When I look back over the last year plus of this blog, I see a whole heap of good times in comments but not a whole lot of in the way of posts. And though I love all the chinwagging, the coffee drinking and the philosophizing, I do miss the days when I would write a post that had meaning behind it and revel in watching it be received so kindly. I've been so fortunate to have met the nicest, sweetest people here and the comments on those posts just warmed my heart no end and filled me with such genuine and pure pleasure. You guys are almost too sweet though, firstly during the summer, when I was here and hardly had time to even check in with you in return. I never thanked you properly, due I must say to the fact that those gestures reached so far in, touched me so deeply. At a time, where it seemed as if the ones who should, didn't, you did, and I thank you for your caring. It meant the world. Secondly for always stopping by and leaving such nice words, staying for coffee and a chat :-), even when posts have been almost non-existant and when they did appear were by the vast majority indecent so to speak, and not in the good way.
I was thinking about the different types of bloggers, and there are types. And how we all come here for one reason or another, at least initially. Or rather the reason we first come may not be the same as the reason we stay. One thing is certain, I never expected to fall so deeply for so many people I have never met (Terry and Isay, you guys are included too of course) and each of you has been a blessing in my life and I am so thankful to have had the opportunity (and to continue doing so) of getting to know you.
I came here to peel off the layers I had piled on, just to say the things that I didn't need for anybody to hear but myself. I came here while buried deep in the past, deep within myself and I was no longer being who I am to the outside world. Well, in truth, it was a spur of the moment thing to create a blog, so I didn't know it at first that that was what this place would be, but it soon became that way.
This place helped me find my happy and I can honestly say as I walk about the world now, I do so as I once did before I got hurt too bad for me to be able to cope, with my arms wide open to anybody who wants to walk in.
I have no need to hear my own voice, it's loud and clear in silence. No barriers between in and out, free flow.
I never was a writer. And I never was one to talk much unless I have something I really want to say. I could tell you about all the beauty I see everyday, about the smiles that are exchanged, and of all the love that I feel, but without the need to express it pushing at my words, it would sound exactly that way and about as interesting, and I hate to bore you with endless 'wonderfuls'. The expression is lived.
So, what I am basically saying is that I won't be posting any more indecent posts, at least not until I post my promised one-off HNT ;-) and that though my place is always open for coffee and chinwagging, I should like to spend more time out and about instead, so put the kettle on. I'll see you first.
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1 – 200 of 323 Newer› Newest»In a way I understand what you are saying and I think the need for blogging is something that comes and goes.
I've never been a writer myself since pictures is my favorite way of expressing myself.
But I enjoy the communication, that's the key ;)
Hope both you and M are doing good and that you have a bit of sun down there :)
Do stop by now and then and wave, otherwise I'd miss you terribly :hugs:
Christa, my point is if I am spending less time here, I get to spend more time at yours - not least now when I have much less actual time than I once had.
I'd not be without you guys for all the chocolate in the world. I ain't going nowhere, just letting you all know there is no need to check in here as often. In short. :-)
Glorious sunshine for two days straight - sweater weather, woooohooo! Fingers crossed it lasts. :-)
Hope you're Sunday treats you like a queen. Lots of love and hugs, x
Ah....no for all the chocolate in the world eh? LOL
Well, that's good :) But geez...imagine all that chocolate...hehehehe
And yes, we have the same kinda spring weather up here too. Makes me want to grab the camera and take a walk :D
Nope, not even for all the chocolate in the world - and that is surely saying something. :-D
Enjoy your walk, if you do go. :-)
Just more time at the cottage baby. You know, I think I could enjoy being your sweet bitch. I'll bring the blanket, and as for that slapping, all I'm going to say there is, like a thoroughbred.
You make me smile like you wouldn't believe. Felt like I was on a treasure hunt this morning and everywhere I stopped, there was gold and jewels and giggles and smiles. Bless you my child. Now bend over. I think we should do some hide blessing too. :-D
Have you got a brew going? ;-)
Autumn, you've been indecent? AND I've missed it? Would'nt you know it.
When you are out and about commenting on other peoples blogs, you are witty, fun, and just a tad risque'. You handle yourself with class and dignity. To me an intelligent, bright, and clever woman is ultra hot. If they are beautiful such as you are, so much the better. I just wanted to stop by and say how much fun I had with you at Jillies yesterday.
There are FAR worse things in life my dear, then to be with, and to please you! I for one, am at your service...G
Don't worry Tree, I think you got the 'inside track'. I'm just visiting..no visa!
G-Man, Autumn is one helluva woman. Watch your heart or she'll steal it like a thief in the night and you'll be on bended knee thanking her for doing so.
Prepare yourself to utter this phrase often, with a smile: "Please Ms Storm, may I have another?"
The original Sweet Bitch :-D
G, I never could resist a man who was intent on serving me. You've earned yourself a lot of extra merit with that statement.
And for the kind words.
:-)
Liking you already, g-man, yep, think I should like to get to know you a whole lot better. :-D
Poppet, I'm just laughing too hard at the minute to even write. :-D
My sweet bitch - I just like saying that, it rolls so nicely over the tongue. :-) As if you didn't have enough synonyms - I shall have to start making notes in order to remember them all, or perhaps I should just stick to my favourites. My sweet little bitch is clearly way out in front at this moment in time.
Meet you in the garden behind the cottage - I've got the blanket covered, you just bring the honey. :-)
Thoroughbred :-), so glad to hear it, that thought has been on my mind all day. No need to prep.
Oh my, with thought of the garden behind the cottage, and that dark rustic freshly turned soil filling my senses with lust and desire, well, I suppose we better bring the suntan lotion. :-D
The blessing of hides rather than the tanning. :-)
I say we do both, at the same time to the roar of an approving ocean slapping the sand like a standing ovation with seagulls in the upper deck squawking for more. :-D
Did I ever tell you I can squark like a seagull? :-D
Baby, hang on to that thought. I'm going to hold you to it in a couple months so I say practice up. :-D
Just like G-man, I had to ask: You had indecent posts???
Blogging is one of the many outlets for expressions. At some point in life, sometimes it becomes a little difficult to articulate one's thoughts out loud to another physical being. And as one grows older, one learns to be more wary of having one's speech misconstrued by others' perspectives. Blogs provide an outlet to air one's views that one probably finds difficult to articulate, and I must also say, most commentors are sweet decent non-judgemental beings offering much support, or just a ear to listen to our raves and rants (ocassionally).
Keep the communication flowing!
Do you realize I've been making you coffee since the Fall of 2005? Now if only I had saved and invested all that tip money. :-D
Morning my love.
Little "Sweet Bitch" Poppet
:-)
And I have cherished each and every cup. You make the best coffee. :-)
Sweet dreams, sweetest heart, x
Thanks, Saff, comments much appreciated. I have to say though that off-hand I would consider the opposite to be true, that the older we get the more we realize that people are often going to interpret things as they see fit and so it matters less how we sive our words - the point is and will always be once things are out there, once they are said, they cannot be unsaid. And so we should only say what we mean and that's the best we can do, after that everything is open to interpretation and nobody is going to see exactly the same thing.
