tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post5636534832022676334..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Bentley at Le MansGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-69014042013681508952014-05-26T16:45:49.567+01:002014-05-26T16:45:49.567+01:00Roll top desks seem to me to have a comforting sim...Roll top desks seem to me to have a comforting similarity Jenny. I used to have several walls with lots of pictures on but I decided a few years ago that in my relatively small-roomed house they overcrowded it a bit (or a lot actually) especially as I have at least one wall in the living room entirely covered in books.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-13138071940545250442014-05-26T16:11:03.135+01:002014-05-26T16:11:03.135+01:00It looks remarkably similar to the roll top desk t...It looks remarkably similar to the roll top desk that was in my mother's family home. We were unable to take this with us when the house was sold and I still miss it. <br />I agree it's a good idea to rotate pictures. I try to do it, but my pictures are hung so closely together that it then becomes a complicated jigsaw of finding a replacement picture which both looks OK and also fits in to the space! Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-13106834965763138822014-05-26T12:48:28.132+01:002014-05-26T12:48:28.132+01:00That's the problem, Virginia, with having too ...That's the problem, Virginia, with having too much stuff for our abodes. The good old days are, I fear, sometimes overrated where cars are concerned. It may cost a helluva lot more to repair a car now but they are rather more reliable.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-47371587829822668942014-05-26T02:11:13.967+01:002014-05-26T02:11:13.967+01:00I have the tendency to swap thing around in my hom...I have the tendency to swap thing around in my home too...keeps it fresh...since there is just no way to display everything at once....I change things up every few months or so.<br />Love the picture...a glimpse into the good old days.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-52776385017387273162014-05-25T18:16:59.488+01:002014-05-25T18:16:59.488+01:00I have to agree about that as well!! I have to agree about that as well!! DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-6463477361315040312014-05-25T08:04:16.427+01:002014-05-25T08:04:16.427+01:00I agree Monica. One problem is that as one gets o...I agree Monica. One problem is that as one gets older one has more memories and more 'stuff'.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-22986524725241546932014-05-25T08:01:44.671+01:002014-05-25T08:01:44.671+01:00To be honest YP it's never appealed to me. It...To be honest YP it's never appealed to me. It looks a difficult read and an emotional challenge. I've read my share of the former and I try and avoid the latter in my reading these days.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-64184612560807433002014-05-25T07:51:15.529+01:002014-05-25T07:51:15.529+01:00Living on one's own means that one can't b...Living on one's own means that one can't blame anyone else for the mess and clutter but it also emphasises the fact that all this 'stuff' is the creation of one person. Arghhhh.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-38255453966587718082014-05-25T01:15:16.320+01:002014-05-25T01:15:16.320+01:00Yes. But have you ever read "The Bone People&...Yes. But have you ever read "The Bone People"? It's a wonderful book for NZophiles.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-68480496998543204682014-05-24T21:54:25.860+01:002014-05-24T21:54:25.860+01:00It is nice to be surrounded by things that connect...It is nice to be surrounded by things that connect to memories of people and places that meant something and have become part of one's own history in a good way. Some things for me too have come to be 'connected' so that for example a certain picture 'should' hang over a certain piece of furniture, or certain ornaments be kept together on the same shelf etc.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-16899389145367767382014-05-24T20:35:01.543+01:002014-05-24T20:35:01.543+01:00My problem is the clutter that I'd have to cle...My problem is the clutter that I'd have to clear to show bits of my home. Compared to ours GB's is spotless, the advantage of a person living on their own.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-24576661997956176402014-05-24T19:14:55.367+01:002014-05-24T19:14:55.367+01:00Frances I think that over the years I've been ...Frances I think that over the years I've been blogging most of my home has appeared at one time or another but as I show my pictures it will doubtless appear again.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-36139792085993301212014-05-24T17:59:01.683+01:002014-05-24T17:59:01.683+01:00I enjoyed this glimpse into your home, GB. I wish ...I enjoyed this glimpse into your home, GB. I wish more bloggers would do the same. Lots of books...excellent!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-18285085487076216622014-05-24T11:29:25.474+01:002014-05-24T11:29:25.474+01:00Red I can understand that.Red I can understand that.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-56769947240959082432014-05-24T11:28:56.144+01:002014-05-24T11:28:56.144+01:00Oddly enough after I did a post which showed part ...Oddly enough after I did a post which showed part of a bookcase someone asked to see them all. At that time I showed some of them in two posts http://galenote.