tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4465266982839881097.post3705660917293856343..comments2023-05-21T09:37:02.188+01:00Comments on Third Age Musings: A 'Mary Lennox' momentJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410318976755292700noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4465266982839881097.post-71939810733867162102010-02-09T06:40:01.587+00:002010-02-09T06:40:01.587+00:00I really must read this some time in English! Have...I really must read this some time in English! Have read this in German, but it's also quite a time ago.<br />"Little Princess" isn't that from her too? I really adored that old Shirley Temple Movie, when I was a kid. Strange foreign world...<br />Robins are my favorite birds, they are so beautiful!<br />Have a nice day!Lawendulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01080549855629623790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4465266982839881097.post-42108929811730594542010-02-08T13:44:37.087+00:002010-02-08T13:44:37.087+00:00The Secret Garden has always been one of my favour...The Secret Garden has always been one of my favourite books. I re-read it again recently (never too old for a good kids' book!). I have a dvd copy of the BBC tv version, which was on when I was a little girl. I love that to bits. <br /><br />The sketches are rather sweet and that snowdrop photo is a stunner! <br /><br />We have some little white face peeping out in our border and the birds are getting busier by the day. They still need their bird seed putting out though - not much around for them just now.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918211625453430621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4465266982839881097.post-18394916335484067362010-02-08T09:57:32.931+00:002010-02-08T09:57:32.931+00:00What a gorgeous copy of The Secret Garden you have...What a gorgeous copy of The Secret Garden you have there, I love the illustration. And talking of illustrations, your very own are absolutely lovely, I hope you show us more as the year progresses. As for the snowdrop photo, it is brilliant - I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to take some photos of jewellery and I so wish you were here with me! xharmony and rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514921461051048885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4465266982839881097.post-69223624662682140162010-02-08T01:45:27.191+00:002010-02-08T01:45:27.191+00:00Thanks for the advanced notice of good things to c...Thanks for the advanced notice of good things to come. Our high alititude will keep the ground cold and the robins away for a few more weeks. For the farmers' sake we are actually hoping for more snow. The runoff fills the reservoirs that are used to irrigate the fields. And the skiers are not ready to quit either. Personally I would like to hear a robin and see some green. The watercolors are fun and the photo is a stunner.Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4465266982839881097.post-9760066016324686642010-02-07T22:28:14.557+00:002010-02-07T22:28:14.557+00:00The birds are getting busier and louder and our bu...The birds are getting busier and louder and our budgies are sitting on eggs. I don't know what will flower in my garden this year ... puppy has managed to eat or sit on most things! The rhubarb is starting to sprout behind the shed too. Secret Garden is one of our favourites and whenever we drive into Hexton my girls look at the big wall on the right because when they were little they were convinced the secret garden was behind there xLalabibaby @ Dreaming of The Simple Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057380285632260678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4465266982839881097.post-61346895073130169002010-02-07T21:42:20.470+00:002010-02-07T21:42:20.470+00:00The birds are definitely acting as if spring is ju...The birds are definitely acting as if spring is just around the corner here. We were lucky enough to find a fifteen foot swathe of snowdrops at the very bottom of our garden when we cleared it. (It hadnt been gardened for fifteen years!). I love the things. That was a beautiful photo and your sketches are truly lovely.menopausalmusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255069917743230560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4465266982839881097.post-67225741301521759242010-02-07T21:16:32.432+00:002010-02-07T21:16:32.432+00:00Jill,
What a fabulous snowdrop photo. Buy some ...Jill,<br />What a fabulous snowdrop photo. Buy some 'in the green' in the new few weeks after flowering and then plant them. It's a fail safe way of snowdrops taking and replenishing year on year. Lovely watercolours - what a wonderful way to record the changes in the season. I never read The Secret Garden but saw a film a few years ago. It is a magical story. Lovely to be reminded. Lesley.LAC EMP 2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/01999825212820503519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4465266982839881097.post-90853653727334353772010-02-07T21:08:52.111+00:002010-02-07T21:08:52.111+00:00That snowdrop photo is stunning! We have been out...That snowdrop photo is stunning! We have been out in the garden today too and our robin has been sitting in the tree watching us as we worked - the same one perhaps who came and sat on a post near the kitchen window and asked why the food hadn't been put out and it was now nearly mid-day! I took some out at once and he folowed me down the garden to where I usually put it and before I was back in the house he was there eating his fill!<br /><br />JaneMarigold Jamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895195019277206960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4465266982839881097.post-3131368010901506012010-02-07T19:38:19.143+00:002010-02-07T19:38:19.143+00:00Forgot to say - Secret Garden a big fave of mine t...Forgot to say - Secret Garden a big fave of mine too! Read it loads of times as a child :)WrightStuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684505907887354154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4465266982839881097.post-70869786013789170162010-02-07T19:37:42.519+00:002010-02-07T19:37:42.519+00:00I've noticed the birds singing much more latel...I've noticed the birds singing much more lately too and there's some tiny daffodil shoots peeking out of the ground. Spring is on the way!WrightStuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684505907887354154noreply@blogger.com