tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post7013412942832482085..comments2024-03-28T23:08:18.504+00:00Comments on You are witty and pretty! : Already In the Christmas Spirit?Brittahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-6452788807550657462014-12-19T16:52:59.051+00:002014-12-19T16:52:59.051+00:00Dear Susan, thank you so much! I am a bit behind w...Dear Susan, thank you so much! I am a bit behind with all the blogs, mine too - too much to do at the moment, a lot of visitors, learning Italian - all that takes time, but soon I'll be back in blogland and will visit you all. <br />I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas! Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-5689327811627183192014-12-18T22:23:19.817+00:002014-12-18T22:23:19.817+00:00Britta... The card is the perfect Christmas greeti...Britta... The card is the perfect Christmas greeting ... Especially since it is your own original! Not much shopping to do ... Definitely want to avoid the hustle and bustle! A bit of this and that as far as decorating... Depending on the warm glow of Christmas to come from within! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Susan ~ Southern Fascinationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00142703709659442785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-7615273772114577202014-12-13T20:30:51.797+00:002014-12-13T20:30:51.797+00:00Wow - that's great, Mise! Maybe in a case I ha...Wow - that's great, Mise! Maybe in a case I have in mind (but it is nor ready yet - some dreams need time) we might work together. If you want to see what I translated, you are kindly invited to have a look at brigittahuegel.deBrittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-81674207432827364172014-12-13T20:10:08.586+00:002014-12-13T20:10:08.586+00:00I sometimes translate too, Britta, for governments...I sometimes translate too, Britta, for governments and international bodies. Alas, I speak no German, only English and Irish. Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-55719125262414278362014-12-05T18:56:52.504+00:002014-12-05T18:56:52.504+00:00Self-forgetting is the gift of the Light.Self-forgetting is the gift of the Light.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-81578989638958794972014-12-05T09:20:46.736+00:002014-12-05T09:20:46.736+00:00Thank you, Geo.! Crisp I like too, but Käthe gives...Thank you, Geo.! Crisp I like too, but Käthe gives a bit too much of overpowering Christmas..-stuff --- some single items are very nice, but in that flood I cannot even try a tunnel-type vision... Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-63043596192722804862014-12-05T08:59:14.024+00:002014-12-05T08:59:14.024+00:00I love your card! The photos are intriguing --dram...I love your card! The photos are intriguing --dramatic even, especially Käthe Wohlfahrt. It has a crisp feeling to it that I always associate with the season.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-50431605171009279062014-12-05T07:15:11.023+00:002014-12-05T07:15:11.023+00:00It is the sense that they want to manipulate us vi...It is the sense that they want to manipulate us via our feelings which makes me stubborn. The idea of Christmas - or: the 25th as the Day of Light - is beautiful. The hype makes me nervous, the expectations to perfection. <br />Thank you that you love my card - for me drawing is a super form of meditation - I really forget about (sweet little) Me. And look with attention at the things I draw. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-63695530438534957332014-12-04T21:08:06.748+00:002014-12-04T21:08:06.748+00:00I completely understand you! Britta, lately when I...I completely understand you! Britta, lately when I walk into certain stores, I feel something approaching vertigo. It's too much. Too overwhelming. Too visually noisy. Ugh, it makes me ill.<br /><br />BUT.<br /><br />I am absolutely in love with your Christmas card. So elegantly charming! That, and I can get on board with. *jingle bells, jingle bells ...*Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-31558827041073979832014-12-04T19:52:26.073+00:002014-12-04T19:52:26.073+00:00I can imagine, Emma, that it is not easy to get in...I can imagine, Emma, that it is not easy to get into a festive mood when most of the dearest are far away, though music and films create spirit and atmosphere. (I always read Charlotte MacLeod's "Rest You Merry" with Professor Shandy on my own; and for all "St. Nikolaus in Not" by Timmermann - and it is a family joke that at another story husband always (!) falls deeply asleep, while I read lively and sonorously). <br />To prepare gifts is thinking of one's dear, by imagining what might delight them we are connected. <br />To have the presents already collected and sent, is what I call very well organized! <br />To write a post about Egon Eiermann is a good idea, thank you - I might (in the new year, I think). Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-7909231315910394322014-12-04T19:41:04.669+00:002014-12-04T19:41:04.669+00:00Thank you, Mise, that you like (to quote Miss Mapp...Thank you, Mise, that you like (to quote Miss Mapp) "My little daubs". :-) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-70129894045460193932014-12-04T19:39:36.657+00:002014-12-04T19:39:36.657+00:00Thank you, Sue - I like to draw, one of the few th...Thank you, Sue - I like to draw, one of the few things that make me absolutely forget everything. even the outcome. And as you say: the shops are maddening - though I think the festive lights in the streets are very beautiful. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-34267616932048179422014-12-04T19:34:40.809+00:002014-12-04T19:34:40.809+00:00Already, Joanne? But as I saw in your header, you ...Already, Joanne? But as I saw in your header, you have snow for a much longer time - is that the reason? Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-59937054075172212092014-12-03T20:28:25.134+00:002014-12-03T20:28:25.134+00:00I find it hard to enjoy Christmas with almost all ...I find it hard to enjoy Christmas with almost all of my family so far away but I do still have a good time. There are the gifts I sent to them ( I am ahead of the game there) and the ones I have ready for my son and his dog. I have all my Christmas movies queued up and I have been watching them since Thanksgiving. And there is my Christmas music. So I am in the mood. I would love to know more about the towers of Egon Eiermann. Maybe a future post from you? In the meantime I'll search for it on the internet.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-29743921965789089282014-12-03T19:08:51.716+00:002014-12-03T19:08:51.716+00:00Such a simple and charming card, just what I like,...Such a simple and charming card, just what I like, and all the more admirable for being created by yourself. Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-79079839467469761702014-12-03T17:53:53.473+00:002014-12-03T17:53:53.473+00:00I love your card, and had a good chuckle at #2: &q...I love your card, and had a good chuckle at #2: "(Never two: you might find it hard to use the plural)." Isn't that the truth! As for the holiday season, yes, too soon, and already too much. I try my best to stay out of the shops this time of year--all of them, so I don't have to hear the Chipmunks sing about Christmas one.more.time.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-62272597246195415122014-12-03T14:10:06.003+00:002014-12-03T14:10:06.003+00:00Supersaturated comes to mind.Supersaturated comes to mind.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.com