tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post8678905775497942734..comments2024-03-22T17:57:32.694+00:00Comments on mountainear: This week. The highlights?mountainearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-29467598164949269722011-03-19T07:43:20.432+00:002011-03-19T07:43:20.432+00:00It all sounds perfect !
We treasure the mundane ,...It all sounds perfect ! <br />We treasure the mundane , in part , because we know , really , just how fleeting it all is .<br />I hope basic supplies of food and medicines arrive quickly in the worst affected areas .SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-79342959620440345362011-03-18T14:13:25.956+00:002011-03-18T14:13:25.956+00:00I think the unfolding of Japan in a kind of slow m...I think the unfolding of Japan in a kind of slow motion (beautifully described by you) is what lends it an extra chill.<br />Had never given a thought to the numbering of lambs, which seems deeply arbitrary over here. I suspect gin and laffs are involved but I'm probably being foolish. Spring is, finally, at least, getting here. Those poor souls in Japan have snow to add to their woes. Sometimes it's all too much to contemplate.Millahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-46261061896876448692011-03-15T22:48:23.121+00:002011-03-15T22:48:23.121+00:00I have been thinking about Japan too. We are very...I have been thinking about Japan too. We are very fortunate. How wonderful to be able to take our life for granted.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-26915082680073129442011-03-15T05:01:10.850+00:002011-03-15T05:01:10.850+00:00I am often amazed by reading comments from around ...I am often amazed by reading comments from around the world (northern hemishpere), how similar our seasons can be. We too have lambs, leaves on the quince, birds busily nesting etc. We even had our first 2011 rhubarb last night.<br /><br />However, I shan't begin seed-sowing until late next month.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-3615515209112232052011-03-15T02:59:17.125+00:002011-03-15T02:59:17.125+00:00Lambs are in the fields here too, but I worry abou...Lambs are in the fields here too, but I worry about them in the driving rain and miserable cold.<br />Life is good when one is warm, dry fed and amused. When I think of Japan, it just doesn't get much better than that, for me.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-56961875470300949862011-03-14T22:38:06.284+00:002011-03-14T22:38:06.284+00:00Well all that sounds anything but dull and dreary ...Well all that sounds anything but dull and dreary to me, give me dreary any day.<br />The tsunami is just awful, but the Japanese people show such calm resilience.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16242146617944281221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-44547824299179647942011-03-14T20:04:19.660+00:002011-03-14T20:04:19.660+00:00A proper way to welcome t eh coming spring with th...A proper way to welcome t eh coming spring with the lambs despite the odd numbering and wonderful to hear about the YFC comp - I used to love it every year whe we did ours! Counting blessings here....Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-44986380489285325512011-03-14T17:31:18.582+00:002011-03-14T17:31:18.582+00:00Shropshire 1774 sounds interesting - do tell. Bet ...Shropshire 1774 sounds interesting - do tell. Bet no-one was guessing there would be American and French Revolutions shortly and that the King would go mad. Re the Japanese tsunami I am wondering why everything looks the same once its been mauled by a tsunami. I wonder the same thing after hoovering and ask why is all dust grey? And why does it all look so homogeneous? Unimaginably awful.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-79780508030798427942011-03-14T16:30:24.149+00:002011-03-14T16:30:24.149+00:00Doesn't sound dreary to me. It sounds calm and...Doesn't sound dreary to me. It sounds calm and intersting and pleasant - absolutely nothing wrong with thatKirsty.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871986166387685593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-30978844384455879352011-03-14T12:50:39.347+00:002011-03-14T12:50:39.347+00:00Mountaineer, I don't quite understand that lam...Mountaineer, I don't quite understand that lamb numbering, either. Maybe additional research will provide an answer!<br /><br />Your description of the coming spring has taken me far away from my city. I love the idea of an eight mile drive without other vehicles. <br /><br />I share your thoughts about the devastation continuing to affect Japan. It is one thing to be shocked by seeing the aftermath of the quake and flooding, but even worse to contemplate the for now invisible effects from possible damage to the nuclear plants.<br /><br />I offer prayers for all affected, and am thankful for my currently rather ordinary life.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-29842744648605700182011-03-14T12:14:49.398+00:002011-03-14T12:14:49.398+00:00There certainly isn't. Even if it really was d...There certainly isn't. Even if it really was dreary, which it doesn't seem to be! <br /><br />Here we have no lambs (well, we wouldn't have, would we!), but hawthorn leaves are showing, and today is too hot for a jacket as we walk through the park. Hopeful. <br /><br />Let's hope that Japanese resilience and patience sees them through this appalling and catastrophic event.rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474723200653576051noreply@blogger.com