tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post8227584278311693528..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: "Spring is Sprung"Graham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-64291846793997217302015-04-16T21:43:45.606+01:002015-04-16T21:43:45.606+01:00Thank you Liz. You have, however, had some spectac...Thank you Liz. You have, however, had some spectacular sunset photos on your blog and I've enjoyed the fact that your posts recently have been a little more frequent. One day I hope to have photos of Stornoway (and perhaps even more exotic places) which can hold a candle to some of your spectacular nightscapes.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-19896691057136320842015-04-16T16:37:41.672+01:002015-04-16T16:37:41.672+01:00Your Spring images a lovely. We are, of course, en...Your Spring images a lovely. We are, of course, enjoying Autumn with it's break from the terrible humidity of Summer and it's stunning sunsets which I seem to miss with my camera most days!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17541748309832254889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-90438147628323540192015-04-15T15:57:26.462+01:002015-04-15T15:57:26.462+01:00Hopefully my New Zealand blog will spring into lif...Hopefully my New Zealand blog will spring into life again one day but for now I'm 'stuck' in Europe. It's good to se you back and that you are once again returning to the Hebrides.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-79883814454849154932015-04-15T15:55:06.748+01:002015-04-15T15:55:06.748+01:00Jenny back here on Lewis the wind is still strong ...Jenny back here on Lewis the wind is still strong and cold even when the sun is shining and the ambient temperature is a balmy 9ºC. I could just about cope with a ladybird or even a woodlouse but not an earwig or a spider in my bed. Irrational? Yes. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-17283351072921458732015-04-15T11:43:58.058+01:002015-04-15T11:43:58.058+01:00I've been "blog absent" for a while,...I've been "blog absent" for a while, and on catching up read your second-to-last post on the other blog....Oh no! It was with held-breath that I clicked over to here and phew - there you are! It may not be Thursday, but I'm thankful to find you here nonetheless. :-) Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175531371914205163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-43761186440184854462015-04-14T17:46:14.199+01:002015-04-14T17:46:14.199+01:00It feels like spring here in London too - if not, ...It feels like spring here in London too - if not, almost, summer! We have had ladybirds all year in our bedroom. Something clearly appeals to them there, but I cannot find where they are nesting. They're OK but not awfully nice when you find them crawling around the bed! :)Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-83807209620847948242015-04-09T18:45:41.172+01:002015-04-09T18:45:41.172+01:00Thank you Helsie.Thank you Helsie.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-17734859352636538892015-04-09T18:39:55.105+01:002015-04-09T18:39:55.105+01:00I was convinced that I'd blogged about it befo...I was convinced that I'd blogged about it before Monica. I didn't check my New Zealand blog though.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-30990287516414874802015-04-09T18:36:10.282+01:002015-04-09T18:36:10.282+01:00VioletSky I think I've mentioned before my exp...VioletSky I think I've mentioned before my experiences of the huge temperature and weather variations in Ontario. They make our variations look very insignificant.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-73485903568981277632015-04-08T08:32:43.578+01:002015-04-08T08:32:43.578+01:00Glad you had dome nice weather for Easter Graham. ...Glad you had dome nice weather for Easter Graham. Hope the rest of the Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-19394160895082471272015-04-08T08:30:44.033+01:002015-04-08T08:30:44.033+01:00I have to confess Mrs Floppsy was my first thought...I have to confess Mrs Floppsy was my first thought too KateHelsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-15059606344709819142015-04-07T20:03:27.786+01:002015-04-07T20:03:27.786+01:00I don't think it's Winnie the Pooh. Actual...I don't think it's Winnie the Pooh. Actually I think the only place I've seen it before was on your blog... Although I can't find any evidence of that now. Maybe it was on your brother's?? DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-63747173157863826932015-04-06T23:40:43.688+01:002015-04-06T23:40:43.688+01:00We had our warmest day since mid November (17C) la...We had our warmest day since mid November (17C) last week. Then on Easter Sunday it snowed. <br />That poem certainly doesn't sound like Winnie-the-Pooh. I believe it is by the ever talented Anonymous.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-34981165717872024022015-04-06T20:54:50.206+01:002015-04-06T20:54:50.206+01:00Oh Neil you would laugh. I didn't have any of ...Oh Neil you would laugh. I didn't have any of my 'proper' cameras near at hand when I was taking the washing in so I used my cellphone! My first camera was my Mum's old box brownie when I was six.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-815744669366836812015-04-06T20:51:50.310+01:002015-04-06T20:51:50.310+01:00Ah Virginia you're a poet and you didn't k...Ah Virginia you're a poet and you didn't know it.<br />Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-27528385975157282712015-04-06T20:48:01.643+01:002015-04-06T20:48:01.643+01:00I read Beatrix Potter to my Godchildren and it cou...I read Beatrix Potter to my Godchildren and it could have wheedled its way into what passes for my brain but I don't think so.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-78799877828235019442015-04-06T20:44:00.438+01:002015-04-06T20:44:00.438+01:00So I'm not alone Adrian.So I'm not alone Adrian.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-34085227309366215612015-04-06T12:22:11.533+01:002015-04-06T12:22:11.533+01:00Loving the ladybird pictures Graham. You have a gr...Loving the ladybird pictures Graham. You have a great camera. Is it a box brownie?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-59963306911328630332015-04-06T11:48:16.946+01:002015-04-06T11:48:16.946+01:00Lovely blooms and ladybirds too...spring has defin...Lovely blooms and ladybirds too...spring has definitely sprung for you.<br />Glad you are enjoying your stay and that you had a wonderful Easter Day.<br />(Sounds like a rhyme doesn't it?)VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-71108640916563692642015-04-06T09:59:42.292+01:002015-04-06T09:59:42.292+01:00Lovely springy images. I thought your opening quo...Lovely springy images. I thought your opening quote may have been Mrs Floppsy Bunny so I went here : https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14838/14838-h/14838-h.htm<br /> … but it wasn't. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-47451307261851698082015-04-06T09:42:37.993+01:002015-04-06T09:42:37.993+01:00Excellent Ladybird. I saw my first of the year yes...Excellent Ladybird. I saw my first of the year yesterday.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-57497345842158501722015-04-06T08:43:59.883+01:002015-04-06T08:43:59.883+01:00Meike yesterday was the warmest day for nearly six...Meike yesterday was the warmest day for nearly six months. Glasgow, being on the coast and the Gulf Stream, rarely gets extremes of temperature.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-84865882546340091842015-04-06T08:42:24.660+01:002015-04-06T08:42:24.660+01:00Yes Vagabonde. So long as the midges don't com...Yes Vagabonde. So long as the midges don't come yet I'll be content.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-22965686488436085372015-04-06T08:41:46.386+01:002015-04-06T08:41:46.386+01:00It is Pauline although a bit more heat for a few m...It is Pauline although a bit more heat for a few months would be a bonus.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-76820244318476565592015-04-06T08:41:05.426+01:002015-04-06T08:41:05.426+01:00It certainly can Red.It certainly can Red.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com