tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post8824011498228765439..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Iceland, sunsettingLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-86389973811415404542016-01-31T09:48:22.149+01:002016-01-31T09:48:22.149+01:00Thanks again all.
Laura - that's very touchin...Thanks again all.<br /><br />Laura - that's very touching and honest! Iceland seems to evoke these feelings of longing and indeed of envy, of a good kind I think, more that anywhere, it's surprising how often the word comes up when people speak about it. We only really had a taster, just three whole days, you surely know the place much better. Now we long to go back, though we're torn, since there is Norway and Austria and the mountainous regions of Greece, and the great old European cities all still to be discovered and rediscovered, and only so much time and money to do it with, as well as a parallel longing for another dog in our lives, which would also preclude other ventures... Thanks so much for stopping by and for your kind words, and all the best for 2016.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-75007970619162227772016-01-30T13:52:17.346+01:002016-01-30T13:52:17.346+01:00Finally, I take the time to really immerse myself ...Finally, I take the time to really immerse myself in your Iceland wanderings. I think I was too 'homesick' and envious before. The video with music is wonderful, dear Lucy. As are all of your creations, varied and bountiful as they are.<br />Belated happy new year to you and Tom. I still hope for another visit someday soon or not soon, just someday.<br /><br />xoxo<br />LauraLaura Frankstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528540633399368216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-41638655328619806312016-01-23T00:15:12.470+01:002016-01-23T00:15:12.470+01:00Late with so many things, I've just now read t...Late with so many things, I've just now read this and seen the video. Which I'm so glad to see after reading Tom's post about Iceland and its liminal quality. I'm tempted to say his post is so much clearer now after seeing your images; but in a way not intended to make artificial lines and categories, the images really do shed light on his words. Absolutely beautiful.<br /><br />Belated happy birthday and happy New Year!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-37674629519193698002016-01-13T19:26:14.845+01:002016-01-13T19:26:14.845+01:00like the last sentence ... XXXlike the last sentence ... XXXtristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268216095376583052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-56166741424168656482016-01-10T18:43:59.724+01:002016-01-10T18:43:59.724+01:00Yes, in answer to your question, I haven't men...Yes, in answer to your question, I haven't mentioned to our friend that I knew about the adoption, but I did reveal it to his wife, also our friend. I didn't mean to - I was just so startled, and blurted out that I had known for years. Then I wished I hadn't said!<br /><br />I once had the wife of Charlie of the Proclaimers as a student (in FE). I said, foolishly, that the twins looked extremely like each other. Then she said, "Do you know what a guitar looks like? "(Me: yes.) "Well, the one holding the guitar is Charlie," she said. Simple!Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-33023861464885360662016-01-09T12:16:42.123+01:002016-01-09T12:16:42.123+01:00This is Javier from GeoIceland.
Thank you for the ...This is Javier from GeoIceland.<br />Thank you for the video, I really liked it, and I have posted it on our Facebook.<br />And now, reading your blog, you got me laughing silly with your description of Runi :)<br />I'm glad you enjoyed your time in Iceland.<br /><br />Best regards<br /><br />JavierAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-23340824194106189362016-01-07T20:57:28.896+01:002016-01-07T20:57:28.896+01:00Hila - yes, do go! Thanks for stopping by.
Natali...Hila - yes, do go! Thanks for stopping by.<br /><br />Natalie - His full name was Thorste(i)n, I think; he chatted a bit about it and said 'Thor' was an element in a lot of Icelandic names, and reminded us of the English name 'Thora'. He was very nice and very knowledgeable, though not as colourful as Runi who ran the Northern Lights tours, very shaggy and vikingesque and rather unwashed, sauntering about in just light leggings and lopi pullover in sub-zero night temperatures.<br /><br />Which reminds me I'd better give Thor's tour company a link to the video. If he were Welsh I suppose he'd be called 'Thor the tour'...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-14487550384016634462016-01-07T17:08:05.711+01:002016-01-07T17:08:05.711+01:00Thor is a bus driver!! Only in Iceland can such mi...Thor is a bus driver!! Only in Iceland can such miracles occur.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-16333566782167032012016-01-05T21:21:01.625+01:002016-01-05T21:21:01.625+01:00Have a happy New Year. I love the Iceland posts. M...Have a happy New Year. I love the Iceland posts. My parents went there this past year, but in the summer. It's definitely on my list of places I hope to visit some day.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-12050637929920973912016-01-04T23:17:58.160+01:002016-01-04T23:17:58.160+01:00Thanks all, glad you liked, once again, happy New ...Thanks all, glad you liked, once again, happy New Year.<br /><br />Zhoen, fantastic picture, thanks!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-5202422533149555522016-01-04T22:26:30.602+01:002016-01-04T22:26:30.602+01:00Mustgotheremustgotheremustgothere before I die...
