tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post4486481429598409790..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Thankful ThursdayGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-68285699461879998572013-07-22T00:25:12.938+01:002013-07-22T00:25:12.938+01:00Sorry Pauline I didn't respond to your comment...Sorry Pauline I didn't respond to your comment earlier although I did see it. Yes, time to indulge oneself is a huge reward at our time of life.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-42512506968692157902013-07-15T04:40:03.962+01:002013-07-15T04:40:03.962+01:00Love that poem and do try to live by it. Having t...Love that poem and do try to live by it. Having the time to indulge oneself in this way is one of the (few) rewards of old age, I figure.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62585360228779175472013-07-14T11:05:57.222+01:002013-07-14T11:05:57.222+01:00Sort of, Lisa. Usually I have CJ staying at this ...Sort of, Lisa. Usually I have CJ staying at this time of year and more visitors than I've had so far this year. I also usually go away to the mainland more than I've done this year. I'm having a much quieter time this year whilst I'm in Scotland. It'll get busier and then I'll be back in New Zealand and into the croquet season once more.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-83367680094038732662013-07-14T11:02:27.221+01:002013-07-14T11:02:27.221+01:00Meike I think you have hit the nail soundly on the...Meike I think you have hit the nail soundly on the head with your sentence in parentheses. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-1574961831448240592013-07-14T11:00:00.936+01:002013-07-14T11:00:00.936+01:00Frances the author is your namesake, Frances Cornf...Frances the author is your namesake, Frances Cornford. <br /><br />"To a Fat Lady Seen from the Train"<br /><br />O why do you walk through the fields in gloves,<br />Missing so much and so much?<br />O fat white woman whom nobody loves,<br />Why do you walk through the fields in gloves,<br />When the grass is soft as the breast of doves<br />And shivering-sweet to the touch?<br />O why do you walk through the fields in gloves,<br />Missing so much and so much?<br /><br />Poems (Hampstead: Priory Press, 1910<br /><br />I like it.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-47524215068378015922013-07-14T10:56:08.969+01:002013-07-14T10:56:08.969+01:00Thanks Virginia. Chillax. Hmm. I must remember ...Thanks Virginia. <i>Chillax</i>. Hmm. I must remember that.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-87294667148123202542013-07-14T10:54:53.860+01:002013-07-14T10:54:53.860+01:00Thanks Cynthia. You smile a lot these days. That...Thanks Cynthia. You smile a lot these days. That's good.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-73086930661235162682013-07-14T10:54:19.809+01:002013-07-14T10:54:19.809+01:00Adrian you have it down to a fine art but you also...Adrian you have it down to a fine art but you also make the most of it in using it to acquire material for all the hours you spend in mental exercise working out computer programmes to manipulate that material.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-51382863923622659152013-07-14T10:51:49.164+01:002013-07-14T10:51:49.164+01:00Lisa I always had problems with the fact that the ...Lisa I always had problems with the fact that the Lewis Sabbatarians regarded gardening on the Sabbath a sin against God. I always regarded gardening as a joy and a relaxation and a celebration of all that lived. When I worked and only had Sundays for relaxation I resented the fact that my most relaxing hobby (even though hard physically sometimes) was denied to me. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-86895197077253951322013-07-14T10:48:05.096+01:002013-07-14T10:48:05.096+01:00Norma I think that it's good for us to stand a...Norma I think that it's good for us to stand and stare occasionally. I haven't played dominoes for a while. It's a really good game.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-21302345629799767662013-07-14T10:47:00.332+01:002013-07-14T10:47:00.332+01:00Gosh. Where did the last few days go? I'm ju...Gosh. Where did the last few days go? I'm just responding to comments on Thankful Thursday and it was the last post I wrote. Monica I knew that if anyone remembered me mentioning - though not showing in full - that poem it would be you. I hadn't realised, though, that it was around that time that you started reading the blog.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-25095616988488914812013-07-14T02:46:55.188+01:002013-07-14T02:46:55.188+01:00So, your time in Lewis is your down time, right? N...So, your time in Lewis is your down time, right? Not that you don't work around the place, but you are not playing croquet, or going on expeditions, or having get-togethers with your besties.<br />Breathe deep. New Zealand is right around the corner!!!shabby girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340974325967555770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-44648438685574952062013-07-13T15:54:31.831+01:002013-07-13T15:54:31.831+01:00You should NEVER feel guilty for not doing stuff, ...You should NEVER feel guilty for not doing stuff, Graham (as long as your not doing something would be harmful to someone else, which I trust it can't really be).Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-67255963603998979142013-07-12T14:37:42.453+01:002013-07-12T14:37:42.453+01:00that poem remindsme of the ne that goes:
"O...that poem remindsme of the ne that goes: <br /><br />"Oh fat white woman, whom nobody loves, <br />Why do you walk through the fields in gloves,<br />Missing so much, and so much?"<br /><br />I've forgotten who wrote it, and haven't got time to leave this page and Goggle it. Solicitor appointment calls...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-89485412426192070932013-07-12T10:02:18.943+01:002013-07-12T10:02:18.943+01:00This was a nice reminder that we should all stop a...This was a nice reminder that we should all stop and smell the roses every now and then. As the youngsters say here now "Chillax" (a blend of chilling out and relaxing).<br />Sometimes these kinds of days are the best. Glad you got some new plants. Loved the poem.<br />I'm glad you had a good day.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-76516350750750621412013-07-12T06:29:55.586+01:002013-07-12T06:29:55.586+01:00This just makes me smile for so many reasons. :^)...This just makes me smile for so many reasons. :^)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-2844372245238617472013-07-12T04:31:08.263+01:002013-07-12T04:31:08.263+01:00I must do some laundry today. I've been doing ...I must do some laundry today. I've been doing far too much standing and staring.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-27522270778427688392013-07-12T02:32:37.587+01:002013-07-12T02:32:37.587+01:00Me too. I am so grateful that I have the time to d...Me too. I am so grateful that I have the time to do that. Although, even when I was working, the Saturday morning dead-heading roses also brought those moments of absolute enjoyment at the simplest of things.shabby girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340974325967555770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-34958920130541578022013-07-11T21:21:26.747+01:002013-07-11T21:21:26.747+01:00I love this, and I do a lot more of watching and e...I love this, and I do a lot more of watching and enjoying nature since I retired. Otherwise I would have missed seeing baby robins in the evergreen just outside my kitchen window! This afternoon was spent playing dominoes with a friend who's older than I am. That's hard to come by nowadays!Nonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623569563122986528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-40227613610980347182013-07-11T20:26:33.803+01:002013-07-11T20:26:33.803+01:00Amen to that :) and thanks for the reminder.
It w...Amen to that :) and thanks for the reminder. <br />It was on your blog I first came across this poem four years ago. Loved it then, and still do! (There are reasons why I remember, it was in one of the first posts I read on your blog.)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.com