tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post4764729854270218526..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: PointingLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-56026604851476192002008-08-09T11:35:00.000+02:002008-08-09T11:35:00.000+02:00Souricide is a rare example of French commerce ha...Souricide is a rare example of French commerce having a bit of fun in public. It's run close by an American anti-cockroach device called Roach Motel. Qualified by the slogan: "The critters check in, but they don't check out."Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-25787730561235883112008-08-09T07:25:00.000+02:002008-08-09T07:25:00.000+02:00Isabelle - you can't do accents in comments! Thoug...Isabelle - you can't do accents in comments! Though you can read them with a French accent if you like. The last souris we had was clearly working alone, so I humanely trapped it and walked down to the bottom of the field to let it go. Souricide is what it says on the packets of mouse poison!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-56992275213216748462008-08-08T22:42:00.000+02:002008-08-08T22:42:00.000+02:00Goodness, I am definitely not patient enough to po...Goodness, I am definitely not patient enough to point. I would get grumpy. But good for you! I'm a bit sad for the souris, though. Souricide sounds rather mean... Having said that, I'm not keen on souris a la maison. (Sorry for the lack of accents and possibly tortured French!)Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-45771950261850568462008-08-08T18:47:00.000+02:002008-08-08T18:47:00.000+02:00Thank you.Joe - that sounds interesting, I may loo...Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Joe - that sounds interesting, I may look it up. I've read 'Pere Goriot' and found it quite heavy-going, though the story and its lessons stay with one. This is certainly Chouan country, our local tourist office is also la musee de la Chouannerie! I don't think I knew about them until coming here; they were quite strong in the Mayenne also I understand.<BR/><BR/>Meggie - well it was his hands I was really thnking of...!<BR/><BR/>Bee - it is a work of patience, as they say hereabouts! I suppose one of the drawbacks is the setting up and preparation, which seems to take as long as the amount of time on task...<BR/><BR/>Dave - glad to get approval for blue hydrangeas, about which there is a degree of Anglo horticultural snobbery, but an odd thing happesn when you come here:you grow to like them. Come to that, you like to grow them!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-77085660948945408232008-08-08T12:20:00.000+02:002008-08-08T12:20:00.000+02:00What a fabulous post. I really enjoyed reading it....What a fabulous post. I really enjoyed reading it. And I am full of admiration, both for your bravery in attempting so much and for your knowledge. And the hydrangeas alone were worth the visit. Really excellent throughout!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-5625641018055941502008-08-08T01:09:00.000+02:002008-08-08T01:09:00.000+02:00You are very industrious and clever to attempt suc...You are very industrious and clever to attempt such a thing as pointing! And then to write so beautifully about it, too, both in your poem and this detailed description.<BR/><BR/>Lots of funny bits, too . . . you have so much of that kind of cleverness as well.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-77941770060031819322008-08-08T00:08:00.000+02:002008-08-08T00:08:00.000+02:00Love everything about this post. What wonderful wo...Love everything about this post. What wonderful work you are doing to restore & maintain your cosy home.<BR/>I did giggle aloud about Tom's vital parts.<BR/>What satisfying work it must be.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-53419459779876322582008-08-07T17:54:00.000+02:002008-08-07T17:54:00.000+02:00At the risk of being literary in a context where c...At the risk of being literary in a context where craft, technology and a certain amount of history dominate, I was interested to read of the Chouans connection. I happened recently to come across Balzac's first important novel written in 1830 and called Les Chouans. It is set in 1799 in the last days of the Directorate. It, needless to say,takes place in Brittany and there are plenty of descriptions of the local country and architecture, but none which is not relevant to the plot. What surprised me was that it turned out to be a sort of spy story, with a beautiful, mysterious woman as it central character. Plenty of sex and violence made methink of Ian Flemming rather than the somewhat ponderous Balzac which I had come to be wary of. I should add that until I read this book I knew nothing of the Chouans and little of the period of history in which their rebellion and guerrilla warfare took place. You make pointing sound extremely satisfying.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-21898585196809653132008-08-07T17:07:00.000+02:002008-08-07T17:07:00.000+02:00Thanks all.It really isn't high or scary, but it's...Thanks all.<BR/><BR/>It really isn't high or scary, but it's true you can accustom yourself to heights and precariousness, I was initially far more wobbly up ladders etc. <BR/><BR/>Apprentice - we've got a stone somewhere too, and it's fine for scythes and garden tools, but might not make much difference to the chisels, as they are very hard and heavy, but it may be worth a try!<BR/><BR/>Barrett, I thought this one had a touch of WW. Thank you for your prolixity!<BR/><BR/>JZR - in my spare time I blog and take pictures, this is the kind of thing I'm supposed to do to justify my existence and to avoid paying someone else 1000s of Euros to do! As such my efforts are probably worth more than I get for paid work!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-35961674566398123642008-08-07T16:13:00.000+02:002008-08-07T16:13:00.000+02:00I have taken notes, for when we have to do ours!I have taken notes, for when we have to do ours!herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-69981130144069584062008-08-07T15:56:00.000+02:002008-08-07T15:56:00.000+02:00I love listening to people talk about their skille...I love listening to people talk about their skilled work. Love your mom's tools.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-68217154135424573442008-08-07T14:36:00.000+02:002008-08-07T14:36:00.000+02:00Wow, Lucy, nice work ... it's so interesting to se...Wow, Lucy, nice work ... it's so interesting to see what people do in their spare time!! Have lots of fun on the roof. You won't find me up there!!jzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938966640494785871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-59302413435383518152008-08-07T13:22:00.000+02:002008-08-07T13:22:00.000+02:00Well, here's your lost character - çWelcome to the...Well, here's your lost character - ç<BR/><BR/>Welcome to the world of Works Well! In fact, you've travelled much further since you can also consider yourself someone who bestrides the world of techniques (a sub-clavian branch of technology)and that of the plastic arts. Further still in that you've touched on yet another of my enthusiasms, <EM>l'alpinisme</EM>. And not just any alpinist but a British one with all the requisite modesty and under-statement, apologising so charmingly for the quality of the photograph. You prove an interesting point: having a real job to do quickly dissipates any sense of vertigo. I look forward to your experiences in coming to terms with a MIG welding torch.<BR/><BR/>Not quite as long as your original post but twice as long as any comment I've made in the past.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-5960372671081393242008-08-07T12:14:00.000+02:002008-08-07T12:14:00.000+02:00What a great post Lucy, and what rewarding and sat...What a great post Lucy, and what rewarding and satisfying work to be doing.<BR/><BR/>I love the poem and the photographs too. On sharpening try buying a sharpening stone, I got one for my hoe and other garden tools and it works a treat, and again is a satisfying job -although I've now mislaid the stone somewhere in my jungle!apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784785172285984036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-72650758630521476882008-08-07T08:50:00.000+02:002008-08-07T08:50:00.000+02:00I would be frightened as I don't have any kind of ...I would be frightened as I don't have any kind of head for heights... <BR/><BR/>Nice to know you have the swallows nesting, though I can see why you don't want them around while you're working!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.com