go to: https://leaningonthegate.blogspot.com/p/land-survey-may-2025.html
June 2025
sadly lacking in updating this online 'diary'
but here's the most important event of 2025
(click to go to page)
January 2022
Friends and readers might like to 'keep up to date' and enjoy my 'Life Here In Devon' posts that I send out as a monthly newsletter. You'll find an archive (and a link for how to subscribe) HERE:
https://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/p/dispatches_30.html
and different posts about 'Life' on my website:
https://www.helenhollick.net/journal.html
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| Endangered species: Dormouse found January 2022 |
We found this little chap (or chapess) curled up fast asleep in the hay. More about the find in my Newsletter Dispatches archive!
https://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/p/dispatches_30.html
January - August 2021
I don't keep this diary up to date - apologies, but here are some photos from
2020 and 2021...
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| Saffy winning her class at Cricklands in Wales August 2021 |
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| Elfie enjoys a pint |
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| Hay making July 2021 |
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| Kathy (sidesaddle) reserve Supreme Champion July 2021 Redpost show |
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| two new duckies |
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| our flock of geese summer 2021 |
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| the goats July 2021 |
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| the hens |
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| Jan 1st 2021 Happy New Year folks! |
2020
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| Elfie in her elf costume! |
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| The awning on the patio died final straw for it was a storm just before Christmas. I shared some lovely outdoors socially distanced tea and cake afternoons with friends here! |
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| one very muddy Exmoor (Nov 2020) |
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| Rita - Kathy's winter project now sold to a lovely home (Nov 2020) |
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| looks like Rita can jump! |
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| Saffy - somewhere under all that mud is her star on her forehead! |
Another new arrival
A GIRL!!! We've called her Phoenix!
Born May 19th 2020
8th June 2020
Phoenix is finding her independence!
Born May 19th 2020
The queue to see the foal
8th June 2020
Phoenix is finding her independence!
23rd March 2020
We're all in self-isolation - quite pleasant when the sun shines!
My mother's Day gift yesterday was a lovely bunch of daffodils. Picked from the lane! (well why not)
Have you ever wondered why there are
so many daffs in the hedgerows
and banks in rural areas?
No it isn't that there have been a lot of road traffic accidents and bulbs have been planted as a memorial.
It relates back to WWII.
Many farms grew daffs for the floral markets and sent them by train to Covent Garden etc. When land had to be dug over and planted with food crops during WWII the daffodil bulbs all had to be ploughed up.
Many farmers, instead of destroying the bulbs merely scattered them along the hedgerows or in woodlands.
And the daffs' 'offspring' are still there.
This is Lexie and our daffs on our bank in the lane. They look gorgeous. (Well they did... *laugh*)
Stay Safe!
Meet ELFIE
29th November 2019
as right as ninepence now though!
The Latest Member of our Family ....
9 weeks old Patterdale Terrier / Jack Russel cross
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| Hello! |
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| Playing with Eddie |
19th December
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| 12 weeks old... A bit poorly Upset tummy :-( |
as right as ninepence now though!
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