onto the book cover and who will star in the trailer are unbearable. I thought the Mini Funky's were bad for bickering ! But these GeeGee's will give any child a run for their money!
So yep we have the next book cogs all working, and its the exciting building from the base part that I and the GeeGee's will now embark on. An adventure to unfold with giggles guaranteed.
The next page of secrets from the SSCMH Equine revolution plan will soon be available for the Humans to get their hooves on. I shall keep you all updated with the exciting journey . . .
. . . Well thats if i can stop these GeeGee's from eating the manuscript!! I only ask them for 1 hr a day to participate in our brain storming activity, and plans for this project. The whole time is spent distracting them from eating or sulking from their time spent away from the grass!! Gosh the bellies on them all they are hardly starved!! These GeeGee's they take some keeping in order, choas is always just a hoof print away!!
Here is an Illustration i have just finished, very typical of the GB weather!! . . .
. . . GREAT BRITISH HACKING ~ A3 Watercolour pencil on paper
Great British hacking ~ A3 Watercolour pencil on paper ~ By Stacy Green (Miss Funky)
Enjoy the rest of your Summer, <3 Love Miss Funky <3
. . . we have made it,school term time IS OVER Wooooohooooo . . .
. . . and now we have 6 weeks to relax and enjoy the simple things in life. And well most of our time is going to be spent out in the fresh country air with the GeeGee's. I feel calmer, more grounded and happy when i'm around the horses. I dont feel so raaaaaaaaaaaaaaar, more ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. :D
I love poop picking the field,watching the birds as they flutter by or sit singing in the hedgerows. It is so peaceful, so good for the runaway mind. And just watching the horses grazing or playing in the fields is better than any Tv show or you tube video. I just feel like 'me' when i'm at the stables. Whole again.
The Funky's ABSOLUTELYlove it, they have so much space to run around, climb, play. It's a chance for them to make like minded friends as there are other kids on the yard and they all seem to get along great (well as great as can be expected from a small group of 5-8 year olds hahahaha). It was lovely watching them play farmers the other day, they had a sack barrow and 2 haynets filled with hay, they swept 2 stables and pretended to put down the straw and then hung the haynets. Bless them they were so cute!! They potter on, and are getting much better at imaginary play together.
The Funky's riding is coming on lovely too, and they have been practicing really hard on their riding position and balance ready for a little local show we entered couple weeks ago. They were brilliant, we had a perfect day and everything they had worked so hard on payed off for them as they come home with two 4ths and a special. Bless them they were thrilled. I was emotional, anxious, excited, proud, scared, anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious . . . . Infact the Funky's made it look so easy, they giggled and smiled, and had a happy vibe coming from them, My anxiety then seemed silly, Ho could they be braver than me? Come on, Sort yourself out and make this an adventure to remember i told myself!! And with Mr Funky also with us, snacks, and lots of photos. We all had a brilliant day. Im so glad we went, although for 2 days afterwards i could barely walk and felt drained. I must have walked about 15 mile or more round trip to the show and back ( i walked there with girls from the yard, was a lovely route through the countryside). Consiquently i gave sparky 2 days off, i couldnt face lunging or leading and i was betting she was feeling much like me too!! We both deserved a rest!
Here are a couple of photos from our day.
This pony is special in a million different ways, She is a true family pony.
It was brilliant really really brilliant, I loved every minute of it and through every emotion i smiled with pride at my two angels who are truely enjoying life, living in this moment with no thought of the next. No expectations, just experiences and adventures. They had worked hard and they had learned that hard work pays off, and living in the moment makes happy memories . . .And well there were plenty of those made on this particular day. :) Im so proud. And above all we are so thankful for having Sparky pony in our lives, she is truely one in a million. Such a special part of our lives.
Summer holidays we plan to spend lots of time up the stables. On rainy days i have some crafty ideas we can do. I could do with a crafty afternoon it has been a long time since i have had any crafty time. Here are some piccies of me doing a little commision for a friend of a friend. Her daughters pony had crossed rainbow bridge and she wanted to giver her something special. She asked me if i would paint something and i said i would try but im not very good at realism. She said she loved my style and wanted it like another one she had of her own horse painted by me. So i set off to capture a moment that felt special was full of empathy but also had a feeling to it, hopefully a good memory trigger. My instructions were PINKS and PURPLES. Now that is TOTALLY fine with me, I love those colours!! It actually turned out well, and i was pleased with it when i handed it over. Its the only thing creative ive done for a while so at some point im going to fit in an art and craft day with the kids. Get my creative brain woke up a little.
Hope you all enjoy your summer. Catch up after the holidays.
