tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post4022610419652554775..comments2024-03-28T15:18:00.456+00:00Comments on And Then We All Had Tea: Winter ponderings . . . Marie Raynerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-38233372535815089882015-01-13T05:50:20.821+00:002015-01-13T05:50:20.821+00:00Thank you LeAnn! Same to you! xxooThank you LeAnn! Same to you! xxooMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-53253558548020313152015-01-12T21:54:01.158+00:002015-01-12T21:54:01.158+00:00Just pure poetry today; I loved reading it all.
B...Just pure poetry today; I loved reading it all. <br />Blessings, love and hugs for the feelings today. LeAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107717294803352571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-66928758570546044132015-01-12T05:55:34.756+00:002015-01-12T05:55:34.756+00:00Valerie, I love your allegory. It's so true. ...Valerie, I love your allegory. It's so true. Thank YOU! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-40774919752109556472015-01-12T05:53:49.799+00:002015-01-12T05:53:49.799+00:00Lime buttercream is very good Val!! Almost too go...Lime buttercream is very good Val!! Almost too good! xoxo<br /><br />Pam, I cannot imagine how you cope with it all. I can only think you are in very good shape!!xoxo<br /><br />Suzan, I know nothing at all about cricket. Wet snow is the heaviest. People die each year from shoveling and having heart attacks. It's not for the weak hearted! xoxo<br /><br />They have a saying here Monique, "Don't cast a clout til May is out!" So no real gardening is done until May, but lots of prep before then and of course the hardier plants go in prior to then also. Right now we are harvesting our purple sprouting broccoli as the season is at it's height, and I have roses still blooming believe it or not. I think they are confused! I have some chocolate and candied ginger cookies. Very tasty. The recipe for them is here: http://theenglishkitchen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/dark-chocolate-drizzled-ginger-butter.html<br /><br />They are a ginger butter cookie with a dark chocolate drizzle. xoxo<br /><br />Thanks Sybil! I know it is a lot colder in Scotland, more Canadian like. It's still very cold and windy here! I hope you stay warm, dry and safe! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-32610059101438648212015-01-12T01:54:53.928+00:002015-01-12T01:54:53.928+00:00I love the pictures you post. Especially the firs...I love the pictures you post. Especially the first wintery scene from today. Winter can be cold, sometimes dreary but what is really going on within the trees and plants is an unseen preparation of the new growth that will spring forth in a few months. We can relate to this in our own lives as we go through our "winter" of tests and trials. After that, we see the growth and experience a feeling of new life. Thanks for the great post! xoxoValerie H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01676002579226473400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-32862926434662748212015-01-11T19:52:51.367+00:002015-01-11T19:52:51.367+00:00Gosh you were all poetic this morning Marie...what...Gosh you were all poetic this morning Marie...what lovely words you use to describe so many different things. Thankfully I have not had to shovel snow for many a year..When up in Scotland it was quite regular as everyone always swept their paths and the pavements ouside their homes clear...maybe 2,3.4 times a day if need be. I remember many a time watching our neighbour across the road from us a lovely gentleman who had only one arm he swept and swept from morn to night it appeared and not only did he do his own bit of pavemenet he just kept sweeping till he got both his neighbours on either side of hime cleared as well...I was once so upset I came in and started knitting him a warm glove to try to keep his poor hand warm !!! Not been a very nice day down here very grey and just a miserable kind of feeeling...just like me today. I even missed going to church which is a very rare event for me but I just didn't feel up to it ...Must make a move tomorrow and perk up a bit..<br />Hope you are ok and keeping warm xxSybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516012178494813281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-89714718580038978322015-01-11T14:10:38.066+00:002015-01-11T14:10:38.066+00:00More snow expected tonight..When can you start gar...More snow expected tonight..When can you start gardening there Marie?:)<br />Just curious..Here as you know..usually we wait until May 23rd..etc..<br />I hope my garlic grows.<br />We have to figure out a recipe with chocolate and candied ginger..we bought a choolate bar in the states and I am not even a chocolate bar person..but that dk choco w/ the candied ginger ..winner:)<br />I do warm my hands around herbal tea..so does J:)<br />La Table De Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358539954508050792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-13848768374232032632015-01-11T13:48:12.881+00:002015-01-11T13:48:12.881+00:00Dear Marie,
I can only imagine snow and shovellin...Dear Marie,<br /><br />I can only imagine snow and shovelling it. I am told it is very heavy. Our winters are mild.<br /><br />I have spent my evening at a 20/20 cricket match with Will and Pip and am now tired. At least this time I did fall.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283293507101152512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-28727767276080014522015-01-11T12:07:39.447+00:002015-01-11T12:07:39.447+00:00Winter here at my house does mean some scraping an...Winter here at my house does mean some scraping and shoveling. The days I have to shovel leave me with little energy to do anything else. We've been so cold the past few days that to get out and shovel is even a greater feat as the wind blows right through you too. BrrrChill ! I hope your Sunday is a warm and relaxing one. I'm mostly known as 'MA'https://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762115079758642698.post-87943461236245680142015-01-11T07:03:50.968+00:002015-01-11T07:03:50.968+00:00Lime buttercream! I love buttercream, so I'm ...Lime buttercream! I love buttercream, so I'm intrigued. I imagine lime would be quite good. Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587080107116858971noreply@blogger.com