tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post3537222338266525264..comments2024-03-19T14:28:03.565+00:00Comments on welsh hills again: Home and awayElizabeth Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-67543922256719772892013-05-25T21:01:23.713+01:002013-05-25T21:01:23.713+01:00We have had a lovely day today. Hope the swallows...We have had a lovely day today. Hope the swallows are enjoying it!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-38006521551132655782013-05-25T21:00:55.285+01:002013-05-25T21:00:55.285+01:00I have to work hard at it sometimes!I have to work hard at it sometimes!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-31197962883387266342013-05-25T21:00:34.136+01:002013-05-25T21:00:34.136+01:00Hi Weaver, yes indeed, I have come across your blo...Hi Weaver, yes indeed, I have come across your blog before. It is always good to find people again. Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-52756872302234606652013-05-25T20:59:10.194+01:002013-05-25T20:59:10.194+01:00Belongingness, what a lovely word!Belongingness, what a lovely word!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-64884140639631727452013-05-25T20:58:46.359+01:002013-05-25T20:58:46.359+01:00Come and bindweed hunt here any day Jane!Come and bindweed hunt here any day Jane!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-8973257941867370112013-05-25T20:58:27.297+01:002013-05-25T20:58:27.297+01:00You are right. And both are indeed reaching for t...You are right. And both are indeed reaching for the sky!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-54948561860403016442013-05-25T20:58:03.168+01:002013-05-25T20:58:03.168+01:00What a strange thing to do, to destroy the shed. ...What a strange thing to do, to destroy the shed. Did they know the swallows used it to nest?Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-48403459713468977692013-05-25T20:57:23.098+01:002013-05-25T20:57:23.098+01:00The swallows are definitely nesting in the stone p...The swallows are definitely nesting in the stone pigsties again! I have been watching them whizz in and out through the low doorway. yes!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-53007413305227040652013-05-24T11:51:27.888+01:002013-05-24T11:51:27.888+01:00I could send you some bindweed if you are feeling ...I could send you some bindweed if you are feeling the lack!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-24195263523974787042013-05-24T11:50:47.114+01:002013-05-24T11:50:47.114+01:00It has rather got carried away with spring now. W...It has rather got carried away with spring now. We just need some sunshine as well as the longer days!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-66095692640904040832013-05-24T11:50:16.640+01:002013-05-24T11:50:16.640+01:00Hope you have your swallows now!Hope you have your swallows now!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-54282370902840005002013-05-24T11:49:34.825+01:002013-05-24T11:49:34.825+01:00I sort of understand what you mean about the swall...I sort of understand what you mean about the swallows but there is no doubt that if they had not returned I would have been more than wistfully sad. It seems to be the way in which we measure the return of spring.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-57656350034657745362013-05-24T11:48:17.988+01:002013-05-24T11:48:17.988+01:00We have just had a few days in Munich and Salzburg...We have just had a few days in Munich and Salzburg which were another form of lovely to be away. Just need the sun to shine now that we are home!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-41779022728616508442013-05-24T11:47:01.900+01:002013-05-24T11:47:01.900+01:00I do love the oak and the hawthorn too! Think the...I do love the oak and the hawthorn too! Think the tulips are a bit bendy for any danger.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-19009749563623985602013-05-23T11:44:41.106+01:002013-05-23T11:44:41.106+01:00Much, much better to focus on tulips than ground e...Much, much better to focus on tulips than ground elder - and they do look lovely, and so welcoming for you. And out swallows are back too, though if they have any sense at all they'll zoom somewhere warmer fairly quickly...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-4234113917000974512013-05-22T20:51:31.467+01:002013-05-22T20:51:31.467+01:00As a general philosophy for life your concentratin...As a general philosophy for life your concentrating on the tulips rather than the bindweed sounds just right ! <br />SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-71077972180046036932013-05-22T19:46:41.020+01:002013-05-22T19:46:41.020+01:00Hello Elizabeth - I have a feeling we have blogged...Hello Elizabeth - I have a feeling we have blogged before as your blog address was familiar<br />when I read through Tom Stephensons list. Nice to meet you anyway. I love your photographs<br />and I smiled at the thought of the so called weeds taking over parts of your garden. It is<br />buttercups here. I content myself with the knowledge that Ronald Blythe, whose books I love,<br />always leaves buttercups and red campion in his garden as he says they give his garden the<br />'Giverny effect' - so that is the excuse I use. I shall put you on my side bar and do hope you<br />will call over and see me.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-6864280304144338452013-05-21T13:40:34.363+01:002013-05-21T13:40:34.363+01:00You paint such a warm and beautiful picture of hom...You paint such a warm and beautiful picture of home, near or otherwise; love the traces of belongingness in this write-up.<br /> <br />The tulips look so very regal; looking forward to seeing more pictures of your spring garden. Sumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251497690649264925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-40723797501440427652013-05-20T20:52:16.279+01:002013-05-20T20:52:16.279+01:00You asked what I am like with bindweed. Very good ...You asked what I am like with bindweed. Very good actually. However, I will pull everything out of the bed if necessary to get all the bindweed out. I challenge myself to get the longest root in one piece that I can.<br /><br />Yes, it is nice to go away, but I always enjoy coming home. Tea doesn't taste the same anywhere else!Dobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900594495652477887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-27376960438708120752013-05-20T20:02:19.968+01:002013-05-20T20:02:19.968+01:00There is nothing like coming home after time away ...There is nothing like coming home after time away even if the bind weed is rampant and the ground elder is reaching for the sky!Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-59095084863820481312013-05-20T10:32:39.626+01:002013-05-20T10:32:39.626+01:00I do like your new header. You are right on both ...I do like your new header. You are right on both counts . . going away and coming home both feel so good. I will wager (not that I am a betting person) that in one short week there was a marked change in your garden. I am sad for our swallows this year, for they have returned to no home, as our new neighbours saw fit to knock down the little shed where they raised their babies for years. Rustic Pumpkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335714529878600216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-31056494137136089382013-05-20T09:40:48.736+01:002013-05-20T09:40:48.736+01:00Glad you had a good time away in Devon. I also gav...Glad you had a good time away in Devon. I also gave up a demanding job (with long hours) and I'm grateful my lifestyle now gives me much more time to spend with my family. Lovely hearing about the swallows, my favourite bird. I hope they nest in the pigsty again. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02792703802542843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-73994519321082398292013-05-19T20:29:41.202+01:002013-05-19T20:29:41.202+01:00So pleased you had a good time in Devon with your ...So pleased you had a good time in Devon with your family. Gorgeous tulips and I know what you mean about the ground elder and nettles....no binweed for us but lots of hairy bittercress....grrrr. Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-68005267372272425582013-05-19T18:36:33.198+01:002013-05-19T18:36:33.198+01:00Wow - spring is so amazing. it seems no time since...Wow - spring is so amazing. it seems no time since you were posting pictures of snow and now everything is lush and colourful!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-27233635867136273332013-05-19T16:02:25.051+01:002013-05-19T16:02:25.051+01:00Oh yes, to all that you wrote! Life is so, so rich...Oh yes, to all that you wrote! Life is so, so rich and I am glad you had a time when that feeling could come through, many times actually.<br /><br />I am both encouraged and also more concerned that you have seen your swallows and we haven't seen ours yet. It seems so late. I can't imagine a summer without them over our fields and in our skies, so will just have to keep my fingers crossed, too.Lesley Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07127382012643598284noreply@blogger.com