tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post8942547157488415179..comments2024-03-08T17:06:56.189+00:00Comments on mrs miniver's daughter: maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-57564142781811018512021-04-29T21:23:21.749+01:002021-04-29T21:23:21.749+01:00I'm still here, Pam - alive and kicking, rarin... I'm still here, Pam - alive and kicking, raring to go as soon as something opens! Hope you're well. I didn't think the world would be very interested in my walks clockwise round Park A, anti-clockwise round Park B - but it's nice to be missed! Hope you're well! Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554985023503646664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-81609162397168550302021-04-29T21:14:56.024+01:002021-04-29T21:14:56.024+01:00Come back, Mary! Where are you???Come back, Mary! Where are you???Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10111018963013085070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-80973287100359968182021-01-11T13:25:03.596+00:002021-01-11T13:25:03.596+00:00Oh, I haven't been to Sissinghurst for years -...Oh, I haven't been to Sissinghurst for years - that would be a real treat! Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554985023503646664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-91234103716613582232021-01-11T11:52:49.540+00:002021-01-11T11:52:49.540+00:00Oh, happy belated birthday too. We had a wander ro...Oh, happy belated birthday too. We had a wander round Edinburgh yesterday and it was fairly empty. And closed. I'd like to go to Sissinghurst!Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10111018963013085070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-9715280862335070892021-01-08T14:47:23.338+00:002021-01-08T14:47:23.338+00:00Thanks, Lucille - the most sedate birthday ever! Y...Thanks, Lucille - the most sedate birthday ever! Yes, that is a very male style of cooking - 50 years of mince and potatoes or whatever and then in he swans with soufflés and cocktail shaker! Still, I'd be happy right now with anything I hadn't cooked myself. <br />Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554985023503646664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-53837680507064839542021-01-08T13:44:52.019+00:002021-01-08T13:44:52.019+00:00Happy Birthday to you on the 6th - also my mum’s b...Happy Birthday to you on the 6th - also my mum’s birthday. Dinner with Edward is appetising but I did pull up short when I heard that he’d taken over the cooking from Paula because she’d slogged away for 50 something years feeding the troops and then he swanned in with his apron on and a tea towel over his shoulder to show her how it should really be done. I mean I might be making that attitude up but it is a thing.<br />Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-24718613218097479552021-01-06T18:23:14.108+00:002021-01-06T18:23:14.108+00:00Thanks, Pam - and it's my birthday today too! ...Thanks, Pam - and it's my birthday today too! Not the most exciting one I've ever spent! Girl, Woman, Other didn't appeal to me - but you're the second person this week who has said it was better than expected, so maybe I should give it a try - like you, I'm wary of Booker winners. Of course, this meant that I was the last person to read Wolf Hall- but there's always an exception! <br />Happy New Year to you, too - how I'd love a stroll around Edinburgh, just for a change! Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554985023503646664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-62001230751451867052021-01-06T17:17:48.687+00:002021-01-06T17:17:48.687+00:00Oh, I have some snowdrops flowering in my Edinburg...Oh, I have some snowdrops flowering in my Edinburgh garden. It probably depends on the variety. I've just read "Girl, Woman, Other" because it was our book group read and it was much better than I expected. (I mean, it won the Booker so it was obviously going to have merits, but I don't always exactly love Booker winners...) Happy New Year, or maybe As Happy As Possible In The Circs New Year. Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10111018963013085070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-24484672252941192952021-01-03T23:55:23.019+00:002021-01-03T23:55:23.019+00:00That would be a very acceptable swap, Darlene - an...That would be a very acceptable swap, Darlene - and I'll throw in a robin as well. Of course, you know I'd manage to kill off the lemon tree within a couple of weeks! I've given up accepting cuttings from friends as it's too shaming. <br />Happy new year again! Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554985023503646664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-9151680857256018432021-01-03T20:55:59.671+00:002021-01-03T20:55:59.671+00:00Happy New Year, Mary!
We won't see daffodils...Happy New Year, Mary! <br />We won't see daffodils or primroses here for months but one of my lemon trees is full of ripe fruit and another was full of aromatic blossoms recently. Would a lemon for a daffodil be a fair trade?Cosy Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818379449207007470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-56951034599032789992021-01-03T18:24:07.414+00:002021-01-03T18:24:07.414+00:00Happy New Year, Vronni - yes, the NT deserve a spe...Happy New Year, Vronni - yes, the NT deserve a special award for being the first to open their sparkling clean loos after lockdown! <br />And they're still open, even in Tier 4. I owe them my first sighting of primroses, too. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554985023503646664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-89414171195891137232021-01-03T18:06:18.099+00:002021-01-03T18:06:18.099+00:00Happy New Year, Mary!
Your cultural activities fo...Happy New Year, Mary!<br /><br />Your cultural activities for 2020 are most impressive! <br /><br />I've done the Mary Quant exhibition and a Eric Ravilious exhibition at my local museum; a few NT properties and gardens and some non NT gardens; a couple of movies and a NT production of a Shakespeare whose title escapes me now. But I have read plenty!<br />xxxVronni's Style Meanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122302881528071270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-850400651858197452021-01-03T16:05:42.281+00:002021-01-03T16:05:42.281+00:00Happy New Year, Lucille. No, I haven't read Wi...Happy New Year, Lucille. No, I haven't read Wintering - I do love the cover, but I've had it with slow living and hibernation! I've resisted sourdough as I'd only eat it! <br />Hope you enjoy Dinner with Edward - vicarious eating without the calories! Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554985023503646664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-52515345023114216212021-01-03T15:19:45.588+00:002021-01-03T15:19:45.588+00:00Happy New Year Mary. I seized on one of your recom...Happy New Year Mary. I seized on one of your recommendations and have Dinner with Edward in my trolley along with Wintering, on the strength of its ubiquity. Have you read it? I’m having cold feet about it. I’m back with the sourdough and jigsaws. It’s going to be a long winter.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.com