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Visit to Scotland to see Chris the blacksmith, Kit the Teebee smock maker & Haily the earth spirit! 19 Aug 2013 | 01:22 am
So grateful to Chris, Haily and Kit for my amazing, if a bit rushed, visit to their beautiful home. Kit's food is legendary & it was absolutely gorgeous (Kit is who made me my Teebee woollen smocks!)....
Blissful summer days.. & we've converted a horse trailer to a bathroom! 2 Aug 2013 | 02:27 pm
View from our bath This summer we have had the utter joy of having a bathroom! It's luxury and I can't believe we've done without one for so long. We got our horse trailer and bath from Ebay, the wat...
Goodbye Dad 9 Jul 2013 | 09:52 pm
Recently I've been on a painful, confusing, life affirming journey. It seems that right now, I'm driven to write it down to help me think about it and I'm sharing a bit of it online incase it's of any...
A short vid of a Female Violet Oil Beetle eating a Celandine flower 7 May 2013 | 01:43 am
Learn more about the Oil beetle family at BUGLIFE.ORG.UK It is a female Violet Oil Beetle in the video, she has a swollen abdomen as she has just emerged to find a male and is full of eggs. If you lo...
A quick catch up.. broody hens and springtime in the woods 3 May 2013 | 10:47 pm
Here's my gang of broody Cuckoo Marans hens and the tiny wee lavender bantam Heidi. It's all very serious but I haven't got enough eggs for them to sit on yet so I'm having to chuck them out of their...
The Wood Turner - a film by Elliott Forge 1 Mar 2013 | 02:59 pm
The Wood Turner from Elliott Forge on Vimeo. A note from Elliott Shot in a couple of hours on 2 separate afternoons, this is Leo who lives in a yurt with his partner and a variety of animals on the ...
Spring sunshine, willow quiver, apple wood spoons and woollen smocks. Say what you see! 17 Feb 2013 | 05:53 pm
It's seemed like it's been raining everyday for a year now.. I think probably because it pretty much has. So, when the sun shines it feels like I've had a weight lifted and can lift my head again to g...
Snow at Stock Wood Farm 23 Jan 2013 | 07:56 pm
This is Stock Wood Farm in the snow, if you want to see what flora and fauna we've got here there's a load of photos in the Photographs page of the farm not in the snow (click link above) hen xx
Baking bread in a woodburner (Jotul 620)! 7 Jan 2013 | 02:49 am
After a nudge from Leo I finally got round to baking bread in the woodburner. I hadn't done it before because I thought it would be a disaster, the stove is only little! Luckily for us, kind friends ...
Apple Wood Spoon and Spatula. Happy Christmas! 27 Dec 2012 | 03:05 am
We took down a poorly Apple tree last week and I carved a spoon from the trunk and Leo carved a spatula. It was an obsessive pleasure for a whole day! LOVED IT! hen xx