:-o
The D.A.S is one of my favourate blogs... it has positive energy.. i kind of 'pureness' (as opposed to 'purity').
This comes from the pictures, the words, the colour scheme and several other things that cant be described in human language.
James, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate that comment, in part for what it is and in part because it will give me windows (something to mull). :-)
I do appreciate it for one thing that has occupied my time is wondering why the people that came, such as yourself, to this place at a time after I started posting less and less stuff that I could actually hold up and say that I was proud of, wondering why you would stay. I feel like I was throwing myself out there in the past and these days all I do is wave once in a while (post-wise). In any case, it is not something that I do purposely - I sat here the weekend before last for most of those 4 days and tried to write what I would call a 'decent' post, aka something to be proud of, and it just never happened - it hardly ever happens anymore, and I'm doing the right thing and reigning in my stubborness - plus there is no need for me to waste anyone's time. I could let people know, as some people do, that I have a new post up in my comments upon their blogs.
And I'm babbling now - that's how nice I thought your comment was.
Thank you most kindly, James, for the comment and for the friendship.
Hugs to you, x
you made me shed a tear today my dear autumn storm!
i really wouldlike to see you again one day and not just for some minutes or so, and to spend some fun times with you.
the sun is shining brightly nowadays even though it is still freezing cold over here. i hope to go out more also-have been like a hermit already....
Isay, either I'll come see you or you could come see me here, but either way, I know it, we will see each other again. Hope you have a most fantastic week ahead. :-)
i will still check everyday day for new stuff...I am happy to know you too even though we have never met. I love your comments, always so filled with caring and sometimes very funny. you are a wonderfully funny, witty and caring girl......I will be back...
Bless you, Jodes, for saying that, you've made my day. Usually I am the one, and we all know one, bent double with belly-ache laughing at what I have just said, while everyone is the group around me is wondering what is so funny. LOL Often times anyway. :-)
Thank you kindly for such sweet words, much appreciated. Happy Monday to you, at least I hope you are having a good day, be over to check for myself in just a little while, x
So, my dear Autumn, no more posts to look forward to? I will miss gems like "George", and other posts which were truly remarkable. I'm sad about that... but I suppose like everything else, blogs go in cycles. I've known many others who have ceased posting much on their own blogs, but still visit others' and actively participate in the comments. Recently I've been pondering the exact same thing - ready to throw in the towel on the whole thing... who reads it anyway I ask?
As far as your comment regarding "indecent"... that word doesn't belong in the same sentence as your name. Silly girl :-)
Oh Autumn, you are always welcome in my town. :)
Terry, I shall and do miss those posts. George was one of my favourites. :-)
As for your blog, Terry, it's more alive now that it has ever been, so many new readers of late to join us oldies who are still enjoying those wonderful scenic, poetic, informative, serene posts that you are able to turn out time and time again. That answers the question of who. :-) Hope you keep it up.
Happy Monday, x
Thanks K, I knew that, good to have it confirmed though. :-D
Happy Monday, x
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hey Autumn,
I understand fully - there is only so much time in one day, and sometimes you have to decide what is more important. I too have gone through periods where posting was the last thing I wanted to do, but felt like I had to - now its only once or twice a week, but its enough for me. As far as reading and commenting, I beleive you will still be about and more alive than ever.
Tree is right - you have the biggest heart around this place, are the most charming person and really do have it all together. Don't ever cut yourself short. Hope to see you at my place from time to time, as boring as it might be :) or e-mail occasionally.
Hugs,
and bigger HUGS,
Meg
Autumn I know what you're saying. I feel like when I come over to your place, it's like a breath of fresh air. As Christa said, I do hope you stop by every now and then to let us know you're ok.
I can't EVER imagine you having an indecent post. Hmmmm....I'm going to have to look for that one.
So I guess g-man and tree will have to be my bitches now.
You WILL be missed by everyone's lives you have touched.
XOXO
hey.
Hugs, x
Jillie, that is a wonderfully heartwarming message and I thank you for it, and as I said to Christa, I'n not going anywhere, I will be around, reading, and I will be here to reply if there are people who still stop by just to say hello, but what I am saying is that I don't think I will be posting very often at all, and I definitely won't be posting for the sake of posting. In short, you cannot get rid of me that easily, I want in on the bitches. :-D
Thank you, xo
Meg, :-), big thanks to you too, my heart grows still warmer, and yes, most definitely will I be heading over to yours as often as I have been doing, that will not change, at all, you can count on that.
Thank you most sincerely for the very kind words, which more than anything tell us what a sweet thing you are. :-)
Big hugs back attcha, x
Hey Sweetest. Need your sheets turned? I've got chocolates too. :-)
SB Poppet
Hey poppet. :-)
I don't need a thing (well, maybe one thing), just sit down next to me and help me with those chocolates. And answer the question of whether we should be conventional in our chocolate consumption or whether we should have a little fun. :-D I vote fun. I always vote fun.
I think we need to have a little fun. I have a whole box of exotic french chocolates and I want to blindfold you and feed them to you one at a time and if you can guess which one it is, well, let's just say I believe in rewarding success. :-D
The original Sweet Bitch :-D
I think we need to do this one night at the cottage too. Window open, fresh ocean breeze and just the sound of our breathing and the beating of our hearts. And the chocolate. Don't forget that. :-D
Anything and everything can happen at the cottage. Just think about that for a moment. :-D
It's a haven, hidden away, and it's a place where time moves very slowly allowing us to truly savour every moment.
I like your chocolate idea, especially the part where I get the chocolate and potential rewards. :-D
Have a few of my own too, but I must admit in these, I still got most of the chocolate. :-D But even if that were the case, dear poppet, I can promise you this, you wouldn't feel as if you had lost out. Quite the opposite.
"This place helped me find my happy"
I think that hits home most. Reading back where we started we can see the evolution of ourselves. I've learned a great deal about the person I am....inside.
There was a 'downtime' but I never felt alone. Quite the opposite. My little space on the net reminded me that we can find friends in our hearts, without ever meeting them. That the world is really full of good, kind, caring wonderful people. It's a blessing.
Please always know that door is open and you can pop in anytime. (by the last post, it appears Blogger likes you a great deal. 4 or 5 times more than other posters. hahaha)
Your words and wisdom and kindness are always welcome to grace my little piece of the web.
Much love.
PS - an update every now and then about you, the fambly and that beautiful little girl will be requested. :)
Hey there my friend, just wanted to stop by for hugs and hi's :0)
so Hi to all those I miss routinely (you know who you are)that I know will see this, cuz everyone always comes by Autumn's place.
kiss kiss :0)
Good to see you, Trace, as always. :-)
Aggie, I loved your comment as I have every single one you have sent my way. Yours is one of my very favourite places to come, you are one of the most special souls I have met here. I loved the part that goes: My little space on the net reminded me that we can find friends in our hearts, without ever meeting them. That the world is really full of good, kind, caring wonderful people. It's a blessing. I agree wholeheartedly, and I'm keeping each and every one of you close. In other words, apologies for repeating myself, I'm right here and I am staying right here, unless I am over at yours, or poppets, or Megs, or Virges, or.. :-)
Thank you kindly, Aggie, and since the opportunity arises, thank you for it all, and for what is still to come.
