tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post9205043915850900161..comments2023-10-28T14:29:40.802+01:00Comments on Letters to garden makers: Dark day in the coal tip gardenPaul Steerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934578411450049838noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-1222605204064325132013-12-23T15:28:02.569+00:002013-12-23T15:28:02.569+00:00Despite his farmerly ways and large farmers hands,...Despite his farmerly ways and large farmers hands, I think he is just as sensitive about killing animals as the rest of us, he just grimly gets on with it, but this time something went a bit wrong !Paul Steerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934578411450049838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-13914271607868318812013-12-23T15:22:56.788+00:002013-12-23T15:22:56.788+00:00I too lost my carefully crafted reply, here goes a...I too lost my carefully crafted reply, here goes again : By 'it' I mean the debate of gardens by those of us who are of an arty persuasion. Art can be elitist, and I don't think gardens or gardening should be. The thing that binds garden makers, is a sense of ordering our world, of being creative, and that should be left open to personal expression. My taste in art may differ from someone else's but it is just as valid. Taste, opinion and fashion will never go away, but they are just whims in the vastness of time. Growing and editing and making a vision of something that is beautiful to your eye, that is the process itself is the thing that has value no matter what the visual result. It hurts my brain when you make me think Charles. I'll be a Quaker in the corner as long as I can have a drink.<br /><br />I've changed the background to simple white, but not sure about it yet. Finally Edward is mortified about the Lazarus chicken affair, so it will be ammo for any future ribbing of his genial father-in law. Paul Steerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934578411450049838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-80671640089261189322013-12-22T17:11:41.079+00:002013-12-22T17:11:41.079+00:00PS It is very difficult to read the stuff on the ...PS It is very difficult to read the stuff on the blog pages with the foliage etc background. The Blog list particularly. I think you might need a simpler background.<br />Charles Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307918475735593476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-15764198387229869402013-12-22T17:09:31.554+00:002013-12-22T17:09:31.554+00:00Did I just lose my carefully crafted comment? GRRR...Did I just lose my carefully crafted comment? GRRRRCharles Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307918475735593476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-89649204812986141062013-12-22T17:08:09.257+00:002013-12-22T17:08:09.257+00:00What a nice thought that you are coming up to Lond...What a nice thought that you are coming up to London for the Thinkingardens supper. I hope that you might feel moved to contribute. Its intended to be lively, not a Quaker meeting. When you say "lets not make it divisive" what's the "it"? Debate? Argument? Its difficult not to get frustrated and angry even when so much that we see and hear in the media about gardens is so mundane. But I do think that even anger need not be divisive if expressed cleanly and without malice. As a farmer it is surprising that Edward failed to kill the chicken. What's his explanation?Charles Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307918475735593476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-58252634275638322502013-12-21T10:49:13.137+00:002013-12-21T10:49:13.137+00:00That is very very weird. Or Edward needs practice?...That is very very weird. Or Edward needs practice?Anne Warehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13102518926229038553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-21992310233031522952013-12-19T20:07:57.721+00:002013-12-19T20:07:57.721+00:00I think you describe the constant struggle that al...I think you describe the constant struggle that all of us live with - the optimist and the pessimist. I know there are lots of problems in life, but I have always chosen to live with a smile - even if others think I might be crazy being cheerful all the time. JCGardens at Waters Easthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007610849161868747noreply@blogger.com