tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post1791902636837315763..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: I'm Still HereGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-5479624476069236122015-01-11T16:34:23.682+00:002015-01-11T16:34:23.682+00:00Lovely presents! and glad you are OK. I haven'...Lovely presents! and glad you are OK. I haven't been much in blogland myself recently, also very busy, but I am trying to keep a foothold! Happy new year.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-55988023295669660742015-01-09T22:41:47.864+00:002015-01-09T22:41:47.864+00:00Red liquid in abundance during the season....hmmmm...Red liquid in abundance during the season....hmmmm..... no wonder you were missing in action there for a while.<br />I'm glad to see you back...I do miss reading your posts.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-87267113181514957162015-01-09T15:52:14.031+00:002015-01-09T15:52:14.031+00:00Yes Meike I have a fondness for port or porto espe...Yes Meike I have a fondness for port or porto especially with cheese. Perhaps your delivery guy has pined away and no one gets his bottles now.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-75666963294044605942015-01-09T15:48:28.479+00:002015-01-09T15:48:28.479+00:00Kay humbugs are a striped boiled sweet made of sug...Kay humbugs are a striped boiled sweet made of sugar and condensed milk (do you call them sweets or sweeties in the US? I get confused because they are called lollies in New Zealand) - in this case mint humbugs. These particular ones are made for and sold by Dobbies which is a Scottish Garden Centre chain. That's why they have flowers on the box. The flowers are Sweet Peas which are beautifully scented. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-89635260013156154002015-01-09T15:41:53.289+00:002015-01-09T15:41:53.289+00:00Thanks DeeDee I had a most enjoyable Christmas.Thanks DeeDee I had a most enjoyable Christmas.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-77753856825713815962015-01-09T15:40:17.086+00:002015-01-09T15:40:17.086+00:00Aw shucks, Frances, you say the nicest things.Aw shucks, Frances, you say the nicest things.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-4192786371298652722015-01-09T15:39:45.108+00:002015-01-09T15:39:45.108+00:00I hope, Adrian, that after last night you still th...I hope, Adrian, that after last night you still think it's nice there.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-32145218758061477552015-01-09T15:38:58.742+00:002015-01-09T15:38:58.742+00:00Thanks Carol. Whilst I have ideas and a camera and...Thanks Carol. Whilst I have ideas and a camera and what passes for a mind I shall be Still Here.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-65053459092785707162015-01-09T15:37:51.965+00:002015-01-09T15:37:51.965+00:00YP New Zealand wine certainly does have its attrac...YP New Zealand wine certainly does have its attractions. That's not quite how I remember it Adrian but then there might be a good reason for my lack of memory. As for the good burghers of Lewis YP they would leave us alone because they wouldn't realise that I also have a good supply of malt whisky (even though I don't drink it) with which to slake their thirst.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-12004254868614255182015-01-09T15:32:48.122+00:002015-01-09T15:32:48.122+00:00Monica anything I'd have let loose in the wind...Monica anything I'd have let loose in the wind yesterday evening would be over on the mainland by now. There was a time when many people rarely left the Island except to go away as youngsters to work and come back to retire. That has all changed.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62433913763193630732015-01-09T15:30:41.128+00:002015-01-09T15:30:41.128+00:00Yes, sans serif, I thought so too. The label certa...Yes, sans serif, I thought so too. The label certainly is different.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-77197859953146645542015-01-09T15:27:51.712+00:002015-01-09T15:27:51.712+00:00Thanks Fi. Just had a night of hurricane force win...Thanks Fi. Just had a night of hurricane force winds. I would love to be in New Zealand just now.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-32036294796461243772015-01-09T06:51:46.352+00:002015-01-09T06:51:46.352+00:00I wasn't worried about you, Graham; I just tho...I wasn't worried about you, Graham; I just thought that you are a) busy with your offline life and b) your internet connection prevents you from having much joy with blogging.<br />Mmmm, porto!! It's been a while since I last had some of that. I'm not a wine person, but porto is different! At the company where I used to work until 2010, we had a delivery guy who sort of fancied me. He was Portoguese and when he returned from his summer holiday in Portugal, he brought me a bottle of porto. I wonder what became of him and who gets his porto bottles now.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-33773009522286135132015-01-09T01:25:35.588+00:002015-01-09T01:25:35.588+00:00Is that a packet of seeds that say "Humbugs&q...Is that a packet of seeds that say "Humbugs"? If so, I would love to have that. Someone gave you that because of the name, I know, but wow, those flowers...I love them! <br />Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-6503120618825182112015-01-09T00:37:01.844+00:002015-01-09T00:37:01.844+00:00You're still here? Delighted to hear it! Hop...You're still here? Delighted to hear it! Hope you had a great Christmas! xoxo DeeDeeCanadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-48883227601367747552015-01-08T20:19:35.346+00:002015-01-08T20:19:35.346+00:00Well that proves it. Two winos slurring the night ...Well that proves it. Two winos slurring the night away together. It is a wonder that the burghers of Lewis didn't descend on Chez Graham with burning torches chanting their temperance messages.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-3881637464794535692015-01-08T15:05:54.774+00:002015-01-08T15:05:54.774+00:00Lovely to have you back, Graham. I've missed y...Lovely to have you back, Graham. I've missed you!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-18654465566994064142015-01-08T13:28:10.330+00:002015-01-08T13:28:10.330+00:00Happy New Year from Loch Creran. That doesn't ...Happy New Year from Loch Creran. That doesn't look right. I'm wending my way to Oban from Fort William and am just east of the new bridge. I will be for a few days it's nice here.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-67948422553551066682015-01-08T13:24:28.043+00:002015-01-08T13:24:28.043+00:00YP, he puts me in the shade. He cooked a good supp...YP, he puts me in the shade. He cooked a good supper for me and I provided the wine. It was the very best the CO-OP in Stornoway had. It went down a treat all three or four bottles. Graham helped me sample them.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62839434299703290012015-01-08T13:18:59.888+00:002015-01-08T13:18:59.888+00:00It is always nice to see a post come through stati...It is always nice to see a post come through stating that the blogger is Still Here ~ in a literal and virtual sense. Happy New Year to you too GB. carol in cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361149279309934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-25841796654113768382015-01-08T11:34:05.755+00:002015-01-08T11:34:05.755+00:00Until I read this post I had no idea that you are ...Until I read this post I had no idea that you are a wino. But now it all falls into place. As NZ produces some of the best wines in the world, I can see what drew you there. And you also like Glasgow which is so famous for its winos.Happy New Year!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-35180844001540739522015-01-08T10:14:43.716+00:002015-01-08T10:14:43.716+00:00That island of yours seems more and more like a tr...That island of yours seems more and more like a trampolin to me (people, including yourself, constantly landing there and taking off again). - You should write your address on those little paper planes and send them off in a storm and see if they come back too!DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-46838750205151770632015-01-08T08:44:22.443+00:002015-01-08T08:44:22.443+00:00Hahaha! The 'bah humbug' gift is just perf...Hahaha! The 'bah humbug' gift is just perfect. And I love that first bottle of red!sansserifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445280597626572292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-45777648893972470422015-01-08T08:39:52.433+00:002015-01-08T08:39:52.433+00:00Welcome back... Sorry you are missing the hot days...Welcome back... Sorry you are missing the hot days here, but glad you have plenty of visitors, and suitable entertainment...i.e.wineFi from Four Paws and Whiskershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217307759511472654noreply@blogger.com