tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post7781383005472062671..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: In the Bleak MidwinterSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-8962789437825311122013-01-28T19:31:39.945+00:002013-01-28T19:31:39.945+00:00It is beautiful in the winter, just deadly. Gin he...It is beautiful in the winter, just deadly. Gin helps.Donnahttp://www.32pages.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-90812163710331619332013-01-28T09:58:28.068+00:002013-01-28T09:58:28.068+00:00But when the sun does come out, everything seems O...But when the sun does come out, everything seems OK for a while ...Annabelhttp://gaskella.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-61780098533729873502013-01-28T08:09:19.789+00:002013-01-28T08:09:19.789+00:00Nell - I think you're better off in Lanzarote!...Nell - I think you're better off in Lanzarote!<br /><br />Donna - I don't know how you cope with those long winters. I suppose the glorious landscape during the non-snow months must make up for it.<br /><br />David - I've just looked at your blog/website - I loved the photos and agreed with your comment about being self-employed. I'm trying to work out where that Tudor priory is.<br /><br />Carol - That's a far more sensible 'glass half full' way of looking at winter. It probably works best if you don't have young children or have to go out to work - I'd be perfectly happy curling up by the fire with a good book, but I keep hearing "Daa-aaad!" ;)Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-54098274503908536812013-01-27T20:45:45.987+00:002013-01-27T20:45:45.987+00:00I've always felt as you do about the winter, a...I've always felt as you do about the winter, and the long grey days and endless nights, and rain, rain, rain, with the occasional messy snowstorm thrown in just to spice things up ... <br /><br />But the other day, a friend gave me a totally different take on the season. She loves this time of year. The Christmas madness is past, the plants are dormant, so she doesn't have to do any gardening. She uses this time of year to catch up on her reading and letter writing (yes, a few people do still write and send them!) and projects around the house.<br /><br />She says it's so relaxing, to have tea by the fire with a good book, and a decent DVD on the box, and not to feel the pressure of rushing around doing, doing, doing, and going, going, going.<br /><br />Is she making a virtue of necessity? Perhaps, but I have to admit, when I looked at the season through her eyes, I did feel better about it!<br /><br />I hope you too will feel better soon. Take care and God bless, xoxox Carol<br /><br /><br />Canadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-48207333189419419302013-01-27T12:23:49.268+00:002013-01-27T12:23:49.268+00:00I drive past that stretch of the Downs (and on thr...I drive past that stretch of the Downs (and on through Glynde) on my way to work. It has looked stunning these past few days - foolishly I have taken no photos. I once slowed my car and gave a wide berth to a horsewoman in Gloucestershire. As she waved and smiled at me, I realised it was Princess Anne. Does that trump a Lord? DaveDavid Marsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194429506546837258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-42477879160589349482013-01-27T00:22:03.552+00:002013-01-27T00:22:03.552+00:00Oh, to have a dusting of snow and green grass! Don...Oh, to have a dusting of snow and green grass! Don't move to Canada, at least in the winter. Nevertheless, as I walked under blue skies and bright sunshine with the dog this afternoon, I couldn't help but be impressed by the sparkling white landscape. Hypothermia, perhaps. I made a point to enjoy it as Wednesday will bring -22C weather. It will be breathtaking, figuratively, and most likely, literally.Donnahttp://www.32pages.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-69443354744453101912013-01-26T15:27:25.329+00:002013-01-26T15:27:25.329+00:00Snow is so lovely, especially in these pictures of...Snow is so lovely, especially in these pictures of yours. However, I prefer not to see it in reality. Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-42208368485161162732013-01-26T08:57:21.227+00:002013-01-26T08:57:21.227+00:00Zoe - I'll have to try the walking. Unfortunat...Zoe - I'll have to try the walking. Unfortunately, as far as eating goes, I'm on a diet until my BMI drops to below 25. Another month of misery awaits.<br /><br />James - I didn't recognise Viscount Gage, but the man had an unmistakably aristocratic demeanour. As soon as I got home, I checked Google images to confirm that the man I saw was <i>'is Lordship.</i>Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-56764613063964430402013-01-26T01:03:17.372+00:002013-01-26T01:03:17.372+00:00How do you ID a viscount? Did he have a special ha...How do you ID a viscount? Did he have a special hat? Now that's something I'm sure they don't have in Australia - or do they?<br />James Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-90004686162400254712013-01-26T00:54:39.969+00:002013-01-26T00:54:39.969+00:00I found eating helped at this time of year. Also, ...I found eating helped at this time of year. Also, more sensibly, walking. The one mitigates the other to some extent. The walking was the only real antidote though - it helped to relieve the sense that the world had become one vast low-ceilinged flat, painted entirely in variations of prison grey.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-71926342854858783362013-01-25T22:41:28.074+00:002013-01-25T22:41:28.074+00:00Flavia - Give me heat and sunshine any day. I wish...Flavia - Give me heat and sunshine any day. I wish that I could teleport to somewhere sunnier on a day like this. But I draw the line at Death Valley levels.<br /><br />Martin - I hope it works its way over here, but not if it freezes over.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-35483457251679807052013-01-25T21:49:12.541+00:002013-01-25T21:49:12.541+00:00And now, the rain!And now, the rain!Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-21208105995893633032013-01-25T21:14:16.653+00:002013-01-25T21:14:16.653+00:00Very picturesque, but definitely bleak -- reminds ...Very picturesque, but definitely bleak -- reminds me not to moan about it being Too Damn Hot to concentrate here in Aus these January days.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17488510019355437606noreply@blogger.com