Vinlands Icelandics: Birna and Miss Timber

Monday, February 14, 2022

Birna and Miss Timber

I recently received a much appreciated note and some photos of Icelandic Sheepdogs Birna and Timber (Vinlands Birna and Vinlands Isla). Clicking on photos will enlarge them.

Hi Jaime-

As promised, pics of Birna…playing ball outside in the snow…and playing inside with her squeak toy!! These are her favorite activities, aside from taunting Timber to get her to play!

And beautiful Timber lounging indoors. She also loves playing ball outside and often tries to put two balls in her mouth, just to show Birna ‘who’s who’!

We love them both very much. They are a huge part of our life.

All the best,

Sally and Daniel

Birna

Timber

Tryggur (below) is Birna's litter brother. I kept him for myself - it had been a long time since a tan Icy lived with me and I missed that color - tan with a black mask and absolutely lovely expressive kohl rimmed eyes! He's lively, amazingly smart and extremely attractive - handsome Trygg. He's doing a great job as Watson's mentor.

Tryggur often lies down with his front feet crossed. He looks so relaxed like that, doesn't he? Regal dog! King of the jungle (aka my home). On the left is the open door of Watson's crate - he still sleeps there at night and when I leave the house to go shopping. Trygg, Totty, Kit, Pila sleep on my bed with me. I appreciate that in the winter; not so much in the summer!

My orchids are chosen for "when" they flower and their size. (Must be in the winter and small-ish so they can sit at my windows.) I also love the ones that have a really nice smell. Most of the orchids I have are intergeneric (or perhaps interspecific? - meaning they are the result of many outcrossings between several species). This one has, I think, Barssavola, Laelia, and Cattleya ancestors.