tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post5307484905946142418..comments2024-01-17T20:44:37.660+00:00Comments on USEFUL or BEAUTIFUL: Feeling my ageLucillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-63404186245510638142014-09-29T19:40:18.204+01:002014-09-29T19:40:18.204+01:00I don't go to that there Lunnon any more, too ...I don't go to that there Lunnon any more, too many people, too much noise and too much dirt. I like living in the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-17151268242678437392014-09-23T22:46:14.390+01:002014-09-23T22:46:14.390+01:00Wistful commentary aside, I am glad you took us al...Wistful commentary aside, I am glad you took us along on your outing. London is truly a stunning city. That one photo of the poppies spilling out like blood was rather arresting, and an imaginative use of the evocative flowers. <br />I was reminded of a recent BBC adaptation of Austen's Mansfield Park - the swooping, swirling camera angles made me a bit seasick - felt my age then, too. Rebecca S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16409572371302109142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-8259740258839895492014-09-23T17:13:59.364+01:002014-09-23T17:13:59.364+01:00If you put out a tray of lego, the message really ...If you put out a tray of lego, the message really is 'come & play'. It's a shame you couldn't. It's a shame you didn't receive a friendly welcome, especially to a JohnLewis exhibition. Have to say travelling by Thames clipper is great. Katharine Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272802201564787548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-69833994093933283292014-09-23T15:37:12.936+01:002014-09-23T15:37:12.936+01:00You are a great reporter! Your photographs make g...You are a great reporter! Your photographs make great companions to your excellent choice of words. I'm pretty sure that I would have had exactly the sames reactions as you did. Designs for living depend on whose life is it anyway.<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-82158108445980793292014-09-23T10:20:52.581+01:002014-09-23T10:20:52.581+01:00What a dispiriting outing, and not at all like you...What a dispiriting outing, and not at all like you, who usually manage to find something glorious in every trip. Time to go the the seaside or the woods....rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01398213417325683445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-64665279016083880532014-09-22T15:54:20.975+01:002014-09-22T15:54:20.975+01:00We visited London for the first time in 13 years t...We visited London for the first time in 13 years this summer and though I enjoyed it, it wore us out, we much prefer the countryside.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-13797915668645259192014-09-22T13:16:47.132+01:002014-09-22T13:16:47.132+01:00London is so full-on - I love to visit and then re...London is so full-on - I love to visit and then return to the countryside with a sigh of relief. Sorry the day was a tad disappointing.<br /><br />I always hope staff will query my concessionary status but they so rarely do - chastening really.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588437065757203375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-88915261004856702892014-09-22T07:42:10.616+01:002014-09-22T07:42:10.616+01:00Nooo! Nooo! Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-55164683252250789362014-09-22T07:39:15.659+01:002014-09-22T07:39:15.659+01:00I got stung for the voluntary donation I now reali...I got stung for the voluntary donation I now realise. It wasn't flagged up. Yes the feet are rather a distressing sight. As are the pigeons sitting forlornly in puddles.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-10672475260474983592014-09-21T21:34:56.340+01:002014-09-21T21:34:56.340+01:00I've always liked a good ending. Yours is beau...I've always liked a good ending. Yours is beautiful.S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-1246527934438911982014-09-21T20:35:40.200+01:002014-09-21T20:35:40.200+01:00I went to a museum the other day, paid my money an...I went to a museum the other day, paid my money and the young gentleman rather helpfully told me where the toilets were and said it might be useful as it could take a while to get round and I might need to "go". It was a very small museum actually and it left me wondering if I looked the sort of woman who would wee myself.....................<br /><br />Pah!menopausalmusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255069917743230560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-16106142939229800422014-09-21T17:18:13.369+01:002014-09-21T17:18:13.369+01:00Exhibition charges are always startling , I find ....Exhibition charges are always startling , I find . So when the person behind the till says condescendingly , " The added donation is voluntary . " I decline and refuse to feel guilty ... or less worthy .<br />Yes , poor old pigeons have rather outstayed their welcome everywhere , haven't they . The ones that are left all seem to be " martyrs to their feet " .SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.com