tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post7525812011661959979..comments2024-03-28T05:16:26.153+00:00Comments on You are witty and pretty! : “I have patience in all things – as far as the antechamber.” Gustave Flaubert Brittahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-40504067187716339772015-01-27T04:25:08.413+00:002015-01-27T04:25:08.413+00:00Dear Elaine, yes - hibernating - and planning. Whe...Dear Elaine, yes - hibernating - and planning. When I had the big garden, I always grew restless in very early March - like the blackbird I rummaged around old leaves, raking them away -- usually a bit to early, because then a last frost followed -- but otherwise: no way to come out on top of the ground elder... Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-1168192987351427662015-01-26T20:50:58.316+00:002015-01-26T20:50:58.316+00:00We gardeners tend to hibernate in winter - a littl...We gardeners tend to hibernate in winter - a little like the plants in the garden - in just a few weeks time the soil will get warmer and become alive once more then we too will wake up and continue where we left off in October. I am ready and waiting.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-88712435940464726992015-01-21T13:01:43.949+00:002015-01-21T13:01:43.949+00:00Dear JJ, I am one who easily adjusts (after a shor...Dear JJ, I am one who easily adjusts (after a short time of protest :-) <br />At the moment I am on the look-out for the tops (or tips?) of the crocuses that are already to be seen, and the (already! though still tiny) swelling buds of lilac.Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-33363404894716532212015-01-21T12:58:06.768+00:002015-01-21T12:58:06.768+00:00Dear Pondside, thank you! What a wonderful synchro...Dear Pondside, thank you! What a wonderful synchronicity (if that's the word I mean) of events. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-13716079367449009192015-01-20T16:36:13.139+00:002015-01-20T16:36:13.139+00:00When I lived in New Hampshire, winter was always u...When I lived in New Hampshire, winter was always upon us. January was bleak, indeed. Now in Florida, January is mild and bright. But the truth is that we are blessed with the seasons we are given and they are only bleak if we view them in that manner. Happy weather to you.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14692103477055483000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-45911888520541977022015-01-20T14:11:10.579+00:002015-01-20T14:11:10.579+00:00I liked your comment on my post - the comparison t...I liked your comment on my post - the comparison to a bulb and it's growth out of sight. I'd forgotten that.<br />Yes, that Cohen 'concert' is a wonderful memory - it was the week I met The Great Dane and our first real 'date'.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-46058696942383872872015-01-20T13:45:21.792+00:002015-01-20T13:45:21.792+00:00Wow, Pondside, such an exclusive concert you had -...Wow, Pondside, such an exclusive concert you had - a small audience, a young Leonhard, that is something you'll never forget! (Though I love the old Leonard too, he is aging very well, I think). And some song lines are real poetry. <br />As to slowing down to the point of inertia: I know that too - and then appease myself by thinking that all one's talents are dormant, the batteries need to be recharged - and that is a good thing too (that's why I can't imagine to live in a land with all-year sun). Winter-Blah boosts energy - though I admit that all the knowledge doesn't make it easier to endure 'the plateau'... Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-20252919943639886062015-01-20T03:54:55.364+00:002015-01-20T03:54:55.364+00:00I sat within a few feet of Leonard Cohen in 1970 w...I sat within a few feet of Leonard Cohen in 1970 when he sang and played his guitar in a classroom space at Queen's University in Kingston. It was a wonderful evening - a man, a guitar and a very small audience. There are lines from songs that will always evoke a particular time of life, a particular state of mind, and Leonard Cohen has written many for me.<br />January has had the opposite effect on me. I am feeling as though I have slowed down to the point of inertia. Time to move forward a little and really feel the day.<br />Loved this, though.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-47516924209226309782015-01-19T09:10:21.403+00:002015-01-19T09:10:21.403+00:00You are a very close reader, Geo., and I always de...You are a very close reader, Geo., and I always delight in your comments. Yes, Leonard Cohen - I sometimes think his beautiful songs are making me immobile when I listen too much, one can lie on a couch and peter out (?) all day in a melancholic-melting way - but there are lines like the one above that are pure (visible) beauty. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-71894292638898005282015-01-19T09:05:57.728+00:002015-01-19T09:05:57.728+00:00Thank you, Sue: we used the word "plateau&quo...Thank you, Sue: we used the word "plateau" especially when we raised our child: there are some times when you think: why doesn't it go quicker - but suddenly there is a jump in development (though I am a person who loses patience just one day before the awaited result comes - I learned that now and hinder myself to write the letter of complaint etc - next day the ordered parcel will be there :-) <br />So you do have a fireplace? I lit some candles instead... Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-46816061748849070322015-01-19T09:02:00.137+00:002015-01-19T09:02:00.137+00:00I liked the winter-photos on your blog very much. ...I liked the winter-photos on your blog very much. Yes - patience is what a gardener needs, though one can train it (I'm not what you would call a 'patient' woman). Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-81083901744572623282015-01-19T03:22:06.575+00:002015-01-19T03:22:06.575+00:00I remember sitting in a high school auditorium in ...I remember sitting in a high school auditorium in 1968. Judy Collins was on stage singing Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne". Thank you for reminding me of that lovely evening and a song that has never left me.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-7520013480824625992015-01-18T19:07:55.117+00:002015-01-18T19:07:55.117+00:00"Plateau" is such a good word for this t..."Plateau" is such a good word for this time of year (unless, of course, you're in Australia or some such where it's summertime). Whether city or countryside, the gray cold isn't pleasant (does anyone like this sort of weather, anywhere), though we can still have the lovely indoor things you mention, cup of tea, a good book, some lovely music, a fire. Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-5090619694294152002015-01-18T18:17:01.927+00:002015-01-18T18:17:01.927+00:00I try to make the best of it but I'm not a fan...I try to make the best of it but I'm not a fan of the cold, dark weeks. The fact that I lack the patience to be a good gardener doesn't help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-31089982786676296092015-01-18T15:51:23.278+00:002015-01-18T15:51:23.278+00:00Yes, Tom - that term makes sense! By the way: yest...Yes, Tom - that term makes sense! By the way: yesterday I got the DVD "Wind in the Willows" that you wrote about: I'm quite excited to see it! Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-27162591268952157352015-01-18T15:47:40.618+00:002015-01-18T15:47:40.618+00:00I enjoy a morning sunrise especially, Joanne. If i...I enjoy a morning sunrise especially, Joanne. If in early winter the sky becomes soft-pink in the evening, a northern German saying is: "The angels bake bread" (for Christmas). As a child I believed that. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-67362062770802531082015-01-18T15:45:25.332+00:002015-01-18T15:45:25.332+00:00As I have birthday at the very end of December, I ...As I have birthday at the very end of December, I love winter too - but more the cold variety that we often have in Berlin. At the moment it is something "in-between" - though a walk through the Tiergarten shows that virburnum has already opened up its lovely scented flowers. I'm with you that every season has its merits - and I would not want to miss any. XXX Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-11211391390118742642015-01-18T14:04:09.816+00:002015-01-18T14:04:09.816+00:00I don't mind January Britta and, as I have a F...I don't mind January Britta and, as I have a February birthday, maybe that's why I quite like the winter. I always think that every season has it's merits and something to offer. Spring is just around the corner !!! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-5857206150137938902015-01-18T13:59:09.719+00:002015-01-18T13:59:09.719+00:00A pink sky for Birgitta; nice to find on a cold da...A pink sky for Birgitta; nice to find on a cold day.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-82899562427456973242015-01-18T11:38:49.585+00:002015-01-18T11:38:49.585+00:00Oh yes, January.Oh yes, January.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com