...Mustgotheremustgotheremustgothere before I die...<br /><br />Happy New Year. <br /><br />Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-3452197889407895532016-01-03T23:21:34.017+01:002016-01-03T23:21:34.017+01:00Found this today,
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160...Found this today,<br /><br />http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160103.html<br /><br />Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-64779676078562313782016-01-03T17:43:50.705+01:002016-01-03T17:43:50.705+01:00Lucy, your video and its music are majestic, perfe...Lucy, your video and its music are majestic, perfect as the golden light you captured caressing the sombre, noble, mind-churning landscape. As for you and Tom standing frozen,awestruck, humble and fully aware of everything around and within you, all I can say is...thank you so much.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-78442489478992312932016-01-03T10:19:31.584+01:002016-01-03T10:19:31.584+01:00Thank you for a wonderful post, Lucy. Also for int...Thank you for a wonderful post, Lucy. Also for introducing me to Jón Leifs, who I had not come across. That was a delightful video accompanying the Requiem, which I now know was written for his daughter who died young.<br />You and Tom are a delightful, happy couple and I wish you both continuing happiness.Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-55605620028926973902016-01-03T06:37:07.812+01:002016-01-03T06:37:07.812+01:00Wishing you a happy 2016!
P.S. My eloquent and pr...Wishing you a happy 2016!<br /><br />P.S. My eloquent and prolific friend Nancy Marie Brown, who writes about medieval history, is also an expert on Icelandic horses and wrote a memoir about them: <i>A Good Horse Has No Colour.</i> Worth looking into! We're hoping to go on one of her Icelandic pony tours one of these days...Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-84126526875217318242016-01-03T03:48:20.221+01:002016-01-03T03:48:20.221+01:00a belated happy new year to you both, dear lucy an...a belated happy new year to you both, dear lucy and tom!the polish chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929281676865641560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-44435251832562168312016-01-02T18:28:41.485+01:002016-01-02T18:28:41.485+01:00Happy belated birthday Lucy!
Have just watched and...Happy belated birthday Lucy!<br />Have just watched and listened to your magical film. Thankyou. The Alchemist pricked up his ears and asked about the composer, so we now have the Requiem (via a well known online music store)!<br />Wishing you and Tom a happy and healthy 2016. <br />Susan (HHB)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-632362813109568642016-01-02T17:09:55.860+01:002016-01-02T17:09:55.860+01:00I find I'm listening to music - your music in ...I find I'm listening to music - your music in this case - in a different way. Trying to imagine a hallowed time after the singing lessons have had their effect and I'm there standing up as part of your choir singing to you and anyone else who cares to listen; delighted by Jón Leifs in that the words of his Requiem are on the beat all through and I'm not having to stretch single vowels over whole bar lengths; losing the thread and getting lost in time. That there's the possibility I may utter a sound and it could - if I'm lucky - cause pleasure to someone, abstract unarticulated pleasure a long way from words. It wouldn't matter if I remained unidentified, merely contributed to a choral noise. It won't happen, of course, there isn't enough time left, but I can pretend. And anyway there's personal pleasure in tiny improvements in which definitely bad rises to almost mediocre.<br /><br />Thank Jóhn Leifs for me and thank you for conveying Nordic experience in this self-abnegatory way to your readers and (something different) your hearers.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-36019129273466605862016-01-02T02:25:05.129+01:002016-01-02T02:25:05.129+01:00Lovely gift!
And some wisdom for us: "The d...Lovely gift! <br /><br />And some wisdom for us: "The difference between my own blessed state and that of so much of the world can never be reconciled, I know, I've no new platitudes to shed on the matter." Doesn't that sum up so much?<br /><br />Have a wonderful 2016!marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-21602710291400877412016-01-02T00:07:50.408+01:002016-01-02T00:07:50.408+01:00Magnifique dear Lucy, your work and the Requiem.
M...Magnifique dear Lucy, your work and the Requiem.<br />May the coming Year be good to you and Tom.Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-78355378981968841662016-01-01T02:21:18.820+01:002016-01-01T02:21:18.820+01:00You and Tom are such a lovely couple. I'm glad...You and Tom are such a lovely couple. I'm glad I found you. May 2016 be a great and good time for all of us.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-31934684170379521812016-01-01T01:21:22.916+01:002016-01-01T01:21:22.916+01:00So lovely, thank you. You have shared, eloquently...So lovely, thank you. You have shared, eloquently. <br /><br />Blessings aren't to be compared, only enjoyed with gratitude. Misery is never helped with further misery, only with joy and beauty and blessings. <br /><br />Thank you. Getting to enjoy the purple circle scarf this winter. So good. <br /><br />Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-55408845245123792062015-12-31T22:01:19.002+01:002015-12-31T22:01:19.002+01:00Magical slide show and music - thank you!
Wishing...Magical slide show and music - thank you!<br /><br />Wishing all the very best in the New Year to you and Tom!marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-57325178115505268792015-12-31T21:21:34.224+01:002015-12-31T21:21:34.224+01:00I've been loving Leifs on Radio 3 and your vid...I've been loving Leifs on Radio 3 and your video is perfect - THANK YOU and Happy New Year!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-15777077703536214102015-12-31T20:55:50.307+01:002015-12-31T20:55:50.307+01:00Getting close where you are, sweet Lucy ... so I&#...Getting close where you are, sweet Lucy ... so I'll wish you and Tom a happy <i>Rutsch</i> into the new year for now! ♪ ♫<br /><br />und Prost!<br /><br />Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.com