tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post3039837057961960866..comments2023-07-17T04:07:46.354-07:00Comments on Gardener in the Distance...gardening and belonging in Ballarat.: Garden Theatre ( Autumn ) IIGardener in the Distancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-54714570217789330322011-05-20T04:33:54.357-07:002011-05-20T04:33:54.357-07:00Catmint, you're a trooper, and thankyou for yo...Catmint, you're a trooper, and thankyou for your eye. <br />Calling Ravens, thankyou, too. Do you know of Esther Woolfson's book, Corvus: a Life with Birds, detailing, in particular, her bringing into her home of a rook? She has a website/blog.Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-89587177234654555782011-05-19T11:47:25.096-07:002011-05-19T11:47:25.096-07:00Absolutely Gorgeous again! I have a tiered floor ...Absolutely Gorgeous again! I have a tiered floor lamp and on each tier I have an old abandoned bird's nest. I love them! <br />Your photos are just lovely!936000https://www.blogger.com/profile/05132867703170636584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-34078718670215437252011-05-17T04:30:33.016-07:002011-05-17T04:30:33.016-07:00dear Faisal, this post and the garden theatre belo...dear Faisal, this post and the garden theatre below are both exquisite. I love your creativity in choosing and placing those objects. The ED poem goes so well as everyone above has said, and it is very moving that you dedicate it to the memory of your father. cheers, catmintSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-18000189601155459452011-05-15T13:29:54.318-07:002011-05-15T13:29:54.318-07:00ED's poems are succinct. This one I've alw...ED's poems are succinct. This one I've always felt for. Among the others you mention, Benjamin, I like Robert Frost a great deal ( have read a few mid-century American poets ). Elizabeth Bishop too. I was hoping yo be a poet in my youth...Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-20476093655012682432011-05-15T08:59:30.406-07:002011-05-15T08:59:30.406-07:00Quoting Emily is perfect. Certainly for me, and my...Quoting Emily is perfect. Certainly for me, and my poetic influlences, her, Robert Frost, Whitman, Bishop, and Wordsworth are tops on the list (if you go back far enough in my career).Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-17942649940148401222011-05-14T20:35:34.185-07:002011-05-14T20:35:34.185-07:00Thankyou, James. My father adored nature.Thankyou, James. My father adored nature.Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-78838844449012209832011-05-14T20:09:17.263-07:002011-05-14T20:09:17.263-07:00Faisal, moving visual and verbal selections in mem...Faisal, moving visual and verbal selections in memory of your father.James Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718058779971621920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-38961383144105186502011-05-14T17:48:18.753-07:002011-05-14T17:48:18.753-07:00Thankyou Peter for such a generous comment. I'...Thankyou Peter for such a generous comment. I've seen a couple of Sommer's portraits, but never all the other work...it's amazingly beautiful. Thanks for pointing him out. <br />I like your sense of humour!Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-87590663911013562282011-05-14T14:42:36.255-07:002011-05-14T14:42:36.255-07:00So...if truth and beauty are the same then truth m...So...if truth and beauty are the same then truth must be...subjective. Aha! Thanks, Emily. <br /><br />And thanks, Faisal - this is interesting stuff. The images (tableaus?) remind me of Frederick Sommmer: <br /><br />http://www.google.ca/search?q=frederick+sommer&hl=en&site=webhp&prmd=ivnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=tfbOTfm0NIfdgQeb-5mtDA&sqi=2&ved=0CDcQsAQ&biw=1065&bih=597<br /><br />But your images are prettier and more...hushed.Peter Holthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402931973397922450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-68495722241769119462011-05-14T05:07:34.809-07:002011-05-14T05:07:34.809-07:00Hello Jane and Lance,
Yes, my comment was chewed ...Hello Jane and Lance, <br />Yes, my comment was chewed up thanks to the Google Department. I certainly hope you are rewarding yourselves, as you should. Emily Dickinson has been my sister through many a dark night. God bless, Faisal.Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-41351488801637392952011-05-14T03:34:06.229-07:002011-05-14T03:34:06.229-07:00Hello Faisal:
The words of Emily Dickinson fit so ...Hello Faisal:<br />The words of Emily Dickinson fit so very perfectly with your well chosen and lovely images. A most attractive and pleasing post with which to start the weekend.<br /><br />Have an enjoyable day!<br /><br />[We think that your comment on our latest post was lost when Blogger went down hence no reply. But thank you anyway.]Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com