Love Actually
Not the wonderful film by the super talented Richard Curtis, no, love, actually, in my book at the moment is in fact the new bathrooms we...
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NettieMac
- Jan 5
- 1 min
A life in pictures is easier than a life of words!
So being a lazy sloth like creature I thought we would start the New year with a quick resume of all things 2021 (and sooo last year,...
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NettieMac
- Mar 6, 2021
- 3 min
The "Zilch" Report
So, procrastination being an active part of my Lockdown Life I have been humming and haaing about what to get inspired about for this...
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NettieMac
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
So, getting ready to say a fond "Cheerio" to 2020!
And what an interesting (and ridiculously and surprisingly fast!) year this one has been. The highs, the lows, the sunshine (oh, that...
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NettieMac
- Aug 30, 2020
- 2 min
Nature's Harvest
T'is that time of year when the combines are (or should be!) in full throttle, the smell of grain in the air, flocks of fat wood pigeon...
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NettieMac
- May 13, 2020
- 2 min
Community Spirit Reignited
Just as we never thought it was physically possible to be able to watch the evening news without the B word (yes, Brexit...remember...
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NettieMac
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min
New challenges....
So, I always find it better to embrace, if possible, new situations and now that most of us are having to work from home and be on the...
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NettieMac
- Feb 26, 2020
- 2 min
Never in my lifetime....
....have I had to cut the lawn in the month of February (though this is in fact an ambigious term as that implies that we have grass on...
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NettieMac
- Jan 19, 2020
- 2 min
Happy New Decade
And best wishes for a very happy and healthy 2020 from Hazelwood Farm. We all know that weather patterns have all got a little haywire...
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NettieMac
- Oct 17, 2019
- 1 min
Does Crayke have a different time dimension?
OR, is it just that i'm totally rubbish at getting around to writing a new blog? When I last wrote a blog it was March and here we are...
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NettieMac
- Mar 12, 2019
- 2 min
Springing into Spring in Crayke...??
So, "Ne'er cast a clout till May be out" Is this a phrase that maybe this year we will need to pay heed to? Winter so far has been...
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NettieMac
- Dec 27, 2018
- 1 min
Christmas 2018
After a very busy 2018 it came as a shock that it was almost at an end! It was only as the Christmas trees went up that it dawned that...
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NettieMac
- Oct 16, 2018
- 2 min
The Partridge Family visit Crayke!
...but not THAT Partridge family, this one... They strolled around the garden off and on for several weeks but presumably have now gone...
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NettieMac
- Jun 8, 2018
- 1 min
The Highs (and Lows!) of Summer
Well, the most obvious Highs are being able to enjoy balmy evenings and specatacular starry skies and clear views and nature in...
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NettieMac
- May 25, 2018
- 2 min
Shout it from the rooftops!
SPRING HAS DEFINITELY SPRUNG!! And as we Brits tend to get very excited about that orb in the sky (no, not the Moon!) and a sky colour...
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NettieMac
- May 13, 2018
- 2 min
Long days and giddy four leggers!
So the best thing about living in the country (and on a farm!) has to be the unexpected visitors. This little chap came our way one night...
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NettieMac
- Apr 25, 2018
- 1 min
Razzle Dazzle!
In a mad explosion of sunshine and warmth last week, the garden has suddenly been tricked into thinking that spring has definitely sprung...
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NettieMac
- Apr 10, 2018
- 1 min
Must try harder!
Having heard that at school a lot (especially when it came to maths classes...yuk!) I am going to try and apply this to the Hazelwood...
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NettieMac
- May 10, 2017
- 2 min
The 5th month of the year and what a colourful one it is
May can be one of the prettiest months of the year, I think, as the buds on the trees burst into many shades of green and the blossom...
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NettieMac
- Apr 11, 2017
- 2 min
Spring hath sprung (temporarily!)
Oh, the excitement of we Brits when we see a little blue sky and can peel one layer off from our usual 5 top layers! But doesn't it warm...
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