Love to you, x
This place helped me find my happy and I can honestly say as I walk about the world now, I do so as I once did before I got hurt too bad for me to be able to cope, with my arms wide open to anybody who wants to walk in.
Amen to that Autumn! I hear and understand - it's been my experience too. You're a gem and I'm so happy to have found you and your wonderful family.
Trée: OM frailing G! Be my sensei?
Evenstar, Poppet is never one to turn down a paying job. You were thinking of paying, right? :-D
Now, from what I've seen of your blog my friend, I am the one who would proudly sit at your knee. Your photos are some of the most gorgeous in blogland, the hand of a mature and experienced artist at work, a delight for eye and imagination alike. You have the gift of a good eye for beauty. :-)
Sweetest, I've got coffee on. Come sit with me. Tell me about your day. With love, SB Poppet. :-)
good morning...I finally used One True Media.....love it!!! In my post today!!!
Jodes, am excited to see, I will be over in just a bit.
Evenstar, I must tell you once more how fabulous that picture of you is, makes me smile wide in turn to see that wide smile and cheeky wink. :-D
Thank you most kindly for your comment that made me smile wide too.
You smile-provider, you.
:-D
PS I second poppet. I've not a clue about photography, I just know what I like, and I've much more than liked all that I have seen at yours.
Happy days ahead, xo
Morning poppet, missed you. Pour me a cup when you are ready and I'll be right there. :-)
Hey Autumn,
Wanted to stop in and say hi.
Wasn't sure if you were going to pull this blog or not - or if we could just come and comment and make this one grow to a thousand!!
Hope things are well with ya.
Got your e-mail and will respond in kind when time affords me :)
hope your enjoying your last day off, before the stretch starts again !!
Hugs,
Meg
Meg, you just did. Amounted to not much more than a 'happy Tuesday'. :-)
Won't be pulling anything, at least not here. :-D
Very much so, Meg, thank you. And as I wrote, hope you're day thus far is and will continue to be a good one. Hugs to you, x
Jeez Mistress Autumn,
I visit your post one day and all of a sudden theres all this talk of you quitting, of you shutting down. I feel like the Black Death sweeping through Europe once again.
I guess it really does'nt matter as long as your quick wit, kind words, stern manner, and HOT avatar, is still blessing us.
Come to the Colonies often, you will always have a home!...G
G-man, :-), you've brought smiles and fun and all within a very short space of time.
I need a good dollop of time aside to be able to spend with you, to do you properly. So in the mean time, here's what I want you to do. I want you to do what you would normally do, move around as you usually would, but I want you to do so with the thought that at some point soon, and I won't tell you when, I will be moving in on you, weaving myself around your body (of work) and leaving you with something to remember me by. I want to keep you, and I know this already, as one of my regulars, someone who I know when I have needs (to read a good post) will step up to the plate to fulfill them (I must admit, I did take a peek through sleepy eyes one night) and I like what I have seen thus far, I like the way you use your hands (across the keyboard) and I mean to be touched.
In other words, yes, will most definitely still be around and as I always do with new people that I stumble upon, I like to start at the beginning, so as the post says, put the kettle on, I'll be over soon.
just came by to say Good Morning!!
Hi ho, hi ho, it's back to work you go... :-( Time flies when you are having fun, but inevitably the reality of mundane work catches up. Happy Hump Day Autumn. Got your e, and will respond when I get a breather :-D
My Bear is back. Life is wonderful!
Happy Hump Day Autumn,
I'm sure by now your back to being busy with your chefs :)
Just wanted to pop in and say that you've been on my mind - in a good way of course !!!
Hugs,
Meg
Afternoon all.
(or good morning to you Jodes - cannot quite work out if it is indeed still morning where you are) :-)
Terry, :-), so glad to hear he arrived home safely. Needn't ask if it is good having him home again. :-D
Meg, so sweet as always.
Happy Wednesday to the both of you, hope the day is going splendidly.
Btw, 7 inches have been promised tonight - whether we will see it or not, I have no idea - all I know is that if we do, it will wreak havoc (based on prior experience of much less). The schools have announced that they will be closed if it does snow, anywhere near this much, doubt work will shut down though :-), what will happen is we will be staring at each other with nothing to do most likely. Anyways, we shall see. It's certainly cold enough to hint that it will indeed rain frosted flakes.
xo
Autumn, have to agree with you:
*the older we get the more we realize that people are often going to interpret things as they see fit and so it matters less how we sive our words*
which can be, in a way, scary when you realise how your words and intentions can be twisted beyond your imagination.
How's London thus far? Is this a permemant move or will you be going back to Copenhagen?
Interesting to "talk" like this, much like delayed instant messenging :-)
Honestly, Saff, in my heart of hearts, I long to go back, or rather to go forward. I feel like I had mid-step and I won't know where I will land until I get there - in the mean time of course, here I am, right here. Forgive me, that didn't make much sense, I'm sure. :-D
Loving many aspects of living here and I need to start taking better advantage of all that this city has to offer. I have for example not yet gone to see a show (theatre) which is in itself quite extraordinary. Perhaps I shall wait for an occasion and gift it to myself. ;-) Have you made any nice plans? (she asks and waits patiently for the next 'IM')
Have a wonderful rest of the day, xo
had mid-step = am mid-step :-)
maybe you could post just one word - that would be interesting.....
Hi Autumn.
Happy almost weekend.....
Jodes - I like that idea :)
What a wonderful post. I have thought often, how amazing it has been...the times I have been absent from blogging for one reason or another and yet you guys have still remembered me. And your comments have warmed my heart so many times when I was unable to speak, unable to visit blogs. Thank you for being such a precious woman. Your heart is beautiful and it shows, not only in your posts here but in your comments. You are a sweetheart.
i just read your comment - trust me - I do not always look good - if you saw me on the weekend with no make-up WHOA!!! thanks tho - you are sweetie.
One word, eh. How about I just re-post old posts that the two of you haven't read. :-D
So sweet you both are. Happy almost weekend. xo
& Jodes, some people are just natural beauties, even with bedhair and bare faces, sometimes even especially so. :-)
Oliviah, the essense of you is in everything you create and say here in blogland, pure and true and so very clear - this is why regardless of whether you are online or off, your presense is still felt and cherised. I thank you for the very kind words that you have written here, they follow the many you have written before, and they have been memorable, I must tell you this, deeply touching. There was one in particular during the summer when I was in London and my father was undergoing an operation, where you words took residence in my heart and have never left, nor, I doubt, will they. And the same can be said for particular images and posts of yours, though each one that I have seen has left me feeling admiration for your skill both at producing fractals and for writing, there were some that were deeply touching and again I have little doubt that whatever happens with regards to blogland and our individual spots here through time, every thing I have seen of you means that yours is a name I shall always think of with a smile and with affection. You are the sweetheart.
xo
Autumn, and the "IM" continues... :-)
Living is but a journey in itself. Everyday, whether we are students or working adults struggling to pay off loans and debts or to maintain a certain standard of living, we are trying to "get to somewhere". Where that "somewhere" is, whether we have arrived at that "somewhere" is probably difficult to gauge. And thus we continue to burrow away, working hard furiously towards that PhD or promotion or whatever one's heart desires.
