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Building work all coming along nicely

Moving to summer quarters #2

The mobile home was moved from it’s temporary place of two years to what will be it’s final resting place yesterday. Two years of sitting on very,very wet squishy ground meant the wheels had sunk quite deeply. Also underneath the sunken chassis were large tree stumps. Oh how very rare in our wood! After aboutContinue reading “Moving to summer quarters #2”

moving to summer quarters

Bluebells

I went up to the wood today with a bucket full of primroses to plant and saw all these bluebells! The first year we had the wood the only flowers we had growing on the forest floor and in the hedge banks were wood sorrel and a few rather anaemic foxgloves. After thinningContinue reading “Bluebells”

Heydon Hill Wood East

Almost There . The tiles are on. A huge thank you to Cyril and also Guy . And to Kit who was there for the last bit . We are one step closer…..

The tiles are on!

Autumn

Musical instruments Autumn

The musical instruments have been weathering with the seasons. Water has filled the bowls, but the sound plucked from the strings is still as magical as ever. =”https://heydonhilltreenursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0246.jpg”>

Puppets in the Wood

Ingrid wrote [These puppets]were made in early 1950s by my Dad. He was a puppet master for “Hesling’s Marionettes” and brought puppet shows to villages and towns around Exmoor. These are just a small selection of puppets from various productions he and my Mum put on – from Rumpelstiltskin to review shows. They have beenContinue reading “Puppets in the Wood”

roofing the barn

Hoory hurrah, the roof is being done, almost as I write this. Thanks go to Cyril and Guy for their time and skills. I think Cyril ran out of patience with us ever completing the barn and got his scaffolding up and got on with it. Much appreciated.Though as usual, everyone is trying to get it doneContinue reading “roofing the barn”