tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764336045228024664.post773134538276356601..comments2023-10-15T10:11:30.127+01:00Comments on bird ahoy: ice cream dreamsLesley Toddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316123067980666389noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764336045228024664.post-57170313226076667392010-05-29T13:59:16.761+01:002010-05-29T13:59:16.761+01:00Hello. I have arrived here from Driftwoods blog- i...Hello. I have arrived here from Driftwoods blog- it was your little stoney bird which drew me to you. Great post. I too have been trying to read more...just finished a fab book by Rose Tremain- Restoration. Funny and moving, easy compelling read but not trashy. Want to read more of her stuff. Will be back to visit you soon.Magic Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659823964712899460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764336045228024664.post-4621799861513070902010-05-24T19:45:27.499+01:002010-05-24T19:45:27.499+01:00Happy Birthday! I just celebrated mine too. Seems ...Happy Birthday! I just celebrated mine too. Seems there's a lot of Taureans out there in the blogging world. Stumbled across your blog through Janet Bell's. Love your stones.. will be visiting again soonHandmade in Israelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074180274102087566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764336045228024664.post-37758256911161934872010-05-24T16:13:11.262+01:002010-05-24T16:13:11.262+01:00Julie, it was a documentary series on tv here. It ...Julie, it was a documentary series on tv here. It sent a group of young adults to different places in the 3rd world to live as workers do who produce luxury items for our world, they experienced the jobs, pay and lifestyles. It was quite shocking and really made you think about where goods are coming from and the people who make them. <br /><br />Julie, Nadia, Thanks for the book suggestions, I will look them up, they all sound very interesting.<br /><br />Sarah, I love that idea. I have very sad experiences of old folks homes. Floss may be a bit too boisterous at the moment for it but I will think about it for the future. Thanks :-)Lesley Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316123067980666389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764336045228024664.post-38080198056095409372010-05-19T20:59:07.650+01:002010-05-19T20:59:07.650+01:00I met a lady with a lovely dog yesterday who takes...I met a lady with a lovely dog yesterday who takes him to visit the residents of a local home. She said how they all love to see him and chat to him in a way they cannot seem to manage with people. Perhaps you and Floss could do the same? So many on your list are things that should be on mine!ArtShadeshttp://www.artshades.co.uk/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764336045228024664.post-7368187079721294312010-05-19T17:03:19.958+01:002010-05-19T17:03:19.958+01:00Hi Lesley, I love your list so much! It's nice...Hi Lesley, I love your list so much! It's nice reading inspirational lists, gives you the urge 'to do' as well! In fact (even though these two weeks before me aren't at all the right time) I shall now have a glance at the list I made for over the summer. Some things are already working out differently to how I had planned, but still...<br /><br />Anyway - HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!! What a way to celebrate, with 'Show of Hands' lucky you!!! I haven't read anything of late. It's being postponed for the summer. But a book I bought a couple of years ago on the 'to be read' pile is "The Book of Ebenezer Le Page" by G. B. Edwards, which enticed me by the cover image used on the Italian version (though I then bought it in English) of a man carrying a fish on his back which was nearly as big as the man himself. It's about a man on Guernsey who was a fisherman, all about his life (fictional though, I believe). I'm not sure whether I will like it or not, but it had me curious and I found it used on ebay.nĂ from the treehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910001275791063857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764336045228024664.post-79812829892257056982010-05-19T15:57:38.749+01:002010-05-19T15:57:38.749+01:00Lesley, I understand the feeling of wanting to hel...Lesley, I understand the feeling of wanting to help too. I haven't seen the film you mentioned , is it a documentary? <br />I'm just finishing The Sea by John Banville. He is an exquisite writer, it won the Booker for 2006. I could of finished it last night but I didn't want it to be over quite yet.<br />If you like short stories, Eudora Weltly writes beautiful ones. She's an American writer from the south. <br />j.Julie Whitmore Potteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283540996942265818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764336045228024664.post-74503202124467258732010-05-19T14:56:04.091+01:002010-05-19T14:56:04.091+01:00I love books where the characters get under your s...I love books where the characters get under your skin! I will look it up for sure :-) Thanks!Lesley Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316123067980666389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764336045228024664.post-87872521801991681422010-05-19T14:48:02.927+01:002010-05-19T14:48:02.927+01:00Oh I love St Ives! And there's nothing like m...Oh I love St Ives! And there's nothing like making a list for getting things moving!<br /><br />A good book I've read this year is Brixton Beach by Roma Tearne. Beautiful, moving, sad. I read it months ago but the images and characters are still with me.Heartfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12005260190867133282noreply@blogger.com