tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post4715186862835204342..comments2024-03-16T14:03:19.116+00:00Comments on Above the River: UpstreamCJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311693185700341580noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-77998557770458908962015-06-23T21:54:00.500+01:002015-06-23T21:54:00.500+01:00I thought you did live in the countryside, as wild...I thought you did live in the countryside, as wildlife and natural history seem so central to your blog. You did a good job of fooling me. ;-) I'm really glad you made some time to do some writing, I know you've said before how hard it is to make time for it in a busy life, and I hope you're enjoying it. Did you get to knit at the cricket? I hope so. xxGillian Roehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05080123177116154219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-23250159065391298362015-06-21T00:37:00.543+01:002015-06-21T00:37:00.543+01:00Just catching up on some reading.
Love the pictur...Just catching up on some reading.<br /><br />Love the pictures, enjoyed your post ... and isn't there always something good about seeing our red pillar boxes - be they small or larger. Thank you Mr Postman<br /><br />All the best JanLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-27159657656295102822015-06-18T19:54:57.989+01:002015-06-18T19:54:57.989+01:00In my experience boys cricket is a much more civil...In my experience boys cricket is a much more civilised affair than boys football ... I was always allowed to knit, and there was usually cake, often made by someone else.Annie Cholewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608057589525908147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-72949069221521933972015-06-18T11:51:52.160+01:002015-06-18T11:51:52.160+01:00Bet you thought I'd disappeared down a rabbit ...Bet you thought I'd disappeared down a rabbit hole... I'm finally catching up with everyone's blogs. I love the photo of the grasses, and the one of the three boys... And I'm a sucker for a rural postbox!<br />I'm glad you're finding time to write - and I hope you continue to do so. <br />Our hosta is absolutely huge (it needs dividing, actually - I suspect there are many plants). Only one leaf has been nibbled, and I found the culprit hiding underneath the rim of the pot. I'd definitely recommend putting hostas in a large pot (with feet) as I think that's why ours has escaped being scoffed.<br />Cricket's a lovely gentle sport to watch. It lasts ages, you get to sit down and nobody expects you to watch avidly for hours on end. Take a book and some knitting, clap when everyone else does and look up occasionally. Better still, wear sunglasses. That way nobody knows what you're actually focusing on.<br />S xSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038836502384520598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-50268258667791351532015-06-17T18:41:34.382+01:002015-06-17T18:41:34.382+01:00Can you believe how fast this term has gone by?? ...Can you believe how fast this term has gone by?? I can't!! I'm not ready!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08597324560311863417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-14233718104170223012015-06-17T11:54:46.058+01:002015-06-17T11:54:46.058+01:00Lovely post! Beautiful wild flowers and a great wa...Lovely post! Beautiful wild flowers and a great walk. Love to see your adventures. Take care, J9xJ9sHappinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16584533113770166401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-1654543325834662712015-06-17T11:54:37.172+01:002015-06-17T11:54:37.172+01:00Lovely post! Beautiful wild flowers and a great wa...Lovely post! Beautiful wild flowers and a great walk. Love to see your adventures. Take care, J9xJ9sHappinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16584533113770166401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-17160297538275341652015-06-16T22:26:12.398+01:002015-06-16T22:26:12.398+01:00What a super walk! Can you believe it that several...What a super walk! Can you believe it that several years ago I cultivated this beautiful plant in my garden, it was so pretty and then someone pointed out to me that it was deadly nightshade!! It's a busy time of year in the school calendar isn't it, esp for primary school children. I really fancy living in the country, I keep looking for something suitable...<br />Caz xxWainwright and Wright.Cohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-16561722993422871252015-06-16T21:45:46.374+01:002015-06-16T21:45:46.374+01:00Lovely photos and a great looking walk, having liv...Lovely photos and a great looking walk, having lived in the country for the last 16 years after growing up and living in towns until then, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else but here in the countryside, but its not for everyone. It has its positives and negatives. I hope the Hostas do better in their new home, there is nothing so sad as seeing plants struggle when we want to see them at their best. The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-80907872825965092312015-06-16T13:50:58.429+01:002015-06-16T13:50:58.429+01:00The countryside and the river where you live is so...The countryside and the river where you live is so beautiful, how fortunate to have all of this within walking distance. I love the meadows with all of the grasses and wildflowers, they look so pretty. I visited a place which was close to my heart yesterday and came away feeling so disappointed with how it has been neglected and deteriorated. Wonderful images dear C.J., a lovely photos of your boys together looking at the river. Enjoy the cricket match!<br />xoxoxo ♡diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171808338793139579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-6857852500100814442015-06-15T21:09:20.277+01:002015-06-15T21:09:20.277+01:00I love the photo of your 3 boys standing on the fe...I love the photo of your 3 boys standing on the fence. I hope the littlest has recovered from the stinging nettles! Enjoy the cricket. Do they have cake?!anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414143391795492586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-46217530887198639282015-06-15T20:11:55.410+01:002015-06-15T20:11:55.410+01:00CJ, I think you need a column in a national newspa...CJ, I think you need a column in a national newspaper somewhere. I love your writing style SO much. This paragraph is just the most fabulous thing I've read all week:<br /><br />"We saw a rabbit. I picked up the littlest boy so that he could see it over the wall. When I put him down, I accidentally put him in an enormous patch of stinging nettles. He was particularly cross with me."