tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post4135217104294935968..comments2024-01-17T20:44:37.660+00:00Comments on USEFUL or BEAUTIFUL: Pictures of Rudyard Kipling's home for Finn*Lucillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-88941940437581313572013-09-10T22:08:59.110+01:002013-09-10T22:08:59.110+01:00Lovely post this is! I particularly liked the bit ...Lovely post this is! I particularly liked the bit about the sundial: "It's later than you think." <br /><br />What a wonderful house. Rebecca S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16409572371302109142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-61024544820883227412013-09-07T19:20:13.550+01:002013-09-07T19:20:13.550+01:00Coincidentally, I am currently reading Marghanita ...Coincidentally, I am currently reading Marghanita Laskis's book about him 'From Palm to Pine'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-31904064693359714442013-09-07T09:48:19.249+01:002013-09-07T09:48:19.249+01:00His son John died aged 18 during WW1 having insist...His son John died aged 18 during WW1 having insisted on enlisting despite his extreme short-sightedness. He was killed on his second day in action at Loos.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kipling.<br />Josephine his eldest daughter died aged 6 in the US from pneumonia.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-81737594036357868172013-09-07T08:38:19.348+01:002013-09-07T08:38:19.348+01:00What a beautiful place - I would be quite happy to...What a beautiful place - I would be quite happy to retire there. Wasn't there some sort of catastrophe regarding his son?elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-13882117607022857912013-09-07T04:48:45.572+01:002013-09-07T04:48:45.572+01:00This is enchanting! I cannot WAIT to show Finn in ...This is enchanting! I cannot WAIT to show Finn in the morning. He is going to be smitten with the water wheel in particular, but *I* am smitten with the engraved windows. I adore them.<br /><br />Oh, this makes me want to fly to England! Thank you for sharing these beautiful slices of his home with us. So thoughtful and kind.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09403233175071026416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-22641512417971956562013-09-06T15:29:08.205+01:002013-09-06T15:29:08.205+01:00Lucille, I would never have known about this house...Lucille, I would never have known about this house, and the mill, and the garden, without this lovely post!<br /><br />Thank you so much for adding to my Kipling knowledge. Your photographs and guiding words compliment each other so very well.<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-17460859943549088122013-09-06T15:26:54.538+01:002013-09-06T15:26:54.538+01:00He was clearly his own man, and made his own space...He was clearly his own man, and made his own space with independent creativity and flair. I would like to see the curtains in the only She, and Annie in her plaits. Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-1342720634414827682013-09-06T12:45:10.260+01:002013-09-06T12:45:10.260+01:00I enjoyed everything about this. Especially the do...I enjoyed everything about this. Especially the door.S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.com