tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.comments2023-12-26T08:30:51.034+00:00Mon Avis, Mes AmisELShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comBlogger1432125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-22865679226405610542014-09-22T16:43:30.365+01:002014-09-22T16:43:30.365+01:00Phew it was touch and go.... but I'm seriously...Phew it was touch and go.... but I'm seriously glad we're still together.<br />Like others have said before me, I just couldn't envisage us no longer being the United Kingdom. Surely the more there are of us 'together' has to be a better outcome in the end.<br /><br />JaneHalf-heard in the Stillnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01840301617199033576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-13599421582581017422014-09-16T21:23:45.423+01:002014-09-16T21:23:45.423+01:00Clear out much better today after the auctioneer (...Clear out much better today after the auctioneer (Lyon & Turnbull, of Broughton Place), and estate agent made some impossible tasks look more surmountable. I'm having a glass (or two of the bubbles) to calm my (much more fractured nerves) from this whole experience. In this particular case "better together" would have been better on our own, methinks! Still, my priority is to get rid of so much, and have less interest in keeping "stuff" which I neither need or want.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-45136484078414474182014-09-16T20:13:52.414+01:002014-09-16T20:13:52.414+01:00I dread the aftermath whatever the vote.
My husba...I dread the aftermath whatever the vote.<br /><br />My husband was listening to Five Live on his way home and said they are making up for the perceived BBC bias by broadcasting live from a Glasgow pub with a bunch of pissed-up tartan warriors slagging off the English and Cameron and itching to break away.<br /><br />I wonder what they're saying in the tea room in Jenners.<br /><br />Sorry, Loretto, you did say. My year was a state in the Borders. <br /><br />Sound advice from your Agent. Hope the clear out not too painful.ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-38424314094877409552014-09-16T19:59:01.299+01:002014-09-16T19:59:01.299+01:00You need to complete this:
http://www.scotsdv.org...You need to complete this:<br /><br />http://www.scotsdv.org/<br /><br />I am enjoying the potentially last days of this 300+ years of marriage. We had a meeting with our estate agent this afternoon, and his prognosis if it's "Yes" is that there will be a recession, and it would be best to sell ASAP. If it's "No", them wait until the Spring. I do not disagree. He transferred a substantial amount of cash from a Scottish bank to an English bank on the basis of a bank run on Friday, but I think that is unnecessary. The pound will dive globally if it's "Yes". But whatever the outcome the country will be deeply divided in the aftermath, which is sad.<br /><br />In answer to your earlier question - Loretto, not Fettes. Et vous?columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-19562138773022958542014-09-15T22:07:29.619+01:002014-09-15T22:07:29.619+01:00I didn't know you were born in Scotland but it...I didn't know you were born in Scotland but it makes me all that much prouder of my family's Scottish origins.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-53770351616626119742014-09-15T17:57:06.156+01:002014-09-15T17:57:06.156+01:00Beautifully put. And especially in these isles; I...Beautifully put. And especially in these isles; I can't believe this has come so fast on the heels of the Olympics, Jubilee, Commonwealth Games and the gradual shy resurgence of British national pride.<br /><br />I made fierce, peppery Scotch broth this afternoon. It could have done with more thyme. Oh the culinary irony...ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-72379602349084558262014-09-15T17:38:31.678+01:002014-09-15T17:38:31.678+01:00I cannot imagine a Great Britain without Scotland....I cannot imagine a Great Britain without Scotland. It is entirely incomprehensible this whole movement towards separation at a time when it is increasingly clear what this effing world needs is not separateness but interconnectedness. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-74671894186063333812014-09-11T17:00:40.479+01:002014-09-11T17:00:40.479+01:00So happy to hear your children have fared well. Fr...So happy to hear your children have fared well. Fruit aside, it matters most. And always, glorious prose.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-83705078943817316492014-09-11T15:02:43.615+01:002014-09-11T15:02:43.615+01:00As always.... I loved this....I love the way you w...As always.... I loved this....I love the way you write. Congratulations all round!