tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post7923024606364541395..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-21349910243465274412009-11-07T00:52:43.550+01:002009-11-07T00:52:43.550+01:00This photo is meravigliosa!This photo is meravigliosa!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-6645235332362273612009-11-05T15:43:44.309+01:002009-11-05T15:43:44.309+01:00I love the front-on picture of the boat. (I'm ...I love the front-on picture of the boat. (I'm sure there's an appropriate nautical term, but I don't know it!)Ronnicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242687458315186709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-31437744847491405652009-11-04T23:25:45.946+01:002009-11-04T23:25:45.946+01:00The noble snail, beautifully caught. There's a...The noble snail, beautifully caught. There's a favourite Irish proverb that states that 'time and patience would bring the snail to Jerusalem.'<br /><br />I love the Marigold font. I've just added it to my vastly inflated Mac font stock. Thanks for the lead.Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-47821487480467338382009-11-04T16:53:53.379+01:002009-11-04T16:53:53.379+01:00Wow, I wouldn't have cared to read more than 5...Wow, I wouldn't have cared to read more than 500 words of that, though it is elegant beyond words. Good for a tombstone.<br /><br />M-L said my compliments were "rare". I apologised for my unwitting curmudgeonliness (a word I'd had waiting in the wings for just such an opportunity) and she softened the blow in her reply. I'm sorry my praise taxes your decoding strengths but at least you can be reasonably sure (say 93% anyway) that the outcome will not be painful. Here's something unequivocal: I envy you those winter drives into deserted, wild and wasteful Brittany. I look forward to photos of the world's cruellest coastline.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-1395862593911368812009-11-04T16:18:13.355+01:002009-11-04T16:18:13.355+01:00Thanks chaps.
Annie - very sadly, we got to Dinan...Thanks chaps.<br /><br />Annie - very sadly, we got to Dinan to find the Indian restaurant had closed down! We had something else instead, about which perhaps more later.<br /><br />Thanks, ML, for indulging me!<br /><br />Z - they do, I have no need of an alarm clock. She gets restless when she doesn't get enough walks though.<br /><br />RW - awww!<br /><br />Lee - oh you could squash this one between finger and thumb. But one this small cannot be harmful, I'll leave it for the thrushes.<br /><br />BB - it was in fact a large tract from his book, I believe, but he obviously has it at his fingertips! I do like it that one can often get in touch with complete strangers quite easily in these webby times. Internet presence has it's ups as well as downs. I hadn't heard of Marigold either, the font box told me that was what it was. It doesn't seem to be available on the usual word processing programmes, but you can see a sample of it <a href="http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/detail.htm?pid=203054&cur=NZD" rel="nofollow">here</a>; it's a pretty italic calligraphic little thing. Browsing the world of on-line downloadable fonts, as you have led me to do, opens up a whole realm of interesting possibilities. Though they are often quite expensive... Even fancier than Marigold is Marigold Wild, which you can download for free <a href="http://www.fonts4free.net/marigold-wild-font.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />Did ML really imply you were stingy with compliments on the pictorial? I expect she was just teasing you. I have never found you stingy with compliments at all, one just has to unravel them a bit sometimes...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-68006203250028946202009-11-04T11:55:52.224+01:002009-11-04T11:55:52.224+01:00A nice little parable to be turned on those who sa...A nice little parable to be turned on those who say that they are <em>literary</em> people who hate technological mediation, who insist that worthwhile info comes only from books, that computers are in some way vulgar, etc, etc. Never heard of Marigold typeface; seems as if my professional existence has been totally in vain.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-14097958575495255792009-11-04T10:25:44.170+01:002009-11-04T10:25:44.170+01:00I knock on their front doors sometimes but they ne...I knock on their front doors sometimes but they never answer. Perhaps I shouldn't use a brick.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-78470948938512973902009-11-04T07:23:11.985+01:002009-11-04T07:23:11.985+01:00Tiny snail snuggling 'gainst the sun's war...Tiny snail snuggling 'gainst the sun's warmth.Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-26328788138098997112009-11-04T01:52:58.031+01:002009-11-04T01:52:58.031+01:00Dogs are for getting up early.Dogs are for getting up early.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-34561730390715778452009-11-04T00:10:45.107+01:002009-11-04T00:10:45.107+01:00Love the snail, like a jewel! Do keep indulging yo...Love the snail, like a jewel! Do keep indulging your passions, Lucy - I love reading about them!marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-28139753336786903652009-11-03T23:53:18.769+01:002009-11-03T23:53:18.769+01:00a holiday away and curry both sound fantastic. I t...a holiday away and curry both sound fantastic. I think I'll indulge in at least one of them this week.anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08324828987699178581noreply@blogger.com