tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post7209864941649132066..comments2024-03-29T10:09:22.033+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Childs Hill, a Dinner Party and a CalamitySteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-15948286247908985942017-06-19T20:17:42.206+01:002017-06-19T20:17:42.206+01:00It looks like that garbage container is smiling at...It looks like that garbage container is smiling at Olga :)<br /><br />I'm with Red - the glue in chairs dries out and they fall apart. You can't help it!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-7164304117076944062017-06-18T19:09:59.481+01:002017-06-18T19:09:59.481+01:00Dinner parties can be challenging. Chairs crash wh...Dinner parties can be challenging. Chairs crash when they want to. Don't worry.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-54624071496354395652017-06-18T18:03:15.196+01:002017-06-18T18:03:15.196+01:00Did the chair break? Really? Why don't you hav...Did the chair break? Really? Why don't you have some chairs that are meant for the garden? I hope your guest was merely startled and not hurt...Makes me glad to have my own chair...Loved your description of the various languages and piano coming from an open window. Sounds lovely.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-91670659320258499832017-06-18T17:28:06.274+01:002017-06-18T17:28:06.274+01:00beautifully described. despite the chair calamity,...beautifully described. despite the chair calamity, it does sound like an idyllic evening. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-61222825565745782472017-06-18T17:18:27.937+01:002017-06-18T17:18:27.937+01:00Your description of the day with the languages and...Your description of the day with the languages and the piano is just wonderful. I would like to be there and not here.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475433199308666648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-13080776848245999022017-06-18T17:17:40.931+01:002017-06-18T17:17:40.931+01:00Yum yum! That sounds like a meal worth the extra c...Yum yum! That sounds like a meal worth the extra cleanup!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-38224258483494370512017-06-18T15:21:25.237+01:002017-06-18T15:21:25.237+01:00That sounds like a fab dinner! :-) I love Spanish ...That sounds like a fab dinner! :-) I love Spanish chorizo. That's my weakness when I'm over there.<br /><br />Have a great week.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-91882482842444831032017-06-18T14:54:16.152+01:002017-06-18T14:54:16.152+01:00The last homemade pizza-and-martinis party I had d...The last homemade pizza-and-martinis party I had did it for me. After all of the work of making everything and the last person left and I had a kitchen full of dishes and pans to wash up, I screamed. I just screamed. <br />And that was THAT. <br />The world can get their gourmet pizza somewhere else. <br />But damn, that sounds like an amazing dinner. <br />Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-7386529094305615532017-06-18T14:12:28.642+01:002017-06-18T14:12:28.642+01:00I thought I was the only one to have a guest crash...I thought I was the only one to have a guest crash through a dining room chair. The same thing happened to me some 18 years ago when I had a little dinner party for a visiting guest. It was quite embarrassing. No one was hurt, except my pride. The chair came unglued just like yours. Here in the dry desert, that happens every now and then. Your dinner sounds fabulous and I quite understand the clean up process. My friend David does a many-course meal every now and then and I always help him clean up the next day. It usually takes around 4 hours. <br />Olga is one very happy dog! Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-66744591092914482212017-06-18T14:08:36.516+01:002017-06-18T14:08:36.516+01:00my husband is also the cook by default since I sim...my husband is also the cook by default since I simply quit about 15 years ago. he's gotten better but is no gourmet. my kitchen looks like the one you just described as I haven't done dishes since we got back last Wednesday. I'll have to do them today though or we won't have a single dish or pan clean.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-34321014851212721272017-06-18T09:55:08.325+01:002017-06-18T09:55:08.325+01:00Yes. Immediate anxiety about the chair may show an...Yes. Immediate anxiety about the chair may show an uncaring attitude towards other people Steve! You may need counselling. As for Dave - sounds like he worked both hard and imaginatively to produce a very ambitious evening meal. In contrast, I ordered a Chinese takeaway!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com