tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post3106330479972827559..comments2024-03-19T03:21:09.378+00:00Comments on *An English Travel Writer*: Nothing MuchJenny Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-58807374123690590562014-03-17T09:11:52.130+00:002014-03-17T09:11:52.130+00:00It is so nice to have a bit of sunshine in London,...It is so nice to have a bit of sunshine in London, right? And having an uneventful week is just what we need sometimes. That said, your definition of 'uneventful' is quite, well, unusual, with travel plans and a first aid training. Just saying...You never stop!Murielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669453005443249990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-15697809782344516492014-03-16T01:33:03.365+00:002014-03-16T01:33:03.365+00:00Your photos are magnificent. I hope I can do half ...Your photos are magnificent. I hope I can do half as well on my upcoming wilderness trip. Wishing you well in the computer struggles of life.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14692103477055483000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-83827754663556313722014-03-16T00:31:58.334+00:002014-03-16T00:31:58.334+00:00Fabulous pictures, Jenny. It's nice to see che...Fabulous pictures, Jenny. It's nice to see cheery blossom! London really is having some fabulous temperatures. My daughter said it was 20 degrees today there and I've just finished knitting her a hat and scarf set, ready to post down to her! It's bloody freezing today in Scotland!Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447013188405986054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-38754792662295402072014-03-15T23:06:42.962+00:002014-03-15T23:06:42.962+00:00Comments, Mark 3!! Thank you very much for calling...Comments, Mark 3!! Thank you very much for calling by Susan, and I will be returning to your blog. I'm having slight problems with the new computer in following, but I'm starting to wonder if it is to do with the scripts not being fully enabled or something. <br />Sonya, hope you feel better soon. A stiff drink often does the trick. I even felt better after making myself some Grand Marnier pancakes with a bottle I had got in Duty Free years ago. Age only improved it. <br />Jeanie, thank you for your lovely letter which I willl reply to as soon as I get my act together. <br />Mac'n'Janet, I am wondering when your girl will be going to Japan. It does sound like a fantastic opportunity and I am envious of you.<br />Ah, Olympia, now I know your name.... and I know the feeling of not seeing things in your own country. I didn't even get to see the Tower of London till some American friends wanted to see it, and I only went on the London Eye because a Japanese friend was so keen to go. Still at least I have walked up all the steps of Big Ben :) I am so looking forward to revisiting your lovely country.<br />Secret Agent Woman, I do believe the red one is quince but probably a decorative one since I don't remember any fruits in that bit of the park. *scratches head* I am sure someone else commented on it being quince, perhaps that's one of the comments I have just read but not yet enabled.<br />Darla - the first aid course was interesting. I'm hoping to mention it in my next post and then I will be able to answer more fully. <br />Julie, I'm sure you would like Greece, from what I've seen of your blog, and thank you for the good wishes. <br />There will be yet more comments soon. Boy, I wish I could alter the colours of this template, at present my replies to comments are stuck yellow on white, i.e. unreadable. It would be simpler to reply to everyone individually, and nicer too. I'll just see if it is different on this new computer.... Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-46503705404809571822014-03-15T22:51:38.037+00:002014-03-15T22:51:38.037+00:00More comments. I have NOT been at my computer! wow...More comments. I have NOT been at my computer! wow, I'm getting so behind. Helen, your comment got held up because I didn't enable the first one in time, but you'll be glad to know perhaps that they stil play tennis there, although if they want to go to the loo it is a different story. There is however a cafe in the fields although it manages always to be closed whenever I am there!<br />I don't really have a picture of Tobago in my mind, Adullamite. I haven't followed up on the offer of the trip properly, but I will if it is not too late!. Marilyn, I have taken the course and got my certificate, and yes, it does feel like an insurance. I still think I might be absolutely petrified if someone did keel over in front of me!<br />Joanne, TEN inches of snow is the average in March? This sounds cruel!!!! I hope you have a good summer.<br />Hmm, Judith. Death masks. Well, they certainly LOOKED like them - I really wouldn't like to come across them for the first time on a dark night!