<br /><br />Hugs JaneHalf-heard in the Stillnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01840301617199033576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-8637674937444027002014-09-10T21:12:13.777+01:002014-09-10T21:12:13.777+01:00Thank god for Tunnelbear which changes my ISP to a...Thank god for Tunnelbear which changes my ISP to a UK one, meaning I can watch BBC on the computer and not wait for months watching via BBC America. xoPigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-77904311365212014192014-09-10T20:56:13.645+01:002014-09-10T20:56:13.645+01:00Love to re-read all the Lucia books every couple o...Love to re-read all the Lucia books every couple of years. I hope PBS here in the states will broadcast the new series. I fell in love with the first one and that led me to the delicious books.My Life of Domestic Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07151181118032143999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-44814760839663469142014-09-10T12:49:43.198+01:002014-09-10T12:49:43.198+01:00Parfect!Parfect!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-39855058272390241032014-09-10T11:20:17.297+01:002014-09-10T11:20:17.297+01:00Yours mattered properly and I can't believe yo...Yours mattered properly and I can't believe you'll be able to have cereal for tea and stay up all night now...ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-385413036915130102014-09-10T11:19:22.386+01:002014-09-10T11:19:22.386+01:00Your very wish...Your very wish...ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-64143213208979145472014-09-10T11:19:05.021+01:002014-09-10T11:19:05.021+01:00Thank you! I know, that waiting for the post and t...Thank you! I know, that waiting for the post and the desperate last-minute bargains-with-the-universe.<br /><br />And in the end, does it all really matter?<br /><br />It was. ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-55789936345518004632014-09-10T08:42:59.382+01:002014-09-10T08:42:59.382+01:00I'm salivating....
A delicious post, as alway...I'm salivating....<br /><br />A delicious post, as always. So pleased all parties received good exam results. We had a similar exam-tinged summer. All change this weekend -university life beckons and our lives as empty nesters begin.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119443727504215312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-28658507866841395512014-09-10T03:18:42.065+01:002014-09-10T03:18:42.065+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-39873324030018513432014-09-10T00:12:36.048+01:002014-09-10T00:12:36.048+01:00What..... a Mapp and Lucia weekend? Tell me more...What..... a Mapp and Lucia weekend? Tell me more!My Life of Domestic Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07151181118032143999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-51259680537700203062014-09-08T22:19:01.960+01:002014-09-08T22:19:01.960+01:00Oh, your loyal readers have missed your writing. ...Oh, your loyal readers have missed your writing. Welcome back! <br /><br />You've awakened memories of waiting for exam results to be posted home, and what nervous Nellies my sisters and I were. So glad those days are far behind us.<br /><br />Your break sounds heavenly.Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-49611335196955124562014-09-08T04:32:29.630+01:002014-09-08T04:32:29.630+01:00Such beautiful imagery. I love the way you write. ...Such beautiful imagery. I love the way you write. Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04723360304687997220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-47752131158888687642014-09-07T21:31:34.897+01:002014-09-07T21:31:34.897+01:00Too kind.Too kind.ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-26761647383764410652014-09-07T21:31:13.822+01:002014-09-07T21:31:13.822+01:00How exciting! Are you off to Fettes? Have been so...How exciting! Are you off to Fettes? Have been so hors de combat I haven't read anything all summer - is all well with you? Peace restored? In fact, I will pop over and read for my lazy little self.ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-57859624782745166332014-09-07T21:29:58.158+01:002014-09-07T21:29:58.158+01:00What a delightful think to say. I seemed to have ...What a delightful think to say. I seemed to have plum juice in my eye for a moment back there...ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-45627782679868241612014-09-07T21:29:18.970+01:002014-09-07T21:29:18.970+01:00As always, such a delightful and welcome comment. ...As always, such a delightful and welcome comment. The Motherland? Where are you? I almost went to a Mapp and Lucia weekend in Rye yesterday then remembered I am in fact a sports taxi and packed away my shimmery twenties nonsense for the moment.ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-41903182724167593212014-09-07T21:27:35.213+01:002014-09-07T21:27:35.213+01:00Thank you Marsha, hope that all is peaceful in you...Thank you Marsha, hope that all is peaceful in your world xELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.com