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/books-1.html and <a href="http://galenote.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/paperless-environment-books-2.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Looking at the bookcases today quite a lot has changed. Oddly enough I was given a present a few days ago of a book entitled "The Polytunnel Book" and I do have two copies of the Koran (sic). I have 'The Lovely Bones' and 'A Catechism of Christian Doctrine' which at page 69 does explain all about Confession. Will they do?Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-35488985546542606182014-05-24T11:17:05.240+01:002014-05-24T11:17:05.240+01:00Fiona because I have not been here in the winter f...Fiona because I have not been here in the winter for a long time I've not used the desk nearly as much as I would like to. I do occasionally take my laptop through to the living room but these days I sit with it at the breakfast bar in the kitchen looking out over the Bay. Having a little sanctuary, even if it's for the reasons you mention - in fact perhaps more importantly for that reason, is a potentially important part of our feeling of security don't you think?Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-73768527402922353492014-05-24T11:12:56.287+01:002014-05-24T11:12:56.287+01:00Thanks Mersad. It's quite different from my o...Thanks Mersad. It's quite different from my other pictures.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-35269682052965538962014-05-24T11:12:14.352+01:002014-05-24T11:12:14.352+01:00Adrian the blower version had a lot more grunt but...Adrian the blower version had a lot more grunt but was nowhere near as reliable. Did one ever finish a Le Mans? I think not. I'd love to drive an old Bentley (I'd settle for sitting in the passenger seat actually) but a bus at Crofts? I don't think so. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-53435982752494805232014-05-24T11:09:28.318+01:002014-05-24T11:09:28.318+01:00Meike I used the picture with the pens from one I ...Meike I used the picture with the pens from one I took for a <a href="http://galenote.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/real-letter.html" rel="nofollow">post on pens</a> a few years ago. There are so many ways in which I admire the ascetic approach you have to your living space and I would love to think that I could live like that but I would find it very hard indeed. I love being surrounded by my CDs (though they are all copied onto my hard drives for use on the iPod etc), books (although most could be read on the Kindle or various other ireaders), pottery and pictures which are irreplaceable and such an important part of my home. Having said that if it was all destroyed I am very good at putting 'things' behind me (although I do miss the little BMW Dinkey Toy I gave away at the Harvest Festival when I was about 8).Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-46183962325415497142014-05-24T10:53:08.435+01:002014-05-24T10:53:08.435+01:00Thanks DeeDee.Thanks DeeDee.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-91953677091310158522014-05-24T10:52:35.285+01:002014-05-24T10:52:35.285+01:00They do go well together, Jill, as you say and the...They do go well together, Jill, as you say and they've been there for the last 10 years so I expect, DV, they will be there for the next 10.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-63387379409708080282014-05-24T02:32:55.251+01:002014-05-24T02:32:55.251+01:00A roll top desk was one of my Dad's favorite p...A roll top desk was one of my Dad's favorite possessions.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-65419779971842619512014-05-24T00:27:28.416+01:002014-05-24T00:27:28.416+01:00I must admit that I wanted to zoom in on the secon...I must admit that I wanted to zoom in on the second picture to check out your bookcase... "The Confessions of a Window Cleaner", "How to Build a Polytunnel", "The Quran", "The Bone People" - these are books I imagine will be shelved there.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-63402470232012627502014-05-23T22:39:54.575+01:002014-05-23T22:39:54.575+01:00A perfect corner. An invitation to loiter and peru...A perfect corner. An invitation to loiter and peruse. Books, pens to hand. Beauty and style. I wish my office at work looked like that! Somehow home is all focused on laptop and work anywhere and I have no defined corner like this.... Actually, that's not true. I realise I have created a dressing table for the application of facial paint and plaster, carefully arranged with paintings, lights and mirrors.... But I'm not photographing it :) Fi from Four Paws and Whiskershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217307759511472654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-10020760195781368692014-05-23T19:17:30.910+01:002014-05-23T19:17:30.910+01:00Really great image. I love this style of painting,...Really great image. I love this style of painting, and it really goes well above your desk!<br /><br />Mersad<br /><a href="http://www.mersad-photography.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Mersad Donko Photography</a><br />Mersadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13912588798000508495noreply@blogger.com