tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post5828175393339915308..comments2024-03-29T14:49:22.410+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: The Peace ParkSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-74708772824496676292018-07-02T08:33:16.954+01:002018-07-02T08:33:16.954+01:00Alphie: Ha! It DOES look like a folding chair. Par...Alphie: Ha! It DOES look like a folding chair. Part of the problem is its location -- it's in a terrible spot. It should be down at eye level with a more clearly visible pedestal.<br /><br />YP: You picked up his telepathic messages even all the way up in Yorkshire! Well done!<br /><br />Sharon: It sounds like you needed a new computer anyway, so I suppose you should thank Zeus for giving you the impetus to take that step!<br /><br />Ellen: I know! "Is she crazy, or is she on the phone?"<br /><br />Ms Moon: Yes, "pensioner"is a very common word over here. People use the abbreviation "OAP" to refer to Old Age Pensioners.<br /><br />Red: Yeah, I don't think I'd want to be broadcasting my business so volubly!<br /><br />Linda Sue: She sounded EXACTLY like that -- "Lady of the house speaking!" That high-pitched falsetto.<br /><br />Robin: Good for you for marching! I suppose it doesn't matter that she was on the phone, as long as she was THERE.<br /><br />Catalyst: Yeah, I don't get the public cell-phone shouting.<br /><br />Jenny-O: I'm sure the plants did grow up around the crane, but I still think it's in a terrible location. It's way to high up and too far from the path for anyone to see.<br /><br />Elizabeth: I guess offering practical advice is a good way to get readers! How funny that someone mailed them to you. I wonder if the gesture was meant to support you and Sophie, or if they had a problem themselves that they were trying to move past.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-67266040367935783082018-07-02T05:25:41.049+01:002018-07-02T05:25:41.049+01:00It's funny, but the most visited page on my bl...It's funny, but the most visited page on my blog over the ten years that I've been posting is about how to fold a paper crane. Honestly, I think it has tens of thousands of views! Once I got a box in the mail from a reader, and inside of it were one thousand of them. So wild. I don't think I ever found out who had sent them.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-20299164155198637262018-07-01T18:48:44.376+01:002018-07-01T18:48:44.376+01:00I would like to steal that man's line "Ca...I would like to steal that man's line "Can I help you in any way?" but I don't think I'm imposing enough to pull it off!<br /><br />The photo of Olga is particularly interesting, with her rounded patches echoing the rounded spots of light. Gives it almost an underwater-ish feeling.<br /><br />I wonder if the crane is so far back in the undergrowth because the plants have grown up around it. We used to have a composter at the back of our lot, nicely accessible. The young trees have grown so much since then that we can barely reach the composter now. Maybe we should do something about that! I like the idea of a peace park. Lord knows we can always use more peace.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-38723522025530021592018-07-01T17:39:53.584+01:002018-07-01T17:39:53.584+01:00I get irritated by people wandering through grocer...I get irritated by people wandering through grocery stores talking at high volume to someone on their cell phone. I want to ask "Weren't you raised with any manners?" But I don't.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-80041392004355877072018-07-01T16:47:45.535+01:002018-07-01T16:47:45.535+01:00Love those sculptures. Quite beautiful. We marched...Love those sculptures. Quite beautiful. We marched yesterday with a lot of other people in our local Reunite Families march. A woman we were marching with talked on the phone quite a bit of the time. It was odd. Glad there was no yelling or anguish, other than "Hey hey ho ho, I.C.E. has got to go!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-70969471775466827882018-07-01T16:42:15.055+01:002018-07-01T16:42:15.055+01:00That must have left your ears ringing. Hyacinth, ...That must have left your ears ringing. Hyacinth, Lady of the house speaking! <br />Olga is a very sturdy girl, wonderful in the dappled light and shadow.She matches your title.<br />Shadows and light and sturdy dog.<br />Pretty nice that Dave will come home to an empty pantry and can start again. Thoughtfully creative of you. I give our stuff to the food bank, mostly because it is terrible canned food purchased in gross from cost co. Only the starving would welcome that.Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-51779320881506739072018-07-01T15:23:49.138+01:002018-07-01T15:23:49.138+01:00We get to know when people lose it when they are o...We get to know when people lose it when they are on a cell. As with this woman they can get pretty loud.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-91676925846637453682018-07-01T14:38:11.871+01:002018-07-01T14:38:11.871+01:00I seem to be reading an awful lot of books by Brit...I seem to be reading an awful lot of books by British writers and in them, senior citizens are almost always referred to as "pensioners" or "old age pensioners." Have you found that to be true? <br />A peace part is such a beautiful idea. I highly approve! Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-88383123492285541812018-07-01T14:28:42.151+01:002018-07-01T14:28:42.151+01:00we used to think people talking loudly in public w...we used to think people talking loudly in public were a little off mentally, now it's just they're all on cell phones. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-68033258938515040132018-07-01T14:06:26.792+01:002018-07-01T14:06:26.792+01:00I don't think I've ever seen a Gormley scu...I don't think I've ever seen a Gormley sculpture that wasn't a standing man. I like it!<br />I took my old Mac to the Genius Bar and one very nice genius fixed it in about 10 minutes flat. It's all back to normal. I could have delayed my purchase of a new one for a little while longer. I'm still happy though. I like the new one a lot.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-22428413450869567332018-07-01T07:51:56.096+01:002018-07-01T07:51:56.096+01:00"Can I help you in any way madam?...Possibly ..."Can I help you in any way madam?...Possibly by shoving this old paperback in your cavernous gob? Now shut the **** up!"Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-2709386985412777812018-07-01T07:14:01.889+01:002018-07-01T07:14:01.889+01:00Looking at the top photo (before enlarging it) it ...Looking at the top photo (before enlarging it) it looked like another piece of abandoned rubbish!! A broken folding chair. Apologies to the artist.<br /><br />I can't offer you any inspired ideas about cinnamon. It is a spice after all, to be used in small quantities. I can only suggest tossing out any that is past its use-by date. I don't think it would do any harm to sprinkle it about on the earth in the garden, dig it over and water it in. You can see I am obsessed with recycling - especially plant matter. <br /><br />'Hyacinth' was in a state wasn't she? Poor thing. I think the man was suggesting she was attracting attention and should lower the volume.<br /><br />AlphieAlphie Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041492283753978975noreply@blogger.com