Once upon a time, I was in London for a short while, with enough time to eat at Pret-A-Manger and see the wax statues at Madame Tussard's. :-) Fun and stuff, except for the rain and the surly doorman at Harrod's.
Are you referring to "theatre" as in the "West (?) East (?)End" shows? How about the Museum? I heard they have the best collection of Ancient Egyptian artefacts outside Egypt.
For this reason, I'll save hard to make it to London again ;-)
Happy Weekend ahead!!
Yes, the theatre as in up West. A myriad of shows to choose from at all times. :-)
The National History Museum is one of my favourite places in this world to be. This is the museum that has the collection of which you speak, and though I have visited numerous times over the years, I've yet to have adequately taken it all in. When you do get back here, this is a place you must go.
Saff, in a rush this morning, hence the short IM. Talk to you later, ;-), x
Good morning/afternoon Miss Autumn...well I think I have turned the corner...THANK GOD FOR THAT!!! Thanks for dropping by to say hello..xoxo
Next week I will be back 100% Making up on my beauty sleep. Boy from the looks of me this morning...I NEEDED IT AND HOW!
Jillie, soooo good to hear! :-) Rest up, and have a wonderful weekend, so that you can indeed be back with us 100% next week. Looking forward to that - missed your posts and your presense about the place these last couple of days.
xo
so your thoughts on posting one word??? then we could all leave comments about that word and what it means to us. MORNING!!!! :)
Hey Autumn, just wanted to drop in and send you a smile. :)
Happy Monday!
K, that's so very sweet of you and very much appreciated. Smiling back twice as wide in response. :-)
Jodes, imaginative idea that surely could be fun, but I think, I shall stick to the original plan. Thanks though! :-) Happy Monday, x
WAHT TEH FCUK??
whats happened to the comments on L's blog?!??!?!?!?!??!?!?!
Is it just a blogger error?
I don't think it is a mistake, James. The top post seems to indicate otherwise.
you mean, lisa waving? oh dear! what is happening on blogger!? This is like Legend Of the Overfiend where the human world gets destroyed in order to be renewed!
Who knows, James, not I anyway.
Your post - says a lot of how I feel sometimes.
This made me cry -
"This place helped me find my happy and I can honestly say as I walk about the world now, I do so as I once did before I got hurt too bad for me to be able to cope, with my arms wide open to anybody who wants to walk in."
I hope one day I too will feel that way - At least now I have you to show me my random blogging for therapy is a good way to go. :-)
Hi Autumn, how was your weekend? Did you manage to make a trip to anywhere? I watched Pan's Labyrinth --good stuff, though the Pale Man had so little screen time. Well, at least some time in the cinema means less time looking at bags :)
Have a happy week ahead!
Hey Sara. :-)
From what I have seen, long as I have been reading, you are headed the way you want to go and I think, you will, and sooner than you might imagine.
Hope the last couple of weeks have been good ones. Be right over to see. xo
Happy Tuesday, Saff. I was working at the weekend, hardest I've ever worked in my life too, I might add. Running, I was, :-D, so much so, I ran clear into a work top which was the most 'exciting' thing to happen. Having worked then, I've been off yesterday and today, but again, save some shopping (which is not anywhere near the top of my favourite pasttimes), I've just been at home. Boring sod, really. LOL
Sounds like you had a good one, glad to hear it.
Someone was telling me a sequal to Dirty Dancing is about to hit the big screen. I'm still trying to decide, if this is true, whether I want to watch it or not.
PS I'm still convinced it's an actual law that women can never have too many handbags - there definitely is one for hats (don't mind shopping for those), this I know. ;)
Well done you. :-D
Happy week ahead, x
Autumn, hats are interesting. Dun get to wear them myself usually. What kinda hats do you own? Have only see pictures of socialites in magazines wearing ridiculous hats for horse-racing events.
You should watch it. If it's good, you'll be glad you did. If it's bad, you can diss it too. Either way, a conversation topic created!
Went shopping today and bought another. :-D Very cute it is too, I need some pinstripe pants to go with it now (most of my clothing is in storage) and some fabulously high heels. Oooh, getting all excited LOL.
Hats, well, all kinds really, not the Ascot type though, these need an occasion of that kind, but your everyday type hats.
I'm not so big on handbags, though I must admit I do have more than I need. But with these, I tend to keep them in the cupboard (most) and use the same couple of favourites.
Any fun ones in your collection? :-)
I suppose not quite fun, but interesting. There is this one I bought from one of the minority tribes in China. It is tied-dyed, and can hardly hold anything subtantial. Should have bought the shoes instead, at least it would have been used more often.
But I support native handmade crafts, so there. I had to buy it. Better the money go to them directly than some unsuprulous middlemen. ;)
Happy Valentines!!
Be my Valentine?
Hell yeah! :-D
I think I just felt the candy I was going to give you melt. But you can still lick the spoon if you like. :-D
:-D
I would. Like, that is.
Roses are red, violets are blue,
candy may be sweet, but none is sweeter than you.
(LOL - never claimed to be a poet:-D)
I'll let Nena sing it for me, in the spirit of this past summer when I missed you more than words can say:
good night my marvelous one
and I'd still like to express my gratitude
what you did
what you said
it certainly wasn't easy for you
you think of me in complete love
and what you see only moves forward
you're courageous
you're smart
and I'll always be there for you
that I know for sure
you and I we're like children
who love each other the way they are
who don't lie and don't ask
when there's nothing to ask
we are two and we are one
and we see things clearly
and when one of us must go
we are still always there
I love you Sweetest and if I could sing, this is what I would sing from a balcony of sand with the whole ocean backing me up. :-)
Words are more than words within this song. :-) And I need to thank you for it again and for the summer, cruel though it was in how far apart I (sometimes felt I) was, I can almost say never have I felt that someone was so 'there'.
I do love you, and I love you as the song says. Completely.
You know, I fell for you the very first time, I visited you. I fell for you again when I saw that rolo smile that you have. And I have fallen for you a thousand times since. None sweeter, though not very poetic, was as honest as can be. :-)
My dear Sweetest, I still remember the night I stumbled onto your blog and your CNN post. I knew then I'd been blessed by fate, I knew if blogs were stars that might I search the Milky Way a thousand times ten thousand times, I would never find one so bright as you again. So come walk with me, into the sunset of dreams and lets sit on the beach as the night sky puts on a show for two.
That comment flooded me in warmth from head to toe and made my heart feel like it was expanding. Nobody ever reacted as wonderfully to something I said as you did to that post - I still plan to reinact my reaction to you, when I saw what you had done. :-D
But, it wasn't this that drew me to you, not at all. As I have said to you a million times (you know how I like to repeat myself), from that very first visit, the essense of you was so very clear upon your blog. I've loved everything I have seen of you, but more than that, I know, this will always be the case.