<br />@Maywyn, I hadn't registered "Something's Gotta Give" but I looked it up and it sounded really good. I have this free movie streaming on Amazon Prime which I somehow found I'd signed up for. This seems like a good one to try. <br />Shelly, yes the pub obviously was founded in 1602 although it will have had a new building since then, since as I recollect it the building was only about 200 years old and in any case, nearly every old house in the centre of London was destroyed in the fire of 1666. <br />JOn, I cannot believe the horrible weather where you are. Sandstorms would so get me down. <br />Marilyn, I do feel lucky, I am so excited about Greece and so thrilled at Spring being here, but I'm hoping that by now Spring has reached your part of the world too!<br />And now I'm going to end this comment too, and I see I have more comments to enable, including one for our Mabel blog. I'm looking forward to reading and replying to them, plus others already printed. <br />Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-21650719144269305942014-03-15T19:31:05.616+00:002014-03-15T19:31:05.616+00:00I always enjoy seeing your posts, and pictures, an...I always enjoy seeing your posts, and pictures, and hearing about all the exciting and fun things you find out and about, when you can!21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-29523086543007713432014-03-15T18:29:41.769+00:002014-03-15T18:29:41.769+00:00Just blogging around and found your blog. What be...Just blogging around and found your blog. What beautiful pictures. If it ever stops snowing here, we might have some beautiful flowers too. Unfortunately we are expecting snow again tomorrow evening. I can't believe it, I think it will never stop.<br />Thank you for letting me visit, your pictures brightened my day. Stop over and visit when you get a chance. Every blog you visit, is like meeting someone new.<br />Susan<br />http://joininandgogreen.blogspot.com<br />http://myfavoritesolarlights.blogspot.comSusan Paytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615849553083446726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-31066938800067646042014-03-15T13:46:03.866+00:002014-03-15T13:46:03.866+00:00Spring flowers are lovely. Especially I like the s...Spring flowers are lovely. Especially I like the shot of Lincoln's Inn Fields!<br />Taking first aid course must be very helpful just in case. My residents' association gives reisidents a course of CPR, the procedure of heart massage or how to use AED (automated external defibrillatorin) in the case of cardiac arrest. I attended once. Once is not enough for me but anyway I knew what it was like.cosmoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18411297580664818094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-45276890282640065042014-03-15T03:33:39.098+00:002014-03-15T03:33:39.098+00:00Great pics from your trip. The flowers and buds on...Great pics from your trip. The flowers and buds on tree trunk amazes me.<br />Have a good trip in Greece.Indranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097788106899971708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-72095787154411185462014-03-14T13:07:24.753+00:002014-03-14T13:07:24.753+00:00I hope the third time proves to be a very profitab...I hope the third time proves to be a very profitable charm for your book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-21708449428686367372014-03-13T23:35:45.297+00:002014-03-13T23:35:45.297+00:00Further confirmation that nothing beats spring in ...Further confirmation that nothing beats spring in England. I'm going to have to revisit your country in spring, one day, one day ...Ruroushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10638258526527895171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-13845788861134577542014-03-13T22:18:47.153+00:002014-03-13T22:18:47.153+00:00Beautiful flowers - I love violets in the garden, ...Beautiful flowers - I love violets in the garden, they're sturdy little fellows who smother the weeds :D)<br />Enjoy the babies and your trip to Greece :D)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849036690807834080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-15950890938732659862014-03-13T21:20:01.762+00:002014-03-13T21:20:01.762+00:00I'm really enjoying spring this year. Maybe be...I'm really enjoying spring this year. Maybe because we never ha d aproper winter in London or maybe because of the beauty spring brings with it. I'm relaly loving the blossoms. Beautiful pictures you have. Many thanks.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-20399463817722436192014-03-13T14:51:28.139+00:002014-03-13T14:51:28.139+00:00As long as seen from this post,there’s a lot of in...As long as seen from this post,there’s a lot of interesting, exciting, and important things going on and I don’t understand why you call your week uneventful, Jenny. I love the red quince, maybe a little bit different from Japanese quince. Enjoy your springtime.<br /><br />Yoko<br />stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-10545239152948286112014-03-13T14:14:34.985+00:002014-03-13T14:14:34.985+00:00Lucky to have those islands of green in the city.
