tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post115289601837634423..comments2024-03-21T23:14:27.787+00:00Comments on Middle of Nowhere: Where the barley meets the riverGretelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1154127435201415692006-07-28T23:57:00.000+01:002006-07-28T23:57:00.000+01:00Breathtaking!Breathtaking!Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12032001920106167026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1153299975231899292006-07-19T10:06:00.000+01:002006-07-19T10:06:00.000+01:00What everyone else said about the butterflies and ...What everyone else said about the butterflies and summer.<BR/><BR/>I like the idea of 'peasant gleanings'. I'm always faintly worried about picking up bits and pieces from the great outdoors, even though I'm really careful about not damaging plants etc.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06210578965701802632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1153233481440368462006-07-18T15:38:00.000+01:002006-07-18T15:38:00.000+01:00Summer in the English countyside is a lot sweeter ...Summer in the English countyside is a lot sweeter than humid Montreal - your description of it was very evocative and made me yearn for those kinds of days :)Susan Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307872890612717866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1153220648270308212006-07-18T12:04:00.000+01:002006-07-18T12:04:00.000+01:00What a lovely spot by the river and what bounty in...What a lovely spot by the river and what bounty in your wicker basket. Your words are so beautiful.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358447263600244040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1153171710509786862006-07-17T22:28:00.000+01:002006-07-17T22:28:00.000+01:00Your pictures of the English countryside are alway...Your pictures of the English countryside are always so beautiful Gretel. You capture it just right :-)<BR/>I do adore summer but yes, I too prefer spring and love autumn. Spring is new, fresh and autumn is softer somehow with those beautiful golden colours.<BR/><BR/>Did you check out Wee Wonderfuls? I have always thought her WW bunny to be like your Numpty.The fabric of my lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129947664145537258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1153127798028458782006-07-17T10:16:00.000+01:002006-07-17T10:16:00.000+01:00The butterfly tale is so sad because it could easi...The butterfly tale is so sad because it could easily become true. <BR/><BR/>Your photos and prose are an inspiration, even though you claim not to be too keen on summer. Love the name 'Evenlode'; it sounds like a name from Tolkien.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1153083248111472602006-07-16T21:54:00.000+01:002006-07-16T21:54:00.000+01:00what a sad (but lyrical) imagining about butterfli...what a sad (but lyrical) imagining about butterflies!<BR/><BR/>And you've put your finger on just how :I feel about spring and autumn too.<BR/><BR/>Gorgeous pictures.lettucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872380339261609060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1153021240077987022006-07-16T04:40:00.000+01:002006-07-16T04:40:00.000+01:00Funny, I was just thinking about butterflies today...Funny, I was just thinking about butterflies today. I was lying on my back on the deck and staring at the blue, blue sky when a yellow and black butterfly fluttered over and was gone. Had I closed my eyes for a second I would have missed it. Then I began to wonder how many are really left and how soon they'd all be gone. Along with the frogs....along with us....<BR/>hmm...<BR/>"Mother, tell me about humans"<BR/>"Oh humans..." and the mother cockroach smiled, remembering that once, she too believed in humans, and her mother had told her the same legend..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1152992107035590382006-07-15T20:35:00.000+01:002006-07-15T20:35:00.000+01:00I like the photograph with the leaf surround and s...I like the photograph with the leaf surround and shadow on the ground as a sillouette border. P.natural attrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932782598258944332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1152985452813687932006-07-15T18:44:00.000+01:002006-07-15T18:44:00.000+01:00Ah little sad butterfly tale. I harvested the lav...Ah little sad butterfly tale. I harvested the lavender today and counted 14 different types of butterfly! I do agree with you about autumn and spring.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193935968877679533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1152951908319542432006-07-15T09:25:00.000+01:002006-07-15T09:25:00.000+01:00Well you've done it again! I'm all calm and chille...Well you've done it again! I'm all calm and chilled now. And with a deadline to meet too!!Niel Bushnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05581401561172547894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1152915499453444162006-07-14T23:18:00.000+01:002006-07-14T23:18:00.000+01:00You said summer lacks soul but then your descripti...You said summer lacks soul but then your description and pictures gave it soul enough for me to want to be back in southern summer farmland/countryside (I'm from Bedfordshire originally). There's a compliment in there somewhere.<BR/><BR/>I like the bit about butterflies, very clever, thought provoking and hopefully never coming to pass. <BR/><BR/>best wisheskenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906021098492209929noreply@blogger.com