tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post5668697237194927442..comments2024-03-19T08:07:56.418+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-74496629045453150132010-12-07T03:54:43.438+00:002010-12-07T03:54:43.438+00:00Sending encouraging thoughts from Beijing this wee...Sending encouraging thoughts from Beijing this week (I snuck into blocked Blogspot using an internet back door, as I really needed to catch up on your posts).<br />I agree with the other commenters that knitting is a very good way to release nervous energy while waiting, or to feel one has created something positive in the midst of dark moods.<br />best regards<br />Lisa normally in TorontoLisa R-Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655634518894913177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-53580333475531745832010-12-04T08:44:10.478+00:002010-12-04T08:44:10.478+00:00I second Mary Lou's comments regarding hospice...I second Mary Lou's comments regarding hospice. My thoughts are with C, you, your husband, and your family.<br /><br />It's nice to know that you're finding comfort in your world-wide knitting community. <br /><br />That picture of the garden is incredibly lovely. We're just getting our first snow of the winter - there's at least 4 inches on the ground and another 3 or so expected. We'll be digging out in the morning - so I especially appreciated Helen CKS's video.stash haushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244605573080920528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-50709245798898816782010-12-04T07:16:51.038+00:002010-12-04T07:16:51.038+00:00adding my few words to the rest - please stay on l...adding my few words to the rest - please stay on line ... yours is one of the first i read daily - and altho none of us can bring you tea and milk and other necessities (altho i wish!) we can be here on the other side of the screen - not quite the same as a nice cuppa in the kitchen - but here we are...<br /><br />as for the groceries - is there not one grocer that would deliver - even if it would be a bit of a price to have it done would that not be better than tempting a fall?<br /><br />and the gardens ! oh how delightful - reminds me of ireland where the houses line the streets with HUGE gardens and parks hidden in the centers.... <br /><br />and am curious to as to who owns the gazebo!Southern Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12704854973003741122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-58303671764021554512010-12-03T21:50:12.446+00:002010-12-03T21:50:12.446+00:00I am enchanted by the view of your back garden and...I am enchanted by the view of your back garden and very glad you are continuing to blog. No snow yet for us in NY but it has turned colder.AnnPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-33613959600414329542010-12-03T21:10:28.716+00:002010-12-03T21:10:28.716+00:00I find that picture of the various back yards ench...I find that picture of the various back yards enchanting. <br /><br />Being an American from the rural part of the country, it's unusual to see yards so small and clustered just so. Is that the normal arrangement in cities across the pond?Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175287704687068472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-79680715131954519262010-12-03T19:14:58.487+00:002010-12-03T19:14:58.487+00:00As others have shared, our families experience wit...As others have shared, our families experience with hospice has been unremittingly kind, gentle, and supportive.<br /><br />Here's hoping your slogging about in the snow for necessities isn't too burdensome.Sarah JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-39915001828686437392010-12-03T18:31:31.706+00:002010-12-03T18:31:31.706+00:00I have not been online regularly since September, ...I have not been online regularly since September, so I am behind on C's situation. The reason I haven't been reading is that my best friend died at the end of September, of multiple cancers (but mainly lymph). She was 46 and left two children, 11 and 7. It's awful. The uncertainty of the timing is so stressful. <br /><br />As unlikely as it seems, it has been a comfort to me to understand that indeed it is the way of all flesh. Life can carry on, Christmas can come, fun times happen...everything in its season.<br /><br />XO<br />ShannonShanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704810407872873565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-32436188079782075832010-12-03T17:37:29.003+00:002010-12-03T17:37:29.003+00:00Hospice really is a wonderful organisation - or, m...Hospice really is a wonderful organisation - or, more precisely, confederation of organisations. Both sides of my family have used them, as have friends we've lost over the years (one a couple of years ago in circumstances very reminiscent of C's). Being able to face the end of your life in familiar, comfortable surroundings, rather than in a hospital room, makes all the difference in the world, both for the one passing and for their loved ones.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047049720897209506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-18963814766808736162010-12-03T17:01:46.071+00:002010-12-03T17:01:46.071+00:00The snow map satellite photo had a sort of cowlick...The snow map satellite photo had a sort of cowlick effect over London and another over Edinburgh; the rest looked like regular clouds. Possibly those storms were still active. Stay warm. That red yarn looks wonderful.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-82957995265250659642010-12-03T16:39:40.405+00:002010-12-03T16:39:40.405+00:00On the subject of snow in London - it would be so ...On the subject of snow in London - it would be so nice to coincide with Economist James and Art - our Connecticut son who we thought was in London skyped us late last night - where was he I asked - looked like he was in the first class section of an airplane - no, he was actually in a very comfortable looking car just leaving Logan Airport in Boston. He said the route out to Heathrow from central London was fine and snowfree - but the part of London you are talking about is of course a different story. And you have the additional problem of exiting Edinburgh and heading south down that east coast. Keep a weather eye.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193395027474680289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-6035125592978871812010-12-03T16:27:46.701+00:002010-12-03T16:27:46.701+00:00As you might have gathered - we need you as much a...As you might have gathered - we need you as much as you need us. Keep on with the blogging. It's a sort of lifeline. I think you are stirring up memories, and maybe anticipations, for many of us and we want to share and support, both in the giving and the receiving.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193395027474680289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-36823513277439200092010-12-03T16:19:57.476+00:002010-12-03T16:19:57.476+00:00I for one need to see your blog every morning, ple...I for one need to see your blog every morning, please don't quit it. Looked at snow pix from Scotland ever so much worse than the high mountain valleys in BC (for now anyway).The sockladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791142307101200292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-90925782450158023562010-12-03T15:18:44.228+00:002010-12-03T15:18:44.228+00:00I hope you can continue blogging and that we can c...I hope you can continue blogging and that we can continue to offer something supportive in return. See how it goes for you.<br /><br />That snow is something and the garden gazebo view is particularly lovely.<br /><br />As EZ said, "Knit on with confidence and hope, through all crises." It is good to know that she wasn't a fool and would know the challenges that real life had to offer. Otherwise, a remark like that about a hobby would drive me nuts!Gerrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-60808323040580880482010-12-03T13:57:49.115+00:002010-12-03T13:57:49.115+00:00Please don't go silent. Sad situations like t...Please don't go silent. Sad situations like this usually involve lots of helpless waiting periods when you need all your lifelines, and plenty of repetitive knitting to take the edge off.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-10400126191275531672010-12-03T13:51:43.391+00:002010-12-03T13:51:43.391+00:00In my experience with hospice (both in home and ou...In my experience with hospice (both in home and out) left me with the highest opinion of all involved. I hope your family has the same kind of experience.<br /><br />Sorry the snow came at such an inopportune time, but thank heaven for knitting, eh? Is that your back garden with the gazebo? Lovely.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.com