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Dr Helen Wilson

NellytheWillow@mastodon.social

<p>All things Devon &amp; Cornwall, especially Dartmoor. Self-published and award-winning biographer of the Pinwill sisters, Arts &amp; Crafts woodcarvers of Devon and Cornwall. Previous life as a field botanist. BSc and PhD in Environmental Science, then University lecturer. Now retired.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PinwillSisters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PinwillSisters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtsAndCrafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtsAndCrafts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Devon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Devon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Da

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    Headstones are fascinating! These from Marwood and Hatherleigh in Devon and Madron in Cornwall. #LichenSubscribe #Graveyard

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    #DoorsDay #DoorThursday #Devon #Exeter Entrance archway to 10-11 Cathedral Close, Exeter, Devon, remodelled C17, arms of Bishop Cotton d.1621 above.

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    #SilentSunday

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    #SilentSunday #Devon #Plymouth

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    #SilentSunday #CottageOrné #Architecture #Devon

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    #SilentSunday #BloomScrolling #WildFlower

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    #SilentSunday #Cornwall #Railways

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    Bradstone Manor, Devon Beautiful studded oak porch door with latch and knocker. Excellent scarf repairs to the bottom, adding to the charm. #DoorsDay #Devon

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    #Gardening #BloomScrolling The House Leek (Sempervivum) has surprisingly beautiful flowers, and an interesting and attractive structure: &#39;Their hermaphrodite flowers have first a male stage. Then the stamens curve themselves and spread away from the carpels at the center of the flower, so self-pollination is rather difficult&#39; [Wikipedia]

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    #SilentSunday #Cornwall #Cheesewring

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    More bales... Below Scratchbury Hill, near Warminster, Wiltshire My brother Jim has been a passionate photographer for many years. This is one of his images from 2004 with his best-ever dog Sixpence. #Wiltshire #DogsOfMastodon

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    In the greenhouse... Notocactus claviceps. Another beauty and one that doesn&#39;t always flower for me. This species is found from Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) down to Argentina (Misiones). #Cacti #BloomScrolling

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    #WildflowerWednesday Sea Bindweed (Calystegia/Convulvulus soldanella) is surely the prettiest of the bindweeds. Found at Braunton Burrows sand dune system, part of the North Devon Biosphere Reserve, and surrounded by Marram Grass (Ammophila arenaria).

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    #SilentSunday

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    #SilentSunday #Dartmoor #Devon

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    Talland, Cornwall Carved pieces of slate makes for cheap, effective and rather attractive ventilation. Dated 1834. #FensterFreitag #Cornwall #Churches

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    #SilentSunday

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    #SilentSunday #Devon #Mosstodon

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    #SilentSunday

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    Neoporteria gibbosa - a plant I&amp;#39;ve had for 14 years and this is the first time it&amp;#39;s flowered. Such a beauty! When both flowers are fully out, I&amp;#39;ll try to take a better photo but I&amp;#39;m so thrilled the first flower is almost there. #BloomScrolling #Cacti #Succulents

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    #FensterFreitag #Hampshire Ruins of Netley Abbey, Hampshire A room at the south end of the east range with amazing stone vaulting, built during mid C13. It may have been an infirmary or dormitory.

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    #SilentSunday

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    #DoorsDay #Devon #Churches South Milton Church, Devon: a helpful note for getting in.

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    #SilentSunday #HappyEaster #SheepOfMastodon

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    #SilentSunday #HappyEaster #Cornwall

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    #InternationalWomensDay2026 #IWD2026 In 1890 the Pinwill sisters, Mary, Ethel and Violet, broke the mould and became professional ecclesiastical woodcarvers, at a time when this was almost exclusively a male occupation. Their business rose to become one of the best in the Westcountry, producing Arts &amp;amp; Crafts work modelled on nature. Website: http://www.pinwillsisters.org.uk Book: &amp;#39;The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters&amp;#39; available through the website or in independent shops. #...

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    #SilentSunday #Dartmoor #Devon

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    Germoe, Cornwall 14th century window and some beautiful winter sun #FensterFreitag #Cornwall