...Lucky to have those islands of green in the city.<br /><br />I wonder what the history of the Seven Stars is?<br />gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-3644486211321402362014-03-13T10:04:37.368+00:002014-03-13T10:04:37.368+00:00Thank you so much for all the comments. The photo...Thank you so much for all the comments. The photo you remember, Meike, is one of my favourites too. Nick, I don't think the lawyers care if their wigs are unflattering, I think they just want to look special and a bit disturbing! and they are so traditional. I wonder if lawyers in other countries are also traditional. We went to the templar church in the Inns of court which they've been faithfully keeping up since about 1600 even though it's nothing to do with them!<br />Thank you, Lee. And yes, I know what you mean about uneventful being good. I appreciate it myself. Sara, you have such lovely flowers in CA in the spring, maybe the lawns aren't exactly the same but I was blown away once by sheets of nasturtiums once in Southern CA which I never knew grew wild. Silly me! it's just that they don't grow wild here. Stephen, Jocelyn and all those still in the grip of winter, your time will come - this year has been a really warm winter for us unlike last year when it seemed it would never end. <br />More comments soon..... Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-78119175726634988422014-03-13T08:35:00.919+00:002014-03-13T08:35:00.919+00:00Beautiful spring pictues!
I am glad you will be a...Beautiful spring pictues!<br /><br />I am glad you will be able to go back to Greece. How much you love Greece is obvious from the posts you wrote about places and people there. I very well remember the one about the group of villagers taking care of their small church, and sharing their food with you.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-87337058128365976392014-03-13T01:36:24.375+00:002014-03-13T01:36:24.375+00:00You have SPRING and i am still waiting! That is e...You have SPRING and i am still waiting! That is enough to keep you away from the blog! Enjoy!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04414561988993487725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-41391022190169708872014-03-13T01:09:26.383+00:002014-03-13T01:09:26.383+00:00I miss that time of year when winter finally gives...I miss that time of year when winter finally gives up and spring breaks out all over...all at once. Here in Florida, stuff is blooming year round so that big change in the season just never happens.<br /><br />Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-53230244263439834042014-03-12T22:31:33.774+00:002014-03-12T22:31:33.774+00:00I always liked Lincoln's Inn Fields, a lovely ...I always liked Lincoln's Inn Fields, a lovely spot.<br /><br />The legal wigs are extremely unflattering. I think there have been several attempts to abolish wigs altogether as being totally irrelevant to the legal process, but tradition always wins out.<br /><br />Good for you going on the first aid course. I bet the knowledge will come in useful one day. I think basic first aid should be taught in schools, it's something we all should know.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-14504916096005668192014-03-12T20:33:01.620+00:002014-03-12T20:33:01.620+00:00Beautiful, colourful blooms. Spring is definitely...Beautiful, colourful blooms. Spring is definitely in the air up your way.<br /><br />You may have had a reasonable uneventful past week (I love uneventful these days), but it sounds like that will change soon. I'll enjoy reading about your trips when the time comes.<br /><br />Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-59241770490033626702014-03-12T19:48:11.383+00:002014-03-12T19:48:11.383+00:00That lawn full of flowers coming up is so pretty. ...That lawn full of flowers coming up is so pretty. You don't see things like that here in Southern California. We have lawns and we have flowers, but the two are not usually taking up the same bit of land. The photo brings to mind many novels I have read about crocuses and daffodils coming up when Spring arrives. Your life seems quite interesting, with all your travel connections. Sara at Come Away With Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677354270954094291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-54566495276702810222014-03-12T19:47:32.196+00:002014-03-12T19:47:32.196+00:00Your flower pics make me ache for spring here in P...Your flower pics make me ache for spring here in Portland, where nothing has bloomed yet.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-24313511790922305462014-03-12T19:20:22.075+00:002014-03-12T19:20:22.075+00:00It sounds like you've continued to be so busy....It sounds like you've continued to be so busy. Taking that class will give you peace of mind, and i also hope you never need it.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-61233632957687148972014-03-12T18:52:45.020+00:002014-03-12T18:52:45.020+00:00So glad you will soon be in Greece and proper suns...So glad you will soon be in Greece and proper sunshine!<br />The flowers and blossoms look great. Lincolns Inn always looked strange to me, maybe it was all the lawyers? That however is a great shot.<br />Tunisia would be interesting just now but I don't think there is much but sunshine and bars in Tobago.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.com