Spring Watch at Tom's Field!

Well the eggs have hatched and we can see, albeit rather hazily as often a twig covers the camera lens, the parent birds feeding tiny ,gaping mouths all quite thrilling!
No picture as impossible to capture this.

All is ready for Purbeck Art Weeks. Today Sue, Ali and I put the work up in the activity room and we look forward to opening on Saturday.

How time flies

Well into May. It has been an extremely busy time one way and another. On the site things are looking good, the blackthorn is in bloom at last and it seems the bird has laid eggs in the camera box!

Last week Colin and I planted lots of wild flower plug plants in the Hike Field, we gave up on the seed as nothing germinated. I think it was a mixture of the unusual cold and the dry clay soil that we had to do better preparation on. Hopefully we will succeed with these plants.

Late April

It has been a glorious time at the site, the weather is stunning although sometimes with chilly evenings.
The blossom on the blackthorn is now starting to bloom but so much later than usual.
Many baby rabbits hopping happily about[ the stoat has not been around yet!] The Live Bird Watch in the shop has been somewhat blurred as the bird has placed a large leafy thing over the camera eye!!
I am getting prepared for Purbeck Art Week, this stats at the end of May for 2 weeks. It is part of Dorset Art Weeks which is a great opportunity to see many artists in their working spaces and galleries throughout the county.

Various

Easter was awful, at least Good Friday through to Saturday, since then everything has brightened and blossomed.
We did a duty at the Burngate Stone Centre stone carving and craft fair and it was well attended, quite a number of people were interested in signing up for classes.
There is a bluetit building a nest in the box with camera, it has been fascinating to watch this on the screen in the shop albeit in black and white and a bit hazey.
That together with my first afternoon with bees, learning at East Dorst Beekeepers apiary, has made for an interesting week.
The site has dried out well and many people have enjoyed near perfect weather over the last few days.

Happy Easter

Extraordinarily the sun was shining most of today and although very cold was glorious.
The picture, I couold not resist, is of the daffs fully opened and in wonderful yellow bloom.
A few twigs have appeared in the nest camera box and a bird was seen inspecting!
The screen is installed in the shop to watch progress.

Approaching Easter

The weather has ben mixed with some really lovely days and latterly some relentless rain. However the daffodils here are now fully out, the picture was taken last week, this week it was too WET to get the camera out!
Easter at the end of next week. People ask us if we book then but it is all on a first come basis at this time of the year.
By the way here is a link to The first Purbeck Walking Festival , should be good.

The Season Begins

We opened yesterday, Friday 12th March.
I t was a fairly good day dry and ALMOST warm! Spent the day setting out the shop and finding out all the things that didn't work, inevitable ater being shut for 4 months and more. As everything has to be drained down and emptied out in case of freezing and other there are always some taps that leak or similar. It was looking pretty good and we had our first visitors arriving by 10.00a.m.
Pictured here the first tent and the first motorvan of 2010.