tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post6039188715366930840..comments2024-03-29T06:37:40.071-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: No TitleMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-4680392299758408842023-01-22T00:54:56.918-05:002023-01-22T00:54:56.918-05:00That beach kiss must bring back some wonderful mem...That beach kiss must bring back some wonderful memories. I'll match your ocean living dream with my own. There's just something so soothing about watching waves and breathing salty air.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-14708569399782409242023-01-21T17:45:31.991-05:002023-01-21T17:45:31.991-05:00Maybe you're right about the trip to Dog Islan...Maybe you're right about the trip to Dog Island but I think that Glen and Chip have the house sort of torn up as part of the repair process. It's overwhelming. I would like to go back though. <br />I just went out to more carefully check out the camellias and the buds all look pretty brown and dead but I did find one tiny pink perfection. I'll post a picture in this evening's post. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-82178971103308484952023-01-21T17:41:05.139-05:002023-01-21T17:41:05.139-05:00Oh, me too, Ellen! A river or a creek would be lov...Oh, me too, Ellen! A river or a creek would be lovely. Maybe that's why I love Roseland so much- the place we stay is on the river. It's not the prettiest river in the world but it's MY river. And there's always a sunset and lots of nature going on. When I lived in Winter Haven, almost everyone there lived on a lake and we did too, but across the street. It's the City of a Hundred Lakes. And that was nice but it wasn't moving water. <br />We had a pool once and I have to tell you, I even enjoyed that. There's something about water, isn't there? Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-81314869827177645682023-01-21T17:35:27.327-05:002023-01-21T17:35:27.327-05:00Oh, Debby. I get that so completely. Yes. You reac...Oh, Debby. I get that so completely. Yes. You reach an age where we realize there are things undone that we never will get to in this lifetime. And that is a stark realization. You shouldn't chide yourself for feeling the way you feel about it. It's a very real thing. I suppose we could call it the regret of things not done. <br />Isn't that a beautiful documentary? I have watched it several times. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-27546869154822899262023-01-21T17:30:27.931-05:002023-01-21T17:30:27.931-05:00It's a long, slow slide into older age, isn...It's a long, slow slide into older age, isn't it? And it happens when we aren't looking! So odd. <br />(I still like to talk about hot guys though.)Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-33001664634362587472023-01-21T17:29:33.762-05:002023-01-21T17:29:33.762-05:00Oh Jill. I appreciate you SO much. You have been h...Oh Jill. I appreciate you SO much. You have been here for so long and have written miles of comments and I have appreciated every one of them. You are precious. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-56611339254263874792023-01-21T17:27:56.776-05:002023-01-21T17:27:56.776-05:00You ain't the only crone, Donna. I have embrac...You ain't the only crone, Donna. I have embraces that identity. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-17607932326955793522023-01-21T17:27:33.963-05:002023-01-21T17:27:33.963-05:00I read about The Very Wealthy who have houses all ...I read about The Very Wealthy who have houses all over the world and that just sounds dreadful to me. I suppose they can afford to keep every house completely stocked with their needs and desires and don't have to actually pack too much but still. Not the sort of life for me. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-24312710731537566032023-01-21T17:26:27.322-05:002023-01-21T17:26:27.322-05:00I think I was false-alarmed. Perhaps I was merely ...I think I was false-alarmed. Perhaps I was merely suffering from emotional exhaustion and too much crying. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-78767265027500855762023-01-21T17:25:54.207-05:002023-01-21T17:25:54.207-05:00It is not that far by boat, really. Sometimes thou...It is not that far by boat, really. Sometimes though, if the weather is bad, it can take awhile. But it's usually a one-beer affair. <br />I wish you could move into that old house! Is that an impossible thing to do? <br />Friends leaving forever, no matter how often it happens, is somehow still so shocking, isn't it? <br />Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-88359082940487031922023-01-21T17:23:47.068-05:002023-01-21T17:23:47.068-05:00I think you would love Dog Island, Mr. P. You coul...I think you would love Dog Island, Mr. P. You could spend your days walking all the way around it. There are swamps, pine forests, beaches, and palmetto scrub land. Lots of birds. Have you watched an osprey dive for fish? Or an eagle. It is something. <br />Yes. Vergil's stepfather is a pilot and he landed at that airstrip once. He and Vergil's mama flew down from North Carolina. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-83530435321492631352023-01-21T17:21:51.671-05:002023-01-21T17:21:51.671-05:00Thank you, dear Pixie-Lady. Yes. Friends dying can...Thank you, dear Pixie-Lady. Yes. Friends dying can definitely trigger a fairly massive reaction. It's so obvious and yet, profound too. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-78472259685672547632023-01-21T17:19:57.663-05:002023-01-21T17:19:57.663-05:00Sometimes they come on so strongly I cannot NOT al...Sometimes they come on so strongly I cannot NOT allow them. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-30116154279043072732023-01-21T17:19:31.008-05:002023-01-21T17:19:31.008-05:00I guess at our age, reminiscing is natural. "...I guess at our age, reminiscing is natural. "Remember when we...?"<br />I'm sorry you got the cold but it's fairly inevitable, isn't it? <br />Is it good or bad that I have made you cry? You are so sweet-hearted, Susan. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-78558565753944561542023-01-21T17:17:47.721-05:002023-01-21T17:17:47.721-05:00SO bittersweet, thinking of the past.