And now I'm going to be quiet and just enjoy the sunset with you. :-)
That comment as in the one above.
Saff, that bag sounds lovely. And somethings are there just for the pleasure they bring, they need not be functional in any other way. :-D
Happy Valentine's, xo
happy valentine's day.
Happy VD day my friend :0D
snowed in here, just catching up a bit, hope all is well with you
Happy Valentines Day dear sweet Autumn!!
XOXOXO
Happy Valentine's day, my pretties. I hope each of you has a very special day, xo
My dear Sweetest, your coffee is ready. I must say, I am still floating from last night. Is it okay if we just have coffee this morning and perhaps enjoy an early lunch? I have some ideas for the patio. :-)
Evening, sweetheart. Anything you suggest is fine by me. Don't you know I would follow you to the ends of the Earth? :)
Coffee sounds wonderful, lunch too.
After coffee, I'd like to sit on the patio facing the ocean and I'd like to read from Wolfe, slowly. And I want to stop with each picturesque turn of phrase and repeat it, and perhaps have you read it aloud, as you have done with the story, so that I might hear anew. I want to swim in words and share the delight of two souls enjoying the arts of pen and letters. Would you join me my love?
Sweetie, I can only think of one word that brings to mind. Perfect. That would be a perfect morning. Coffee, the beach, the breeze, the sky, the waves, you and the reading aloud of such fine literature. Pure bliss, and pure enjoyment of that bliss. :-)
The only thing that could make that better would be if inspiration struck and the afternoon saw creation. :-)
Sweetest, I do see creation in the afternoon. As I have said before, I want to sit with you and work on images and chapters just as we do now with ideas and possibilities but I want to do it in person, together as one, as we finish each others sentences and thoughts, just as so often happens now. I want to hear the voice I've heard, the intelligence, the wit, the insight, the gift you have for seeing people just as they are, of seeing past the facades and getting straight to the heart of the matter, that is what I want. No one else can help me keep the characters true as you do. That is the creation I want. Now, what happens after that, well, we'll see where the afternoon takes us. :-)
With most people, sooner or later, there is a break in the line, a zig-zag up or a zig-zag down and though most times one just stumbles across it, one could wish that they had just placed themselves in the right spot from the beginning. I know. I'm making sense probably only to me.
I like it when I see people clearly, or rather when everything is on show and there is no shame, embarassment, pride, desire to be anything but, total acceptance, comfort and love. I like that honesty.
You know how it is, when one is completely certain of something, in those cases I am stubborn as hell, but only those. Somethings we can know for sure. People are that way, which is not to say that they are infalliable in as much as surprise is concerned, but that there is only so far one can go.
And this is when one can begin to speak of learned unconditionality, towards people we meet rather than people we were always connected to. One we can see clear to the inside of a person, once we have seen the essence of that person - and it matters not what that essence consists of in it's totality so much as what the individual parts are - that's when we can be sure of them. Sure that there will not be an almighty zig-zag along the way.
A great deviance from what we know, whatever it is that we know.
Loving every part of a person's essence is very much easier than liking every part. So, when that happens, it's not only something rare but it is something truly wonderful.
That is part one so to speak of why you are special to me. Today's chapter and your subsequent explanation of what inspired you to write it was, as you so often provide, complete confirmation of the truth and beauty of the essense of you.
Part two is that I do believe you see mine about as clearly as anyone ever has. And I feel almost as if I am blowing my own trumpet when I say that, for you say the nicest things at times about what you see in me, but that's as may be, for the fact remains that you do, know me better than almost anyone else has. You look without filters, just as I see you without them, and hence what we get is, smiling to myself here as I feel the need to quote, a beautiful friendship.
The boundaries of blog mean nothing in that sense, for like I said in relation to the summer, you are 'there'.
And that is part III. :-)
Part IV, :-D, would be how you reach, with chapters such as today's and just in conversation, comments or otherwise, how sometimes you introduce and always you enrich, and what I am trying to say I guess is that anyone who reads your blog, recieves what you give so willingly - your thoughts, your view, your questions, your ideas for the answers - should count themselves fortunate.
There are more parts of course, but these are the main. And it is chapters like today that make me feel the need to express it - today's was truly amazing. But it's always there, in your writing, in your fractals, in your comments, and why, because it is all you. It comes straight from your essence.
I have to go get ready for my day, darnit, so no time to add or edit, whichever if any it needs, this comment, but in short, my two points are
that would as perfect a day as you and I could spend together
and that, again, today's chapter was perfectly indicative of the story and of you, and why I wouldn't miss a chapter for the world (so to speak).
So, and I really do have to go get ready, I'm feeling very thankful this morning. Thankful for clearsight, for insight, for straight lines, for true and beautiful essenses, for honesty, for genuine caring, for inspiration.
Most of all, I feel thankful that I can see.
..that I see you clearly, and this is not something I believe, it is something I know. Something, in a world where there are few things one can say this about, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt.
We each have our own eyes, and these are the only we can use.
I feel a post coming on. :-D
Anyways, I went off on a bit of a spew here, sometimes things other than what I am replying to, in this case your comment, come into play in my own, and suffice to say this was the case here. One last thing which is always good to remember is that we only know what we know. And what we all do know, to some extent or another, is that we cannot see things up close from afar.
No need to reply to any of this, especially today, it's just a few of my thoughts. Safe journey, xo
108 comments now, not that I am keep track or anything....you like country music??? got a song for you to listen to over on me bloggy.
Sweetest, just when I think you could not possibly touch a part of my heart you do not already own, you response with such a comment above. As I said on DT, your comment there and your comments of late (especially on Yellow, which is still blowing me away) have risen to a level I would have never imagined; and, as I have also said many, many times, you inspire me to continue to work, to continue to share, to continue to open to the story and let the story open you and everyone else to me in ways that would be difficult to do otherwise. For that I thank you. (just got a phone call as I was typing--CT scan perfectly normal--I like the way this day is starting. Nothing quite like waking up, grabbing a cup of coffee and getting good, positive, loving news--and between you and my doctor, I'm just glowing again).
What you read in "Future Credits" is said and felt by Yul, but she is just a proxy for where I was at a moment in time last night. As I often say, these chapters, many of them, can only be written in a very tight window, on the edge of a wave that will not return and so they either get written or, in that moment, are lost. This one, well, it got written and as for "Connections," is hasn't been written yet, but I've put down notes and the idea(s) have taken firm hold of my mind. I might let the flight bring this one to life. :-)
There is also one other bit of biographical information "Future Credits" holds, which I did not mention in my comment on DT. Shortly after my grandfather died, just a few days actually, my grandmother (still alive and living with my mom) decided she was going to sell the house and move in with my mother. I still remember clearly her coming down the hallway of their small and humble house with a small object in her frail eighty-year old hands. Her hair was not fixed up, like it almost always is, white fluffs going in all directions and she was wearing a robe and it was the middle of the afternoon, which was another first for me. But she walked toward me very slowly and her eyes were on this object as if it were a baby she did not want to drop. As she stepped in front of me, she held out the object with trembling hands and I had no idea what to say or do. The object was a snow globe that sat on a music box and I had given her that gift a long, long time ago. She was giving it back to me. That was two years ago and I've thought of that moment many times and I've tried to think what she must have felt as she gave everything but the bare essentials away, even keepsake gifts like the one she was giving back to me. I'm not so arrogant as to say I know what she was feeling or what she thought, but I like to think I have an idea, and that idea, if you read between the lines, is uttered in that crowded shopping mall between Rog and Yul. As I often say, I am in my story in every character more or less. In this last one, I am Yul and I am Rog (just as confused as to what happened right before his eyes).