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-4616699498846977432015-06-15T19:38:29.954+01:002015-06-15T19:38:29.954+01:00Simply lovely scenery - great job of capturing it ...Simply lovely scenery - great job of capturing it CJ. I really enjoy the little "tours" of England that you offer us. Perhaps you could send some of that stinging nettle over this way? My husband is looking for it everywhere we walk - he wants to ferment it to make a type of kimchi. Luckily (for me anyway) he has not found any yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-32236171242478840242015-06-15T19:03:06.554+01:002015-06-15T19:03:06.554+01:00I could see you living in the countryside for sure...I could see you living in the countryside for sure. Congrats to the boys on the victories. I hope you get in a bit of knitting this week during the other matches. It seems only fair :) Devonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16050293013935630835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-3757336679632017802015-06-15T16:27:54.272+01:002015-06-15T16:27:54.272+01:00I live in the countryside though not too far from ...I live in the countryside though not too far from the town. It's a great place to live.Gillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13234219836891799676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-67389410908943954092015-06-15T16:11:11.399+01:002015-06-15T16:11:11.399+01:00What a wonderful walk - it looks so peaceful. I h...What a wonderful walk - it looks so peaceful. I have plenty of bunnies here in my garden - grrrrr. Little bunny has turned in to rather large Peter Rabbits! If they would only keep the grass mowed, I'd be fine, but they seem to prefer astrantia and buds! Enjoy the cricket. I always seem to miss the vital ball and have to ask someone what happened! :) xSaraJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090894669938775044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-87650945490804729262015-06-15T15:31:18.184+01:002015-06-15T15:31:18.184+01:00I do so enjoy your posts with their wonderful pict...I do so enjoy your posts with their wonderful pictures and this one is no exception. Flighty xxFlightyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18082758817547303423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-18601615607205902902015-06-15T12:07:48.041+01:002015-06-15T12:07:48.041+01:00I often think I'd like to live in the countrys...I often think I'd like to live in the countryside too, but then I remember the things I'd miss about living in a town. I think I've got the best of both worlds where I am, I'm on the doorstep of the countryside, I only have to walk five or ten minutes and I'm surrounded by it, but I only have to walk five or ten minutes in another direction and I'm on a main street with a selection of shops and I'm only a short train ride away from a large city too. Enjoy these last few weeks of term, I miss the hive of activity there was when my two were in primary school.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-1110158358444262302015-06-15T10:54:12.398+01:002015-06-15T10:54:12.398+01:00Oh, it does look lovely where you are. Having move...Oh, it does look lovely where you are. Having moved from town to countryside a few years ago I highly recommend it. The ups definitely outweigh the downs. I think that is an iris foetidissima (as Jane already said) and they do stink – we have some in our garden. I read a whole book at a one-day cricket match once so I think you'll be fine. As long as you clap when everyone else is clapping and notice if someone whacks the ball really hard you'll get away with not paying too much attention! I hope your hostas recover. Sam x PS What's a balloon flower?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-31076569806080079352015-06-15T10:32:22.578+01:002015-06-15T10:32:22.578+01:00Everything is so wonderful right now isn't it....Everything is so wonderful right now isn't it. Hope that a full recovery has been made from the nettles1 xxAmy at love made my homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111180584250029433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-10958022959397293282015-06-15T08:12:11.626+01:002015-06-15T08:12:11.626+01:00It is magnificently green at the moment, isn't...It is magnificently green at the moment, isn't it? I do sometimes wonder about country living but in the end, it is just too much to consider. I am not so terribly well organised and the thought of not being able to pop out to the corner shop for a pint of milk by car puts me off. We were on holiday in the Highlands once where it was a 5 mile drive to do just that! Shame about the nettles, I hope the young man has forgiven you. Have a lovely week. xChristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883091348839145603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-68408716682191155382015-06-15T07:50:52.877+01:002015-06-15T07:50:52.877+01:00I loved your journey upstream. There's someth...I loved your journey upstream. There's something profound about following the course of a river. I'm not sure what it is, but it seems profound. Good luck with the cricket commentary. I still count myself fortunate that the sport my son took up was rowing, which is pretty difficult to spectate apart from the finish, and even then it's pretty much 'who got there first', and many of the events took place in England so we couldn't travel to watch without being classed as 'weird'. Strange, isn't it - sometimes your parental presence is essential and at other times it's not. <br />Are there salmon fisheries on the Severn e.g. netting on a commercial scale? I grew up beside one of Scotland's famous salmon rivers so I'm curious. Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-48859635337987926352015-06-15T07:33:18.582+01:002015-06-15T07:33:18.582+01:00I love June too, everything is still so fresh, alt...I love June too, everything is still so fresh, although we've been sneezing a bit here too. Your flower is a stinking iris (iris foetidissima), they have the most amazing seed pods when the flowers have finished. Lovely pics as always CJ and I'm glad you're finding time for some writing. Have a lovely week xxJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929252398048579419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-31634863704732380562015-06-15T07:32:55.336+01:002015-06-15T07:32:55.336+01:00I love June too, everything is still so fresh, alt...I love June too, everything is still so fresh, although we've been sneezing a bit here too. Your flower is a stinking iris (iris foetidissima), they have the most amazing seed pods when the flowers have finished. Lovely pics as always CJ and I'm glad you're finding time for some writing. Have a lovely week xxJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929252398048579419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-44377946398086436012015-06-15T06:57:00.359+01:002015-06-15T06:57:00.359+01:00The flower you wanted to know looks like an Iris, ...The flower you wanted to know looks like an Iris, the more common variety is a lovely blue. Sounds like some great plans for the near future, I say take a project with you and enjoy.mamasmercantilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011278973985658118noreply@blogger.com