I really sh...SO bittersweet, thinking of the past. <br />I really should get that photo printed. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-84201289537462231872023-01-21T11:48:57.626-05:002023-01-21T11:48:57.626-05:00Perhaps you're mentally gearing up for another...Perhaps you're mentally gearing up for another visit to Dog Island when the weather gets warmer. Having a place like that in Florida is so special! I'm sure it is a huge pain to get everything out there, but still. What a treasure. (As you know!)<br /><br />Hope you don't get sick. And that's a bummer about the flower buds. I always thought camellias were frost-tolerant, but maybe just the plants and not the flowers themselves. Ours doesn't bloom until May or so!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-3356815192336348032023-01-21T10:58:49.538-05:002023-01-21T10:58:49.538-05:00I always wanted to live on a property with live wa...I always wanted to live on a property with live water, a river or creek. Not gonna happen this lifetime. We looked at a house with a live creek when we were hunting for a new place but the house was too small and the property was almost completely wooded and full of poison ivy and a little farther away from family than we wanted. I wonder how I ended up in a flat rural county surrounded by corn and cotton fields and this will be it. No mountains or forests or creeks or oceans, just flat empty land as far as the eye can see. Well, I know how I ended up here. Wanted to be close to my sister and she was here. If only she and her husband had settled elsewhere. I don't even feel like traveling much anymore. Would love to go to Cozumel one more time or some other foreign beautiful spot but don't currently see it in my future.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-77966288303575060092023-01-21T10:11:22.784-05:002023-01-21T10:11:22.784-05:00I love that last picture.
I watched My Octopus T...I love that last picture. <br /><br />I watched My Octopus Teacher on Netflix the other day and that underwater world was so alien and so beautiful and it popped into my head that I will never see this world, and that there are lots of breathtakingly beautiful places in this world that I will never set eyes on. I had a good cry on that one. I went out to the kitchen and prepared a turkey for supper, puttering about and chiding myself for being an idiot, that no one gets to see everything there is to see, do everything there is to do, know everything there is to know. That's kind of the same as nostalgia but completely different. The longing is the same though. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-56999649288813493242023-01-21T09:31:20.775-05:002023-01-21T09:31:20.775-05:00My best friend for over 58 years and I met for lun...My best friend for over 58 years and I met for lunch yesterday and were talking about this. How did we get to be these two old ladies! Now we discuss heart disease and doctors' appointments. Back in the day we'd be gabbing about hot guys or singing and dancing to our favorite music!!??Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-90957638919225423672023-01-21T09:17:06.359-05:002023-01-21T09:17:06.359-05:00I'll never tire of your blog. Ever. I'm so...I'll never tire of your blog. Ever. I'm so damn busy currently and can't read each day; so I end up reading 4-5 days at a time. But I miss the daily interaction, commenting, etc. I love every flower and plant picture you post. And cats. And baby dolls. And chickens. And eggs of all sizes. And love. I got such a nice healthy dose of that this morning as I read over the last week's posts. Thank you as always for being here and doing this.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671446238805535547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-12835860235585946712023-01-21T05:41:48.830-05:002023-01-21T05:41:48.830-05:00I've tried to stop the passing of time but to ...I've tried to stop the passing of time but to no avail. I'm now a crone...dangit.<br />Love the beach photo!<br />hugs<br />DonnaDonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181520825012037531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-7098303829992510652023-01-21T04:44:19.744-05:002023-01-21T04:44:19.744-05:00Many people round here bought chalets in the mount...Many people round here bought chalets in the mountains to go skiing, but over time they got fed up of always skiing in the same place and then they got fed up of having to do two lots of housework, so I guess I understand why some of those houses stand empty! I hope you are feeling better now and like the others, I just love that photo of you and your honey!Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-12274832530134386902023-01-20T20:45:17.246-05:002023-01-20T20:45:17.246-05:00A cold is a bummer, but at least it's a quiet ...A cold is a bummer, but at least it's a quiet time to lean back and be nostalgic. Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-84359963148009110202023-01-20T20:35:10.148-05:002023-01-20T20:35:10.148-05:00Dog island sounds pretty ideal depending on how fa...Dog island sounds pretty ideal depending on how far the boat trip is - Water would probably be the biggest challenge, but I can see why you love it and why the reluctance to give up on it. I don[t know, we are letting things go , our lives becoming smaller but more manageable. I get pangs when I think of selling the office/property. It is so beautiful, the yard is a garden and a park, the house is solid- built in the late 1800's like your house, not as charming but lovely . Friends leaving forever is the hardest. The photo of you two is delicious! Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-63195157287957194032023-01-20T20:17:05.843-05:002023-01-20T20:17:05.843-05:00I would love to spend a week on Dog Island with al...I would love to spend a week on Dog Island with all my basic necessities - preferably not in the hurricane season. I am surprised that small planes can land there but I just checked out Google Maps and saw the Nils Pehrson Airfield.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com