Sweetest, thanks for everything you give to me with a love unlike any other I have known. You love with an open heart, without judgment or agenda and when I think of you I smile. When I know I have a comment from you, I smile. When I see I have an email from you, I smile. When a package arrives in the mail from you, I smile. When you answer that video call and I hear your voice, I smile. Very, very few people have that ability, to make one smile at every point of contact and do it consistently over a long period of time. Well, I knew in 2005 you were rare and special and, if it is possible, I know it more so now than ever before.
Sweet Pea
Jodes, put the kettle on, I'll be over soon. :-)
Poppet, thank you dearly for such a comment - going to just hold it for a while before I respond.
Hi Autumn, though it's still a few days away, just in case I can't use the computer on that day itself, would like to say
Happy Birthday and gazillion returns for the day!!
:-D
Ps: Have u received the giraffe? ;)
I'll leave you one on the day, Saff, but if you don't see it, wishes now too for wonderful celebrations on the day and best wishes for the year that follows, xo
I'm sure it'll be here, hope you get mine too. ;-)
Happy Friday night Autumn! Hope today and this evening are filled with fast moving fun and laughter among your workmates and customers. cheersxoxo
Terry - I just got mail. Thank you so much, so very, very kind of you to think of me!! Both of you. :-) Love the card especially, beautiful illustation, and the song too. :-D Thank you again, most kind. Very touched.
Friday was good. Went to the circus after, so only just got home. Tired, and I know I am complaining, but I'm a real baby when it comes to those simple things, being hungry, being cold, being sleepy. :-) Interferes with my blogging life is what it does, I have things to respond to, blogs to visit.
Hope your Friday was good too. :-)
Poppet, I still hardly know what to say in response to your comment above. As is always the case, I sit back in wonder at how incredibly giving you are and the truth remains, I've not met anyone quite like you in this respect and the joy you take in doing so instills a deep admiration for the take you have.
And this applies to all things. The story gives me a chance to sit back and take pleasure in that, for it is a pleasure I can take as someone on the outside. I said it somewhere, and I think it was on Yellow, in any case, I know that I read it back recently, that the responsibility we hold as we go about our lives is a great one. You, sweetie, are "yellow" and I know the same is true of the real world as it is here in that yellow ripples are what (actually, it may have been on Virgil's page that I said some of this) you make. And they reach as far as here, especially those that are not directed this way.
I thank you for sharing the story of the music box, very vivid, deeply touching (mean that to greater extent than I could tell you) and I do and did see, I believe, what it is you wanted to share within 'Future Credits'. In my comment at the time, I focused mostly upon the way in which you spoke rather than what you were speaking about, as both aspects of the chapter were equally noticable, but one went more without saying. The what, which is what you speak of here. The how is where you steam ahead. As I wonder how to say what I want to say, 'Yellow' comes to mind again in as much as the simplicity of concept is concerned.
With most/all words, we rely on interpretation, we rely on the picture that word has created within another and we hope that in most cases, our pictures correspond and thus there will be understanding. Hope that made sense. That said, there are some words, some really big words :-), where the understanding of what they mean is so given to each of us, as clear a picture as can be, that breaking it up into pieces is extremely difficult. Now this is what the story is, this is what you are able to do, time and again, and in the most beautifully creative manners, but more than that, as those pieces fit together that original picture, though one would not have believed it beforehand, becomes even clearer.
I'm missing many pieces in the above. :-D In short, perhaps what I should be saying is that I'm listening (reading) and as far as I can, which in your case is much farther than might otherwise be due to your amazing talent, I'm hearing it too.
I need to email you some more, and comment some more and do all the rest of those things some more for the thing that I know more than anything else is that regardless of how much I do, I will never reach close to the number that you have sent my way, and more than that, knowing of even one awards me one greater and so it's a circle, a competition - and I apologize for using that word but I cannot think of another - that even if you stilled and I continued always, I could still never hope to win. For mine are mine, but yours are mine too.
What says most to me about you is that the imbalance of that feels okay. And the more okay it feels, the more it is cancelled out.
I thank you for receiving as it comes, no filters - this means the world to me. And, to use your words, more than anything, I thank you for being you.
I'm me, so endnote, which states I likely did the opposite of what you do, took something simple and by complicating it made it complicated (where you are able to take something simple, complicate it and make it equally as simple, just better), but that proposed increasement of emails ;) could begin with a re-write of the above, if requested.
:-D
The big words in any case are Love and Thankfulness.
Happy day ahead, xo
PS The comment at DT is still coming - again, how wonderful and touching they are is what is taking me so long. xo
Pleasure in that it gives me opportunity to comment upon it with reason.
Imbalance is what is cancelled out in the sense of it matters less and less.
And this one is pretty obvious, but it was of course how wonderful and touching your comments are that has me stumbling over my resonses. The more something touches...
xo
Editing my edit - this is getting rediculous
...with an outside reason.
Rolls eyes and heads off to work giggling.
My dearest Sunshine, the gift you give me, the gift you have given me so graciously for so many months, is not in the giving (although that has been very, very nice--just want to be clear on that :-D), but in the listening, the understanding, the receiving. When I post a chapter, you read it. Not everyone does. And that is okay--the story is not for everyone, but I pour my heart and soul into the story and the gift you give me is that you read it. But you do more than read it, you absorb it, you make it your own, you delight in the characters as much as I do--and this next bit delights me to no end--you see things in the story that I didn't.
I want to pause to let that last sentence sink in. Many times, and I wish I had kept count, you say something in a comment that makes me go back and reread my own chapter, to see what you are seeing, to see how you are seeing and when I do that, and I am able to see what you see, to see more than I originally saw, I can do nothing more than just smile, to smile at the engagement, the affirmation if you will, the touching of minds and hearts and souls in a dance open to all but taken by few. Many times when I post a chapter I feel as if I'm in the center of the dance floor and as visitors come they are like potential dance partners standing on the edge of the floor. Some come just to see and have no desire to dance. Some want to dance, but with someone else or to a different song. You my dear, make eye contact, take my hand, and as we dance to the rhythm of the chapter, as you follow my lead and I follow yours, as our steps flow, I feel at times as Kyra and John did that night of the dinner as eyes danced to a private duet and I picture you in red. :-)
And that dance means the world to me. Many months ago, I didn't dance. Then, when I put my toe on the floor, you encouraged me to move it a little and then a little more. And when I had doubt, you smiled and said don't be silly. And when I grew weary, so said lean on me and I will carry you and when I questioned, well, you were there and you answered and you made me smile when everyone else had already gone home for the night. And so we danced again, just you and me and words were not spoken for there are words and there are actions and many times the two are not as one, but with you my dear sweetest one, your words and your actions have never been two and where I see the one I know the other to be true. And so, like Kyra and John that fateful night, I hold your hand and you hold mine and the rest of the world just slips away for I have all that I need in just a look and a simple touch that would take volumes to explain.
