tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276751.post1760946232541333836..comments2023-10-20T11:26:12.314-05:00Comments on Ocean: gray, with a splash of color ninahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01222848486174278888noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276751.post-27489825398769201782015-06-27T01:45:15.548-05:002015-06-27T01:45:15.548-05:00Such beautiful words. And yes, that birthday celeb...Such beautiful words. And yes, that birthday celebration was singularly beautiful. All women -- grandmas? aunts? ...and then the little boy. <br /><br />Irene, there's room for more than one book on simple pleasures. Just sayin'...<br /><br />Charlotte -- both distilleries are 200 years old this year, but you're right -- Laphroaig has much more of a presence in the States. ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222848486174278888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276751.post-43362191942528230562015-06-27T01:39:08.996-05:002015-06-27T01:39:08.996-05:00Ha! I felt perfectly lazy that day!
JoyD -- Love t...Ha! I felt perfectly lazy that day!<br />JoyD -- Love the idea of sitting out in the rain with a glass of wine. Really love that image...ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222848486174278888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276751.post-39865318620576264702015-06-26T14:42:04.723-05:002015-06-26T14:42:04.723-05:00Love the little Highland dancers! (Great that they...Love the little Highland dancers! (Great that they're learning Scots Gaelic in school too.)<br /><br />I like Laphroiag a lot but Ardberg is new to me... thanks for the new learning.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01821118044192675764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276751.post-52801744034725596632015-06-26T12:04:15.793-05:002015-06-26T12:04:15.793-05:00I must add that I also enjoyed the photo of the we...I must add that I also enjoyed the photo of the wee girl looking in the mirror. Also, I enjoyed the pointed toe of the young dancer in the forefront of your last photo... and I assume the brothers in the background sipping more than a dram of whiskey. Great captures.<br /><br />I guess it's about simple pleasures. After all, I would've rather been in a rowboat on a glassy pond, than with passage on the Titanic. :) <br /><br />I started a book many years ago. I recruited friends and acquaintances to participate by mailing questionnaires to them. The working title of my book was Simple Pleasures. It was to be a compilation of simple pleasures people experience... everything and anything from a bubble bath to the sheen and aroma of freshly waxed hardwood floors. The responses were fabulous - people so willing to open up to the concept. I got the project underway and then life got in the way. :) About 6 months later, a book with a similar concept was published and sold a bazillion copies. It was the beginning of the era when people hungered for simpler times. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01195069261664454057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276751.post-46220851920894587442015-06-26T11:26:25.847-05:002015-06-26T11:26:25.847-05:00You almost make me want to try whiskey again. It&#...You almost make me want to try whiskey again. It's been years since I tried to acquire a taste for it. I'll take a dram of about anything else but Guinness and whiskey, which have a too-sour taste for me... too sharp and tangy? My palate’s loss.<br /><br />Every day your photographs are amazing, but today's were especially dear. It was a simple photo with no breathtaking sweeps of the countryside (which make me swoon every time), that captured my imagination, gladdened my heart. It was the birthday celebration. The people and setting were ordinary, but the light draped the festivities just right, accenting faces, adding a special dialog to the photo. And then! The young boy turning to face the camera, which added a touch of twinkle to it all. Really and truly... I applaud that photo. <br /><br />Nina, you have a knack of taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary. You do this so well. It's why I enjoy your travels or your so-called everyday life on the farmette. Your inner compass, inner lens is a gift you have. You don't just record your travels to read like an itinerary. You seek out the best in people and flora & fauna... the world at large… and small. <br /><br />I'm meandering with my praise, but it all comes from a sincere heart of gratitude. Or it could be that I *drank* too many drams throughout your day. <br /><br />Love.<br />.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01195069261664454057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276751.post-67392538107980057062015-06-26T11:06:31.187-05:002015-06-26T11:06:31.187-05:00I thought the same thing, Joy. A vacation day on h...I thought the same thing, Joy. A vacation day on her vacation! Pfffft. Nonsense! We know her well. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01195069261664454057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276751.post-72372935401312052722015-06-26T09:36:47.819-05:002015-06-26T09:36:47.819-05:00When I read your first entry, I laughed and shook ...When I read your first entry, I laughed and shook my head. Nina thinks she's going to take a VACATION day on her vacation? What a concept. Let's see about that.<br />And of course, your day by anyone else's standards was a full day. And such a warm vibe from everyone there, islanders and visitors alike. It just feels so comfortable, homey - friends and sisters, fellow travelers, the little girls dancing. <br /><br />It has been rainy in Ohio for a week. It's warm and fragrant and I imagine myself walking in my English garden, which is lush and unbelievably green, and for an added bonus the water bill will be low. <br /><br />Last night it was pleasant and we sat at our patio table with a glass of wine, and unexpectedly, from clouds we didn't see, a light rain began to fall and we just stayed there, sat there getting a little damp, so what? listening to the whisper of the trees and the patter of droplets on the hostas with their big umbrella leaves.<br /><br />Yesterday I wanted to tell you that my favorite photo was of the sheep in the foreground with her feet in the buttercups, the rock strata behind her giving texture to the photo, and the sheep in the far background, and the progression of the colors in the distance, just excellent. If you framed all of my favorites, your walls would look like Irene's, which would be a delight!<br />JoyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023075108683227605noreply@blogger.com