tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post4560580131852945790..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: ConstructiveLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-71450985842548407652012-03-03T22:19:33.299+01:002012-03-03T22:19:33.299+01:00The very thought of becoming distant from my daugh...The very thought of becoming distant from my daughters makes me feel weak. I'm so glad he's gone to see her. <br /><br />I wonder if Tom would like to come and minister to our slightly slow-draining sink while he's in Britain...Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-64217438844506798652012-03-03T21:51:53.287+01:002012-03-03T21:51:53.287+01:00"Sport worms": really like that!
Helleb..."Sport worms": really like that!<br /><br />Hellebores are lovely. We just had a Snow Day, but today we have sunshine and the windows are cracked open in the bedroom.<br /><br />Have a wonderful time in semi-solitary with Mol. It is good to have a retreat now and then.marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-53620747999453500092012-03-01T22:59:49.214+01:002012-03-01T22:59:49.214+01:00Also want to say how much I enjoyed the Handbook f...Also want to say how much I enjoyed the Handbook for Explorers in its new three dimensional format. It is a beautiful book to pick up and read, in fact I couldn't stop reading it until I got to the end. I think the subtlety of the colour photographs and the way that they interweave with the text is crucial to the success of the project. B & W might work as you implied in earlier post. For me, it is the way the photos work subliminally, now calling you to go into them, now directing you to the poems, all without any overt obviousness. I was really affected by this and also realise that it is a very difficult yet worthwhile thing to realise pictures and words together. I don't think it matters which come first: the words or the pictures. The evocatation of time and place works very well in the current colour photos and full poems, and even though Blurb books are quite expensive, they do represent high quality, as you yourself have said. It is a book which looks, feels and is a real book. Is Blurb a form of publishing, and if so how does it differ from traditional forms? Discuss.Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-77893810201063822062012-03-01T09:42:18.320+01:002012-03-01T09:42:18.320+01:00Lucy, what a very splendid and beautiful post! Lov...Lucy, what a very splendid and beautiful post! Loved seeing Molly, so well and happy. Your news of your garden, makes me slightly green...no not my thumbs!Meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074676856646898900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-27668051591655038122012-02-29T21:46:31.309+01:002012-02-29T21:46:31.309+01:00A very enjoyable post. I can't remember who I ...A very enjoyable post. I can't remember who I am quoting from byt it reminds me of "The universe lies by the garden path..."<br />Your flower pictures are so outstanding they take my breath away. Today I was looking at crosuses in the park and you have caught their yellow centres and luminous pettles so perfectly! Many thanks.<br />Also I have found a great search engine called Ixquick, which works like lightening, and also doesn't store info on its users. https://ixquick.com/do/searchLucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-16910981029375915562012-02-28T05:49:31.298+01:002012-02-28T05:49:31.298+01:00Oh, Lucy! Sigh of content, sigh of content, anothe...Oh, Lucy! Sigh of content, sigh of content, another long sigh of contentment!<br /><br />And I'll have to be content with looking at and thinking of your lovely gardening adventures, it seems, as my time continues to be taken up by other activities. The most gardening I've done this week is cutting some daffodils to bring in and place in a vase.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing all this. It's just lovely.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-16505131640033283692012-02-27T03:06:23.190+01:002012-02-27T03:06:23.190+01:00Lucy, glad to hear you are enjoying and making use...Lucy, glad to hear you are enjoying and making use of your rare solitude. Thisd will be my year for hellebores: your gorgeous photos have convinced me!Bethhttp://www.cassandrapages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-27421495059415507892012-02-26T04:41:19.155+01:002012-02-26T04:41:19.155+01:00I love the look of those worms. After it rains ha...I love the look of those worms. After it rains hard here I like to look out for them so as not to inadvertently step on one - but these are rather nice to look at. Also love the photos of the new flowers.<br /><br />You're making good use of your more solitary time. Your dog is certainly a good companion.<br /><br />About Anna Karenina, I read it when I was a teenager, but at some point I plan to reread it again, because I for sure will appreciate it more.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-52625970673962904882012-02-26T00:51:05.120+01:002012-02-26T00:51:05.120+01:00I love those crocuses. Took me back to my boyhood...I love those crocuses. Took me back to my boyhood in North Dakota where they were always the harbingers of spring.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-53244693358739174672012-02-25T17:39:47.064+01:002012-02-25T17:39:47.064+01:00The sight of that newly turned soil is good for th...The sight of that newly turned soil is good for the soul. I have quite a lot of it now ready for sowing and rarely if ever been so far ahead.<br />Crocuses re not easy to make interesting in a photograph. By looking straight down on them you have succeed where most fail.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-75651678838844860032012-02-25T00:28:12.899+01:002012-02-25T00:28:12.899+01:00even in the loveliest of marriages a little time a...even in the loveliest of marriages a little time away is nice. and i understand the coziness of enjoying your peaceful solitude. mr. monkey went away for a week twice in the last few months and i couldn't forgive him for each time picking a week in which i worked far more than usual, being therefore unable to truly enjoy my solitude.