I'll be working on that next chapter, you know the one. And when it is posted, I request, my dear, your hand. May I have this dance? :-)
Dancing with you is always my pleasure and you make it easy. You pick the location, the decor, the lights, the most evocative music, all I have to do is show up and be carried away.
And the best bit, I'm still dancing long after I have left.
:-)
All I can really say is what I said above, the story, every aspect of it, the words as they stand and all that one can gauge from between the lines or ones own imaginings, brings me a whole heap of pleasure. DT always was a place of great inspiration. I need a badge, one that says, I (H) DT and I'd wear it with pride. :-D
I'll get to work right away on those badges. I think we need T-shirts too. Thanks for making me smile Sweetest. Always a pleasure to share a cup of coffee and send you off to, well, to the day with a smile. Love and hugs and kisses from your tight and taut sweet bitch.
SB Poppet reporting out.
T-shirts, absolutely, and with one of your images on the front. I'm serious too. Can we get some made?
:-) Sweet pea, like I said, mine are mine and yours are mine too. I'm sorted.
Dancing out the door too. Even if that finger crossing doesn't come up trumps.
Happy Sunday, love and hugs, x
That whole competition thing and the yours are mine was of course in references to smiles.
Missing you tons already, x
"I was never a writer"...
Mmm~ You proved yourself wrong. You're a brilliant author.
*smile*
Kind words, Meg. :-) Happy week ahead, xo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AUTUMN!!!
hope you have a wonderful
day of celebration for you
are a very special soul...
xoxo lisa
morning
Happy Happy a day early - hope you have something good planned for manana when you turn another year older and deeper in debt (NOT)!
Is it Monday already?
oops! well, at least
i got the right month!
(happy pre party?!)
i completely forgot
my bother in law's bday
on the 6th...remembered
about a week later...
whoops! my bad!
Morning, Jodes. :-) Hope you had a wonderful weekend.
Lisa and Terry, thank you both most kindly! Very sweet. :-)
My dearest Autumn, Wishing u a very Happy Birthday!! Lotsa Love and Hugs!
Coffee is ready for the birthday girl. Two warmed off-white cups, with a slight lip, made in a french press with fresh hand-ground italian roast whole beans. No sugar, no cream. We'll have our coffee like real Hynerians, a celebration of things to come on a day some years ago when angels sang upon one who would take into the world a love honest and pure.
Happy Birthday darlin'. I've got a little something for you. :-)
Poppet, :-), you are one righteous dude. Thank you, for the wishes and for the coffee and for those shiver-inducing chapters, what an amazing way to start a new day, reading those. Sweet to the bone and totally awesome you are, x
Sass, sweetie, we both need to pull ourselves together and keep in touch more! Miss you tons, hope everything is going well, J, bro, mostly you.
Big love and bear hugs, x
Autumn, I will defintely get down to writing that email :) Have a fantastic day!! Luv to M
The pleasure has been all mine Sweetest. See you at the cottage. Bring your bells. :-D
happy birthday my dear friend!
Thank you, Isay
Sass, look forward to it. :-)
Poppet, :-)
Sorry for the quick replies, running out the door, xo
HNT? Where? Did I miss it?
Ok...so maybe I'm a bit slow...but I just realized you changed the title of your blog back. YAY!! I think this one is mo betta! hahahahahaha
Happy Birthday AGAIN!
(wow, that was fast!
didnt you just have a
birthday yesterday??)
ha haaaa!
anyhoo, happy birthday
for real this time!
xoxo
Nah, Chai, you didn't. I'll tell you what, if ever the time comes, I'll make sure to email you and let you know. ;-D
Hope things are good downunder, xo
Lisa, thank you, just as for real as yesterday. :-D
Jillie, I have to agree, since it always did mean something to me. :-) Happy rest of the day, xo
Hi Autumn, how was your birthday? I see many happy wishes here, plus coffee from Tree :)
whoaaaaaaaaa I could come in today! U know how...thru Meg's blog. Thats just bizzare! Anyways Im so happy to be here after a very long time. I missed commenting here on ur lovely posts.
So how have u been Autumn? Where have u been breaking hearts this time ard? :)
Keshi.
As for the post, well who know what mite happen with me - one of the biggest blog worms :). I mite stop all of a sudden...it all depends on how u feel and that can change any time.
HUGGGGGGGGGZ!
Keshi.
dang girl, 145 comments, now 146.....will you ever post new??? I know, I know......I will stop asking. :)
Hey all, taking no chances - have been unable to connect to the internet and this may just be a window, but hopefully the problem has been solved in which case, responses and visits coming up, x
Hey Saff, mine was just great, hope your's was too, that you celebrated in style. :-) Lots of lovely wishes here, warms the heart, really does!
Jodes, bless you, you make me smile. I suppose it must seem like I am just being stubborn, but believe me, if I had a wonderful post sitting around, you'd hear about it. :-D Hugs to you - catch-up planned, but considering it's late in the day and I am off this weekend, I may just swing by to check up on you and catch-up properly then (at the w'end) when most of you guys will be on pause. :-)
Kesh, always nice to see your name in my comments box. :-) But please don't say things like that, I cannot imagine blogland without Viva. Not kidding, but I know you are right too. Things change, that's one of the few things that don't. :-)
Happy Friday downunder and weekend ahead. I'll see you at yours, x
ahhh~
you changed your blog's name..
Dedadent. where have i met that word before?..
:)
Always was dear to me, always will be. :-)
Good evening Autumn - how's been your wonderful time off?
"Practically perfect in every way", thanks Terry. Hope your weekend has been a nice one too. :-
)
Good to hear that your weekend was a nice one :D
Hope your week will be the same :hugs:
New week ahead, eh Autumn? How was your past week? I've been pigging out and downing too many packets of sugary stuffs. Me bad!
Good week, great weekend, that about sums it up more or less. :-)
Saff, what would life be if we didn't allow ourselves to indulge once in a while, to be decadent one might say.
Happy week ahead to you both, hugs to go with those wishes, x
I know Autumn..it wud be so hard for many friends to be w.o. me ard...but hey life will go on...new Vivas will come ard :)
But ofcourse I wont leave for a while...duncha worry.
HUGGGGGGGGGGZ!
Keshi.
Glad to hear it. Hope it will be a long while. :-)
Happy Monday, x
hi, how's it going? ;)
Hey Jodes, just perfect thanks for asking. Hope all's well in your world too. :-)
xo
hows u Autumn?
I feel drained :(
Keshi.