Stay safe and lets hope for some SUNSHINE and warmer days :)
We are all ok here in FUNKY towers !! This year seems to be zoooooming by!! It only seems 2 mins since new year and here we are going to find ourselves very shortly in the middle of the summer!! WOW. But we have not been blessed with the best of the weather and it is really annoying because it spoils a good day when the wind feels -2 degrees yet the sun is trying to be 20!! And although the grass is thriving, my flowers in the garden are only just starting to flower, the strawberry plants are slowly getting their flowers and the weeds well they are having a blast!!
So how are the GeeGee's?
Well they are doing great, Smurf is filling out lovely and although two next month he looks like a well rounded yearling, I knew when i first got him that he was going to need that extra love and care as he was only a few weeks old and needed his mum at this vital time in his life but unfortunatly things turned bad for him and if it hadn't of been for fate then he would not be here today. What a shame as he is such a beautiful pony!!!
Smurf chocolate buttons ~ Rising 2 years.
I will leave him until he is around 5 years old before i do anything with him really. Until then he is slowly learning how to be a horse as he has spent so much time baby with me as his support, now he needs to learn to be part of a herd!! Bless him this has not been without its difficulties but im hopeful that we have it sorted now and as long as Sparky pony (kids little pony) is there with him he is fine. However Sparky pony has got too fat and ive had to take her out and pop her in fat paddock with another chunky monkey so smurf now has only his new friends to rely on and cant hug sparky (Im sure she is glad of the break).
Both ponies have new fly rugs :
Both now . . . .Hmmmmmmmm, Rug fairies APPARENTLY??
Well I am not sure about that!! But PONIES will be PONIES and well i suppose it comes with the territory!! But COME ON?!!
So what else have we been up to apart from sitting listening to different takes on where the rug fairies come from??
Well there has been plenty riding, lots of poop picking and a whole heap of washing!! But as for creativeness, well not so much. I have started researching for my next book but so far words have not appeared in a cohesive way in shape of a book ready to illustrate, but it will!!
In the meantime i have been playing in the form of teaching the kids the joys of PONY OWNING!! We have done a little bit of everything and well progress is very good and based around fun and having fun :)
As you can see we have filled in the summer that we have kind of had so far with 'something'. It has been hard trying to fit it in because the weather really hasn't been on our side at all, but we have tried to forgive it and do what we can when we can, and well we are seeing progress and well an increasingly plump pony!! So much so that i have had to start riding her so that we can shift a few of them extra calories!! Really tough to do if your only 8 years old but i can get her out further and in different places and school her and i also longrein her alot too just to keep her fitness up because she really NEEDS it!!
Out hacking bless her she loved it we went through the woods <3
Cartooning/illustration anything???
nope BUT i have planned some for the near future, I shall probably get some cartooning squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezed into the next few weeks, I am hopeing to be inspired by our first little show next month. Eeeeeeeek im so nervous, the kids are so excited and the pony . . .She is BEAUTIFUL <3
Im really anxious about it, im trying to get myself together so im not flapping, i have been loaned some beautiful things for the kids to wear on the day, and my Sister has bought me a beautiful jacket to wear. My partner is excited to come and watch and see how the kids have progressed, he is coming armed with the camera to capture our precious memories. YIKES im just like jelly on a plate, but im trying to get everything together WELL AND TRUELLY in advance!! So all i needed was couple of ties that im going to dress up with diamontees, ive got a lovely browband borrowed from friend it is red, blue and silver so ties will come in with that. Also Baby Funky will wear little pigtails (Awwwwwww CUTE ALERT) matching little Sparkys browband :D Awwwwwww :) Both little Funkies are going to look MEGA cute, and Sparky pony hopefully will be shiny clean on the day, and she is naturally just GORGEOUS (I know im biast). We have been practicing hard, and Sparky has been testing us every time with her over exuberance when it comes to food . . . . Cheeky cheeky!! PONIES HUH???
We have moved to a new yard, we moved a few months agao and both ponies have settled so well, its like we have been there all along. The people on the yard have very quickly become friends and are really lovley people who all have beautiful horses and enjoy doing the things that we enjoy. Horse agility is new to us, and also new to the others on the yard and yet we have all had a go and enjoyed it and im looking forward to the future here and how we can all progress and have loads of fun with it. There are some beautiful horses on the yard, I get the opportunity to ride a few of them and i feel so privileged to be able to have this opportunity now. It all feels like it was meant to be, i have learned a few harsh lessons throught he process and learned that things can change. But sometimes as scary as the change is, as hurtful as it seems . .. . Better things come, a new route, a new pathway to lead you closer to your true heart and your passion. I feel so much happyer now, and the ponies are THRIVING!! Smurf is getting so grown up now, he is loosing all his baby traits and part of a herd now means some of the natural instincts he lacked he has gained. He is slowly learning how to be HORSE and Sparky is busy teaching the kids HORSEMANSHIP. All in all we are having an AMAZING TIME. Both ponies are looking really well and im feeling very much OPTIMISTIC about the future with my Young Potential Equestrians!! Memories to last a lifetime!!
