Heartwoods in Summer

 

Welcome to Heartwoods from Bushy, Winter and I.

We had a lovely time away, and would like to share it with you.

Here is a map of our property. It's a mountain side, made up of two 40 acre blocks. They were parcelled off during the gold rush. So if the kids fall out, they can inherit one each. 

 

You can see the bottom boundary is a creek...more of this at the bottom of the post. Top left of the block you can see two black spots which are our sheds, and one blue spot which is our leaky dam. We are almost at the top of the hill at about 900 metres.

 

 

You may be wondering what the kids get up to without screens.

First we have Mr Artist being cool in a shell on our dam (complete with some water for a change.)

Going, going, gooone!

 

 

Here Winter, come and float in my boat.

Um, no thanks!

OK I'll go by myself..."wow, look at all the tadpoles, there are literally millions, seriously there are more than a thousand!"

 

 

Then we have parkour adventures over "Speedy" our stationary wreck.

 

 

Don't forget archery sessions with Bushy who is a passionate archer. (new bows for Christmas)

 

 

And then we have riding our bikes - this time the kids rode from the top to the bottom of our block after Bushy slashed a path with the tractor.

Mr Artist managed it unscathed both times, but poor Mr Actor came a cropper the second time. Thank goodness for dirt bike helmets!

 It was still voted the BEST fun!

 

 

We also have time to jump on an old couch, throw sticks that sound like thrumming boomerangs, and play cricket with Bushy...Winter is fielder.

Top right photo shows the stairs I fixed and outlined with bark, and bottom left shows the outdoor shower in the driveway (which we now realise we left up, so may need a new one by the time we head back!)

 

 

Down time includes knitting, reading comics, drinking tea, sitting in our lounge room admiring the view (a flat elevated cleared section- you can see the ground drops away behind Bushy), lying in the hammock, and the all important bug spray!

 

 

There were plenty of bitey bugs, but we also saw a ton of birds including an eagle, also a tortoise, a snake, lizards, and tadpoles.

 

Down the bottom of our block we have a ford to cross the river, and we've noticed it's been under water the last few times. So when Bushy mowed the driveway we came down to have a look. The pipe underneath was silted up.

Never fear, Bushy is here! 

After some digging and scraping, and strategic placement of rocks, we had it flowing again.

 

Then we decided to clear away a waterhole for swimming/ squatting(!), cutting back some undergrowth, to create a lovely cool spot for picnics.
 

 

What does Heartwoods look like at night, you ask?

Here is Bushy in the shed with our divider down (Mr Actor is asleep behind the blind), and outside the trees are silhouetted on the cooling sky.

 

 

One of the glorious sights this visit was butterflies flitting around this blossom. Of course I didn't manage to capture any of them!

 

 

So that's our busy visit. Hope you enjoyed your time with us.

Feel free to lie back, relax on our hammock, and enjoy the evening sunshine!

 

Please come back again.

Until next time, keep on creating and showing your beautiful selves to the world.

 

Love,

Jazzy Jack