tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post3372906249586264483..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: More precious than rubies...Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-5606676420206012442009-11-25T23:11:28.701+01:002009-11-25T23:11:28.701+01:00Everything everyone said. Thankyou dear Lucy for t...Everything everyone said. Thankyou dear Lucy for the prose and pictures and poetry.herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-33837156157267435502009-11-25T22:32:20.353+01:002009-11-25T22:32:20.353+01:00Thanks all again.
The strawb's popular. That...Thanks all again.<br /><br />The strawb's popular. That was an extraordinary strawberry in that it appeared one October, one of those late summer flowers that actually produced a fruit.<br /><br />BB - Avus is right,and I appreciate your incoherences. ;~)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-62246856498036317422009-11-25T12:25:50.003+01:002009-11-25T12:25:50.003+01:00Aww that was rather lovely.
It's funny how co...Aww that was rather lovely.<br /><br />It's funny how comment boxes are so different. They definitely have an atmosphere of some kind, just as a party or gathering of people generally does in Real Life. I often think about that when I visit blogs.<br /><br />I like your comment box a great deal (although not as much as mine of course!) and yet it is hard to put a finger on what it is that gives the box a particular feel. <br /><br />But anyway you have nice loyal readers who take the time to write thoughtful comments because you inspire them to do so, by letting the "you" shine out of your blog and through what you say etc.<br /><br />Yeah? So definitely feel good about it. I always do.Reluctant Bloggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-91005860204474861322009-11-25T10:34:45.751+01:002009-11-25T10:34:45.751+01:00Despite Avus's kind words, please ignore my in...Despite Avus's kind words, please ignore my incoherences above. These were in effect unrefined notes which were interrupted by a call to dinner.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-72244019230426053402009-11-25T10:24:59.234+01:002009-11-25T10:24:59.234+01:00That's really nice, Lucy. Thank you.
Barrett ...That's really nice, Lucy. Thank you.<br /><br />Barrett Bonden expresses it all so well, don't he?Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-41917810453293728352009-11-25T09:40:09.195+01:002009-11-25T09:40:09.195+01:00I identify with the unripe strawberry...all though...I identify with the unripe strawberry...all though truth be told, I am a little over ripe...Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211663940952195703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-37075839265167788392009-11-25T04:13:20.434+01:002009-11-25T04:13:20.434+01:00Awwww, this is so sweet to read. I am touched.
I ...Awwww, this is so sweet to read. I am touched.<br /><br />I wish we had another word for pride in its positive sense, so different from pride in its hubris sense. But I guess we're stuck with it, in English, anyway.<br /><br />Thanks to you for creating this lovely gathering place.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-50114671962179619652009-11-25T01:08:12.771+01:002009-11-25T01:08:12.771+01:00Proud to be included in such company. Parents of ...Proud to be included in such company. Parents of shining children should be allowed to take pride in the warm relationships between them. Shared pride is a delight, and should carry no guilt. <br /><br />I got so much spam, and a few trolls for a while, and commenters who just wanted more readers of any sort, that I gladly hide behind the verification and no anonymouses. Still get some chaff. I'm happy with my score of lovely readers who are so positive and who make me laugh and smile, their wit and heart and creativity. I'm sad to miss a few, but I know my limits. <br /><br />That is an amazing strawberry photo.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-49232594725853572852009-11-25T00:40:07.813+01:002009-11-25T00:40:07.813+01:00It's almost Thanksgiving Day here in the State...It's almost Thanksgiving Day here in the States. Your blogging is something I am thankful for, sweet Lucy.<br /><br />Pride ~ something that I was told once by a narrow-minded person is an evil in any form ~ is rather like a gift, I believe. When you express pride in another person, you are giving them a fine gift. There is an old, old, old saying in Germany: <i>Liebe jeden, aber die Besten nur laß es merken</i> ~ love everyone, only let the best ones know it.<br /><br />Thank you for your generosity and your tender kindness. Love ya, Lucy!Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-3649465907671206642009-11-24T23:08:22.026+01:002009-11-24T23:08:22.026+01:00Aaah, look at all that lovely R.E.D.! Agreed about...Aaah, look at all that lovely R.E.D.! Agreed about not using those horrid "captcha" filters to keep the spammers out. On the other hand, Blogger does a nice job of sequestering comments on old posts; just once in a while, one is of interest.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-11791976111917976612009-11-24T22:46:47.676+01:002009-11-24T22:46:47.676+01:00And however did you capture the miracle of those t...And however did you capture the miracle of those tiny strawberry seeds?Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-27520762204305334302009-11-24T22:46:10.434+01:002009-11-24T22:46:10.434+01:00First, a suggestion: Why don't you just put co...First, a suggestion: Why don't you just put comment moderation on any post older than, say, 7 days. I recently did that -- mostly so I wouldn't miss comments on my older posts. It would work for spam, too, though; as then you could just "reject" that spam trying to pose as a REAL comment.<br /><br />Lucy, you have a very special blog. It is serious, beautiful, reflective and personal. I don't think there's much question as to why you have such a loyal following.<br /><br />(Just wanted to add: When I wrote that recent post about my brother, my mother told me that she read the comments and that she was VERY touched by the warmth and generosity of my blog-friends. I felt so "proud" in just the same way that you do here.)Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-3078387925579350672009-11-24T21:44:31.353+01:002009-11-24T21:44:31.353+01:00This made me feel special. Thanks. I am also now c...This made me feel special. Thanks. I am also now craving a giant strawberry.PurestGreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860331983741242940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-62778060123803858972009-11-24T20:15:28.708+01:002009-11-24T20:15:28.708+01:00lovely photos, you're gettign quite expert at ...lovely photos, you're gettign quite expert at the cropping! <br /><br />Comment verification doesn't stop spam, I get similar inexplicable spam on old posts, mostly in Chinese. Or from people wanting to see me tooth whiteners....<br /><br />I value my blog audience too, its nice to have regulars and to see new faces once in a while. <br /><br />As for parental pride, it must be a difficult one, I think there are parents who had such set ideas of what they wanted their children to be that they can never accept anything else and so will never feel pride. But then as you suggest pride is a strange thing to feel for someone else anyway, hmm, interesting one...Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-18578391086306199572009-11-24T19:33:04.397+01:002009-11-24T19:33:04.397+01:00Well, we're pleased to visit and honoured when...Well, we're pleased to visit and honoured when you visit us. But at the heart of what you say is that very private matter: your own assessment of your own worth. It's something that even the most bombastic of us doesn't normally attempt to explore in public. But it's there and without it we are a cipher. By worth I don't mean gifts to charity, kindness to horses, politeness and the rest of it but the comparatively limited definition of worth as exemplified by our blog. It's your personal answer, to yourself alone, to the question: Do you do a good blog? Even the admission that such an answer exists is enough to cause hair to stand up, etc. And one reason is that doing a good blog over a year or two is a much bigger matter than pictures in focus and felicitous prose. It is the building up in public of part of what we are. Often quite a large part.<br /><br />As a result compliments, totally sincere and well expressed, can be hard to take. Indirectly they are comments about you and they're based on lots of evidence you've left behind. Detach yourself from the immediacy of these judgements, or gather them as a generality, and you may if you're objective enough (and many people aren't) look very coolly at how a reasonably large slice of people regards you. Cumulatively it's as persuasive an assessment as you are likely to get away from a psychiatrist's couch or the connubial bed.<br /><br />Compliments vary. Some show the complimenter has misunderstood you; others press your own personal button. But the blogger who gets plenty of responses is in a position to aggregate. I could go on and on, but I can't bring this to an end. Perhaps you can.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-13245185586398467342009-11-24T19:03:54.095+01:002009-11-24T19:03:54.095+01:00Thank YOU for the rubies and the lovely words, Luc...Thank YOU for the rubies and the lovely words, Lucy, I feel the same in every way!marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-2110743348880359822009-11-24T18:23:20.809+01:002009-11-24T18:23:20.809+01:00Your luscious shades of red and green seem to quie...Your luscious shades of red and green seem to quietly usher in the coming season. There is just something about a peony bud.<br /><br />I love the community of bloggers and readers- the tentative nature of the first posts and the richness of the accumulation of years. And, I do love to read back through the archives- to see what I have missed. But, the spammers should get real jobs and do some good for someone else.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044667449525289901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-4686970581535598302009-11-24T17:44:46.097+01:002009-11-24T17:44:46.097+01:00A good crop of crops, I would say.A good crop of crops, I would say.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.com