tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post768562896732526452..comments2023-11-16T22:46:30.130-08:00Comments on Pontificationism: Glorious AutumnUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-35014540928872969172011-11-16T01:54:25.104-08:002011-11-16T01:54:25.104-08:00So, let me try again.
Lucy, nothing wrong with bei...So, let me try again.<br />Lucy, nothing wrong with being called Don. In Zorro, apparently, everyone was called Don, though they were of course of Spanish descent and therefore entitled to a little eccentricity.<br />Meks, I started reading the website but my attention span is even shorter than usual at the moment. I seemed to remember a death was implicated, but beyond that, it was all a little hazy.<br />GL: Thanks for the comments on the pics. The new title pic was the easiest photo I ever took: Lying on my back under the few coniferous trees at the far extent of the valley.<br />And get a van. Its freedom: <br />http://oldmucketsmakery.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/escaping-in-a-van/<br />Lance and Jane: I cannot believe i had not been to Woodchester before. It is mere hundreds of metres from roads I traverse every week. It is a treasure I must wander around again, only with a better camera.Perlnumquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719930860859412405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-56150284822850976962011-11-16T00:59:52.602-08:002011-11-16T00:59:52.602-08:00Oh! Blogger makes me cross! I wrote a comprehensiv...Oh! Blogger makes me cross! I wrote a comprehensive and appreciative response to all your comments and then when I clicked to publish it, it came up with a "your request cannot be completed". And now I can't remember what I wrote!<br />Bah! ctrl-A, ctrl-C always!Perlnumquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719930860859412405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-20734661839728707742011-11-15T22:52:27.353-08:002011-11-15T22:52:27.353-08:00Hello:
Such a surprise to open this post this morn...Hello:<br />Such a surprise to open this post this morning and to find ourselves taken back to Woodchester where we were now many, many years ago. And yet, from your pictures, nothing seems to have changed beyond a glimpse of some awning attached to the house itself.<br /><br />We are delighted that you got as far as the boathouse which, we think, is an absolute gem and something which we could readily 'steal'!!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-46928597016481612402011-11-15T12:24:23.894-08:002011-11-15T12:24:23.894-08:00Lots and lots of things to like in this post. Your...Lots and lots of things to like in this post. Your post brightened up a dull train journey,so thanks for that! <br /><br />I have to join the 'I want a van' club too, I am afraid. Either that or a Landrover. I'm a step away from converting our current car into some kind of gritty off-roader (although Mrs GL might say something nasty). <br /><br />And the new photo at the top of the blog is bloody good.Doofushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368086816490113661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-63259270365913346322011-11-15T10:53:13.304-08:002011-11-15T10:53:13.304-08:00Oh! A "mysteriously abandoned" mansion -...Oh! A "mysteriously abandoned" mansion - those few words were enough to have me do a little research; I could not turn the computer off tonight without having at least tried to find out why Woodchester Mansion was never finished.<br />According to the official website, the original owner died before it was finished. His son comissioned an estimate into what it would cost to finish and then run the mansion, and was advised that he'd have to spend less money for an entirely new house, and so eventually the plans to complete the mansion were abandoned.<br /><br />While you had 18C on Sunday, we had maybe 2 or maximum 4 in the sun, but it still was a good day - even without dragonflies.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-18266554062724371032011-11-15T09:24:34.764-08:002011-11-15T09:24:34.764-08:00p.s, my son isn't called Don. That was a typo....p.s, my son isn't called Don. That was a typo.lucy joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863146546863419637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-55005044143422737662011-11-15T09:18:21.714-08:002011-11-15T09:18:21.714-08:00Yes, I understand what you mean by emeral green bu...Yes, I understand what you mean by emeral green but blue, the same way I always knew what colour sky blue pink would be: Kind of the same hue but on the "other side" of the spectrum.<br /><br />You never look back once you get a van. Sitting warm inside looking at a raging sea, or listening to the rain on the roof as you sleep, its freedom, pure and simple. Plus there is a cocktail cabinet in one of the cupboards for those long parked-up evenings.Perlnumquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719930860859412405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-22879651086480519582011-11-15T08:57:59.204-08:002011-11-15T08:57:59.204-08:00Ah, how romantic. When it's dry and bright, ou...Ah, how romantic. When it's dry and bright, our country is not so bad, is it?<br />Shame you didn't capture the dragonflies (with your camera, of course, not with a net). On the mansion photograph, the sky looks like emerald green, only blue, if that makes sense? <br /><br />I wonder - would you be kind enough to send me the photo of the trees reflected on the still water? My 12 year old don is doing a project for art; collecting pictures of water and trees is one of the tasks. If you don't want to send it, I shan't consider you 'unkind'.<br /><br />I want a van, but the boys would only be allowed to look at it!<br /><br />Lucylucy joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863146546863419637noreply@blogger.com