2/10 still asleep, other than that wide awake and raring to go. :)
On my way over, x
hello from afar. ;)
:-)
Have a wonderful weekend, Jodes, xo
Unbelievable, the weekend is upon us again. Great weekend ahead.
Autumn - I've missed you of late. I know your life is busy - hope all is well with your folks, the small girls in your life (A.K.A. the Mary Kate/Ashley addicts :-D)
Any exciting events going on? Perhaps a birthday, a wedding... parent anniversary... I'm surprised I haven't heard you preparing something of a surprise as you usually do :-) Must mean there's nothing happening at the moment.
We are busily trying to line up our trip to Italy - looking forward to learning a few choice words - hopefully spoken correctly enough for the hotelier or cabby to understand - LOL. Last time I was in Rome, the cabby sang the entire time in a very loud oprettic voice... (meaning he sang opera nonstop!) I've never been in Europe with a lover, other than when we jumped across from Iceland to accept your fabulous hospitality in London for a day or so... I'm looking forward to it.
Just missing you.
Love T
Italy will be wonderful. How could it be anything but. The culture, the sights, the food, the architecture, the art. You said, you were travelling through several of the major cities, but you didn't mention how long you were going for and when exactly? The words a trip of a lifetime spring to mind. :-) You must be very excited - am excited for you. Expecting to see lots of photographs via the blog. :-)
Bumbling along here with time flying seemingly faster than it ever has. It's been a while since I worked full-time and each week seems just to start and then it is over. :-)
All's well with everybody, thank you. My father passed his 6 month recuperation timeframe and is very much on schedule. Girls are fine, growing. My sister will pass me in height any day now and is anxiously awaiting news of whether she got into the Secondary School of her choice. M is busy rehearsing lines for the Easter Play and otherwise just being M.
Hope everyone is doing well there too. The girls, Joe and Hunter. Did the visitors come from Iceland yet and will the two of you be joining them for a spell?
Have a wonderful weekend (when you get that far), xo
You too, Saff. You are up first. :-) Hope you have two perfect days ahead doing precisely what you want to be doing. xo
Hi Storm :)
Looking forward to a new post ;)
God bless till then~
Sweet thing to say, Meg. :-) Hope your weekend treats you to plenty of fun and frivolity. Hugs to you, x
THELMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just wanted to say hi :0)
Hey Trace, I do love it when you do that. :-)
Happy weekend, xo
Hi Autumn :-)
Thanks for the kind note (all your notes are kind :-D)
We racked up such a bill with texting last trip that I think we shall refrain this time ;-D But the notes and letters are great.
As you know, distance is hell when talking about physical longing. (not just sex - but just the smell of one's hair, touch of one's lips brushing a cheek... one's essence is so much more enjoyable when standing next to him/her :-D) Hope you are having a great weekend.
hugs!
That's what I remember you telling me, of late night phonecalls and the like, and how much fun they were. :-)
Hoping he makes quick work of what is left to do and surprises you with an early return again.
Have a great weekend, my turn to work on a Sunday this week. xo
happy monday - hope all is well.
Heya sweet thing. Hunky dory, thanks, :-), hope your week got off to the very best start. xo
hows u Autumn?
Keshi.
Feeling good, Kesh, and just about to do the rounds, so about to get even better. :-D
Hope things are flowing along nicely for you too, xo
Hey you came over! I've replied you over at my side, so I shant repeat myself here again.
I so miss your posts. I hope you are soon inspired again - I miss that jaunty, saucy, witty juice you turn on, words you share with all of us, instead of hoarding youself all to yourself. Hurry up back Autumn.
Just spewing all over other people's blogs these days. :-) Sweet message, Terry, thank you.
Hope you are having a fabulous week, inspite of those mean bosses of yours. Hugs to G too, when you speak to him next. xo
hey girlie - how are ya? good here, better than good. come see why if you can. thanks for the great comment yesterday. people are so amazing. I am blessed in so many ways.
Wooooooohoooooooo!!! Doing the happy dance in your honour. :-D
Fabulous news, Jodes, so very happy and excited for you.
xo
princess di? never heard that before, but THANK YOU THANK YOU!! I cried when she died. :(
I remember that day so very well, for more reasons that Diana. What I remember most upon hearing it was the sense of disbelief, so vibrant she always seemed and so very young she was.
Shows us again how fast time passes, since we are about to come up to the 10 year anniversary thereof.
Hope you are having a great Thursday. Hugs to you, x
still no new post..
i'll wait with patience :)
Best way to wait. :-)
Sweet you are. Here is what I will do, Meg, when there is a new post, I'll leave you a comment telling you.
For now, just wishes for a happy weekend from me, over and out. :)
happy friday.
It sure is. :-)
Happy Friday and I hope you have a ton of fun this weekend, xo
This is beautiful, what you said, and it made me smile as I thought of you: "I have no need to hear my own voice, it's loud and clear in silence. No barriers between in and out, free flow." Your thoughts are beautiful, your heart is sweet to me. And I am so glad that your blog has brought you these things...especially the love. Hugs. :)
Dear Oliviah, thank you for those sentiments. :-) Am always so incredibly touched by your comments, the sweetness inside that you naturally reflect towards others wherever you go in blogland (and I'm know the same is true in the real world). There is an essential truth and beauty about you evident in every word you say. A special soul to quote, a rare beauty to add. :-)
Hope you have a most wonderful weekend, xo
189 comments. Is that a record?
Truth be told, not even close.
Hey Lindsey - hope you've been having yourself a magical weekend. :-)
I've arrived. Safe and sound. :-)
Glad to hear it! Sweet, peaceful dreams and all the best for tomorrow.
Hugs to you, x
You're hitting 200 comments soon :) Is this a record for you?
The weather is getting all hot and humid and I'm getting into a bad mood. But it looks like there could be some rain later...
How's the weather over at London? Have the flowers bloomed? Would love to see pics that you have taken.
Saff, I would have posted a ton of pictures if I hadn't left my little usb wire for my camera in Denmark - though I could just purchase a new one, but that would be too simple. Truth is, I just keep forgetting to. Terribly forgetful when it comes to things like that sometimes.
I'll wish rain upon you, if you wish that the glorious weather we have had for the last couple of days will continue. Last year we moved straight from Winter to Summer in the space of two weeks, I think, the same might happen this year - certainly the temperature has risen an incredible amount within just a couple of days. Feels more like early summer than early Spring, flowers are blooming, life is bustling. Now that is what I love about the summer, everybody comes out from under their hoods and from inside their houses and without their teeth chattering, it's so much easier to smile and talk. :-D
Hope you have a great day, whatever you get up to. Hugs, x
getting close to 200 comments......how is your week? good here and very humorous.
Humourous, eh? Can't wait to hear more, be right over. Sounds good, Jodes - great week here thus far too, fortune has been smiling. :-)
dear autumn,
have a good good week to you too :)
Thanks Meg. :-)
Thanks for your comments of late at my place. Just wanted to let you know we are still trying to arrange our trip: no dates yet, although the Bear is pining away to see his daughter... must let him make those plans. I mentioned your dual trip to him :-D Will let you know.
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