tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post6698155085280989018..comments2024-03-28T23:08:18.504+00:00Comments on You are witty and pretty! : You See What You Expect - But Sometimes Glorious Life Adorns It. Brittahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-20048910630986621802013-11-24T05:46:46.908+00:002013-11-24T05:46:46.908+00:00Dear Janet,
in your wonderful garden that is so h...Dear Janet, <br />in your wonderful garden that is so huge I think the same will happen every day: you often show us discoveries - a plant you didn't see before, a bird or insect we want to know the name of. Always enticing! Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-49480517946072956092013-11-24T01:56:10.926+00:002013-11-24T01:56:10.926+00:00Nice to know there are new discoveries to be found...Nice to know there are new discoveries to be found, even in our most visited spots. Lovely.Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-49672400020482246532013-11-13T06:38:58.674+00:002013-11-13T06:38:58.674+00:00Dear Paul,
thank you! I will try to find out if i...Dear Paul, <br />thank you! I will try to find out if it is done more often (and, always being curious about people: who does it). . Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-65116006240040745112013-11-13T06:35:34.080+00:002013-11-13T06:35:34.080+00:00Dear Susan,
interest in history is quite intense ...Dear Susan, <br />interest in history is quite intense in Germany, though in the case of Queen Luise's worshippers I guess that they might be from the wide range of "fans" (one of the topics that husband, as professor of popular culture, researches). I think she might be an idol for (some) bourgeois citizens, more sophisticated than cheering Madonna :-) <br /> Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-63911439167566973992013-11-13T04:29:49.591+00:002013-11-13T04:29:49.591+00:00What a beautiful discovery Britta. The adornment o...What a beautiful discovery Britta. The adornment of Queen Luise is so elegantly and delicately arranged, it makes the most beautiful photograph.Mr Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08570356924117694493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-80948938922735805962013-11-12T20:44:57.521+00:002013-11-12T20:44:57.521+00:00The bronze statue decorated with flowers creates a...The bronze statue decorated with flowers creates a striking image, but what strikes me even more is that someone cared enough about her to put them there. The study of history (at least in the U.S.) is woefully insufficient, so I find it intriguing that people in your country not only know of this queen who lived centuries ago, but still hold her in such high esteem. It's quite remarkable.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-55983964627237463942013-11-12T08:17:55.105+00:002013-11-12T08:17:55.105+00:00Dear Geo.,
thank you - I love especially the firs...Dear Geo., <br />thank you - I love especially the first photo with the opposition of dark bronze which hightens the colour of oh so fresh nature's berries. <br />As to Luise: I don't know very much about her - Napoleon said that she was guilty for the start of the war, „a woman with a pretty face, but little brains" - I only know that she said as a young girl: "Might God prevent me to cherish my brains and neglect my heart", she would prefer to throw "all books into the Havel" than put sense higher than sensibility. Well - being young might be her excuse. <br />Why there are still afficionados of her today: I have difficulties to understand that - Prussia is gone, France is a friend and no longer a foe, and women are very different today (I hope :-) <br />Nothing against vanity, or sensibility - but sense is important too. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-28464129502631812572013-11-12T06:46:48.217+00:002013-11-12T06:46:48.217+00:00Thank you for these excellent photos. The garden b...Thank you for these excellent photos. The garden bust of Queen Luise shows a strong, pretty face and, if I imagine her eyes, there might have been mischief in them. I know there has been a great deal of public enthusiasm in memory of her, but my impression focuses on the ingredients of tragedy. Had she shared her husband's views on pacifism, perhaps her life would have been easier. Despite my ambivalence, I consider her a very remarkable person. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-65327842723756714622013-11-12T06:41:58.489+00:002013-11-12T06:41:58.489+00:00Dear Sue,
they married so early, and then, marrie...Dear Sue, <br />they married so early, and then, married for 17 years, 7 of her 10 children reached the age of grown-ups - but to have so many children was even at those times remarkable. <br />I wondered about the same as your question when I stood in Hampton Court and read about the wives of Henry - the only aim was to bear a heir to the throne. <br />Aren't we lucky today? Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-89332359263879603642013-11-12T01:15:56.921+00:002013-11-12T01:15:56.921+00:00I had no knowledge of Queen Luise, so went to look...I had no knowledge of Queen Luise, so went to look her up. This is what stood out in what I read: she had 9 children and died at age 34. How did she even have time for anything else?Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.com