Posts by Jacqui Dunn
Last ←Newer Page 1 2 3 4 5 Older→ First
-
Oh blow. That didn't work at all. Tried to delete and give it another go. And will try again.....NOW!!
Dismay!! How does one link video? I used "embed" which gave me the details above. Thought I'd get a picture.
-
For no other reason than "It's Saturday! And Beoootyfull!"
-
Well, I'm really glad you blogged it now. Truly funny. I grew up with three younger brothers, and was reminded totally of being the sane older sister in a madhouse.
So glad you enjoy them. May it last forever.
-
Islander - believe me, I know dolphins aren't fish, but for the porpoises of the fushy posting of Ian's, I wanted them to be temporary and honorary fushes. OK?
-
But I did have my first flower on the pink peony, which was transported north from Napier earlier this year.
Oh, lucky you!
I've got cauliflower and broccoli seedlings all ready for when my flipping flipper is better (Hey Ian! Do dolphins count as fish?). Once bought some seedlings thinking they were broccoli, which turned out to be cabbages. Annoyed, I gave them no attention until one day, desperate for a green veg for tea, I picked one - like a small cannonball, it was. Well, suffice it to say that it was so totally delicious that I've tried to have cabbages always in the garden. When you pick the main one, smaller ones grow out the side, just like broccoli.I'll be interested to hear how the soya beans go. I like endamame a lot.
And now I moss run and cook our dinner! (Edited on later....I never think of stuff until after I've posted)
-
Snap for the sigh.
Individually, I find Americans lovely. Charming, attentive, and ready to be friendly. Mind you, I've only been to California; L.A. alone - I can't count the visit to Miami, because it was so long ago and only for a day, and during that time I managed to drive the rental car on to the wrong side on a dual carriageway. Now, that was interesting!
-
Please do not dilly-dally, silly sally. Seriously, Serious, Part 2 is eagerly awaited by this poster.
And David, I guess you've been busy - haven't seen much from you in the last little while. A man of (wait for it!) mosstery!!
Ta da!!
-
And if I'm not mistaken, both women felt much affection, even love, for the animals they studied.
So, Andre, could that be the same for you;))???? -
Fantastic post, thank you, Jackie.
Generalizations do sometimes have their place, but it always seems that if a "face" or "faces" are put to the "them" of the "us and them", it becomes impossible to carry on generalizing. This is especially so when a negative generalization is taking place....easy to do if they're a faceless, nameless mob (Puleeze, spare me the details! All these people are bad, full-stop) but if one provides context and story, the wind goes very fast out of windbags.
Chin up, Petra. You sound like a wonderful mother.
EDIT: More fast fingers happening. Much faster than my muddled brain comes up with. Snap to several posters! Prob. much better put too.
-
@Joe
Later I discovered that, like my father, he'd been taken prisoner in Crete, and forced to take part in a gruelling march over several days.
This is from waaay back - somehow missed it (busy yesterday). My father fought in Crete. So did a guy called Fred Woollams, who was separated from his company and spent a couple of years, hiding from the enemy, living off the land with the help of locals. He was eventually captured and made to walk, shackled, for days. I worked with his daughter. She and I both came to the conclusion that the privations and stresses of war had cut their lives too short. Mine died of cancer, so did hers.