<br /><br />and your spring, oh your spring! after an abnormally mild winter, we have now been pummelled with snow just as march is peeking around the corner. being a good (although very much lapsed) catholic, i feel like it is our penance for a winter spent mostly on the good side of freezing.<br /><br />your photos are beautiful, as always.the polish chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929281676865641560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-65589711166177459242012-02-24T21:55:48.501+01:002012-02-24T21:55:48.501+01:00So, so lovely, every bit of it. I'm on a sojou...So, so lovely, every bit of it. I'm on a sojourn myself, alone too, and the wide open spaces of time can be a little intimidating. So I take heart from this post. And the beautiful photos remind me that spring is not far off in the northlands where I live.<br />- alisonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-86583608893229542422012-02-24T10:05:57.107+01:002012-02-24T10:05:57.107+01:00Rouchswalwe, I have every intention of so do toda...Rouchswalwe, I have every intention of so do today. I'll be thinking of you.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-88807920833260446042012-02-24T09:48:25.317+01:002012-02-24T09:48:25.317+01:00We are parted rarely but when we are the house has...We are parted rarely but when we are the house has a different acoustic, as if it had lost its ability to resonate. Very occasionally, and not for half a decade now, I have watched a movie (typically American B-feature gangsters) which I know she would have hated. I also go to bed later and sometimes eat inordinate numbers of cream crackers, spread simply with butter. The dullest foodstuff known to mankind. <br /><br />The longest absence occurs in December when she and Occasional Speeder visit a Christmas market, usually in Germany. Often she urges me to come with her saying I would enjoy it. I'm sure I would but I don't for two reasons: the minute-to-minue responsibilities would become mine and she would be denied the slightly breathless account of small problems solved that she clearly relishes once it's all over. You'll have that pleasure to look forward to, despite any texting and/or phoning, as Tom recalls more obscure, minor matters which didn't seem worth mentioning at the time.<br /><br />Re. Anna K. By now you must be in a very happy position. A long period of postponement followed by a delightfully "virtuous" discovery that this is easily the most accessible of all the Russian door-stoppers. Also, that had the novel been titled accurately it would not have been called Anna, Vronsky and Levln but Levin, Anna and Vronsky. For Levin is surely one of the most rounded characters in literature and is there to provide the believable counterbalance against the lovers. <br /><br />Is there a chunk missing from your post? Ah, no, an asterisk link many metres away from its original appearance. Mol would have been safe in Levin's hands.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-59975342989519312052012-02-24T02:46:24.512+01:002012-02-24T02:46:24.512+01:00You inspire me. But you knew that.
I do love a ...You inspire me. But you knew that. <br /><br />I do love a few days to dance to my own rhythms, even though I miss D terribly.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-31599818165997158992012-02-24T00:09:57.760+01:002012-02-24T00:09:57.760+01:00That felt like a long letter from a friend, thanky...That felt like a long letter from a friend, thankyou.<br /><br />I to hate the new word veri thingy. It takes ages to work it out( even with my specs on) and then I have to repeat the whole thing!herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-23222075237006089532012-02-24T00:06:22.838+01:002012-02-24T00:06:22.838+01:00I feel hugged after reading this post. Just the ot...I feel hugged after reading this post. Just the other day, I was thinking about how I've lost touch with gardening now that I live in the city. No community garden and the green space around the building is limited. Perhaps I'll grab my little shovel anyway and work some tiger lily bulbs into the edge of the parking lot. The landlord will never know how they got there ...<br /><br />Tom! Please drink an English Ale for me!Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-24842086501075879982012-02-23T23:00:17.427+01:002012-02-23T23:00:17.427+01:00Lovely post and gorgeosu photos - your garden is w...Lovely post and gorgeosu photos - your garden is way ahead of mine. And I envy your many raised vegetable beds. Our yard has too much shade. <br /><br />And the solitude is wonderful, for a while, though I usually miss Him most in the evenings when he's away.<br /><br />That captcha is indeed terrible, I feel like i'm losing my vision.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-58463589810159486622012-02-23T22:45:26.544+01:002012-02-23T22:45:26.544+01:00lovely hellebores. enjoy your solitude!lovely hellebores. enjoy your solitude!Fire Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518190677399410354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-60195552091832377812012-02-23T22:33:21.106+01:002012-02-23T22:33:21.106+01:00Well done! Wonderful! I'll not say more........Well done! Wonderful! I'll not say more......at least not here.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-80763348808414137772012-02-23T21:29:54.960+01:002012-02-23T21:29:54.960+01:00I love this post. Thank you for sharing as you do...I love this post. Thank you for sharing as you do. I am actually holding back a little as I write this.<br /><br />As far as captcha is concerned, I dislike it because sometimes I can't decipher it. Then I feel like I am being accused of being a robot. That offends me. Sometimes I get into a continuous loop and even when I think I get it right captcha says I didn't. Hissssssss.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.com