tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post5990513272125903575..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: River People.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-46359653979061499272009-06-11T09:39:21.835-07:002009-06-11T09:39:21.835-07:00I always think of the sweet characters in Wind in ...I always think of the sweet characters in Wind in the Willows whenever I think of someone growing up by a river. And I think it must have been wonderful.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-43674337277933515772009-06-10T19:28:30.133-07:002009-06-10T19:28:30.133-07:00I live a few thousand feet from a creek and unders...I live a few thousand feet from a creek and understand the lure of the water and the woods around it. Everyday I visit and am sure it has shaped at least my poetry. Love the bridge in this photo.<br />Love your header with all the flowers Weaver.Janice Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506920585319893814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-80952706282874998202009-06-10T16:03:42.948-07:002009-06-10T16:03:42.948-07:00I love your beautiful river story. I live by a ri...I love your beautiful river story. I live by a river as well... Roxannerivergardenstudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018601892508498148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-32094986160322798952009-06-09T02:06:47.780-07:002009-06-09T02:06:47.780-07:00how lovely, I really enjoy now sitting next to a s...how lovely, I really enjoy now sitting next to a stream or bubbling brook, so peaceful!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076349937962262361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-42445131106226023402009-06-08T03:29:11.668-07:002009-06-08T03:29:11.668-07:00Hi Delwyn. Thanks for visiting. I shall visit y...Hi Delwyn. Thanks for visiting. I shall visit you this afternoon to read about your river.<br />Rowan - interesting what you say about flat country - I was brought up in the fens and now live in the hills - they are so different - but the only thing I miss is the very big skies at night.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64675107148757559912009-06-08T02:18:52.377-07:002009-06-08T02:18:52.377-07:00Carol - I think everyone has a dream to have a str...Carol - I think everyone has a dream to have a stream in their garden - love the idea of tadpoles.<br />I believe this is the week when we are asked by RSPB to list all the wildlife in our gardens - so get counting those tiny frogs.<br />Agree Rachel.<br />Gleaner - like the idea of veins and arteries.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-6540968188440316462009-06-08T02:17:00.860-07:002009-06-08T02:17:00.860-07:00Shaista - thanks for calling.
Willow - you are a w...Shaista - thanks for calling.<br />Willow - you are a woman after my own heart.<br />Leenie - even our little beck, running through our fields, forms a huge part of our lives.<br />Dom - shall now look up the meaning of Dominic.<br />TFE - sea a painting, river a poem - I like it.<br />Robert - Dear old Cherry - haven't been there for many years'The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-83243601315699989112009-06-08T02:12:55.883-07:002009-06-08T02:12:55.883-07:00Jinksy - water in the blood eh? So that is why I ...Jinksy - water in the blood eh? So that is why I am sitting her wearing a fleece in the middle of June.<br />Juliet - I am always reminding myself of the Great Scheme of Things - it is so easy to forget it.<br />Woman in a Window - I think you must have that river firmly in your soul.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-65695340646543496792009-06-08T02:11:13.455-07:002009-06-08T02:11:13.455-07:00Heather - common sense does indeed rule most of us...Heather - common sense does indeed rule most of us - sometimes wish it didn't.<br />Maggi - Glad you enjoyed Riverdaze, it is one of my favourites.<br />Derrick - hope we have solved the Sheffield thing now - I wonder if they still come by bus.<br />Robyn - perhaps one knows when on is a river person - welcome to the fraternity of river people.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-13954699882071340012009-06-07T22:18:11.525-07:002009-06-07T22:18:11.525-07:00What a lovely and interesting post. I think people...What a lovely and interesting post. I think people are affected by the landscape where they grow up. I was born and grew up at the foot of the Pennines and am never really comfortable unless there are hills somewhere in my background. I enjoy the wide open spaces and flat scenery of the fen country to visit but was never really settled when I lived in Essex because it was too flat.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-28438613591091784692009-06-07T15:47:12.741-07:002009-06-07T15:47:12.741-07:00Hello Weaver of Grass,
I was over at Juliet's...Hello Weaver of Grass,<br /><br />I was over at Juliet's place and decided to pop in to you. Strangely, when Willow visited me this morning and read my 'River Walk' she said she had already read a 'river' post...and I am now surmising that it was yours.<br /><br />I loved your river story and how the river of your town shaped your life. I live on a river and not for one moment do I forget its charm and beauty nor do I stop counting my blessings for its peace, calm and interesting changes - the cormorants, brahminy kites and rainbow lorikeets...<br /><br />Thanks for a river story of a very different part of the world<br /><br />Happy DaysDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-40806237835560028802009-06-07T14:53:24.865-07:002009-06-07T14:53:24.865-07:00I think I like rivers because of their life force,...I think I like rivers because of their life force, their like the veins and arteries of the earth. <br /><br />Another enjoyable post Weaver!gleanerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826401785165112918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-54874796587379363292009-06-07T12:48:34.570-07:002009-06-07T12:48:34.570-07:00Beats Disneyland, hands down.
xBeats Disneyland, hands down.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-8415527847905583142009-06-07T12:35:26.485-07:002009-06-07T12:35:26.485-07:00I think that whether you live by a river or in the...I think that whether you live by a river or in the countryside or both must help you hear the rhythms of the seasons, of life.<br /><br />We are lucky enough to have a stream flowing round the bottom of the garden. The boys and their friends used to love playing in it whenthey were small.Mistlethrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051761614198488243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-14012408166779346002009-06-07T11:18:46.891-07:002009-06-07T11:18:46.891-07:00Liked this very much, Pat. Coincidentally, was act...Liked this very much, Pat. Coincidentally, was actually in Cherry Willingham today. No frozen river Witham. But torrential downpourings of rain.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-89698595876895782692009-06-07T10:12:11.936-07:002009-06-07T10:12:11.936-07:00Lovely, as always ,Weaver. We live by the sea and ...Lovely, as always ,Weaver. We live by the sea and it is a big dramatic painting for sure but rivers are poems and, for me, much more full of 'life' and romance and summer and winter and death and I love them and would love to(not) sleep to the sound of one.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-89956010441982618732009-06-07T08:35:11.353-07:002009-06-07T08:35:11.353-07:00I enjoyed this. (I read somewhere that my name mea...I enjoyed this. (I read somewhere that my name means "river dweller", so perhaps that explains it).<br /><br />I especially enjoyed the tale of the pike's revenge.<br /><br />As we were saying the other day, Jack -your brother, my uncle- comes over as a pretty dynamic character.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-18396954359078582452009-06-07T08:05:58.306-07:002009-06-07T08:05:58.306-07:00I thoroughly enjoyed your words. We are all mostl...I thoroughly enjoyed your words. We are all mostly water; and rivers, streams and the sea can become a part of our lives and our family.Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-7115106050840323832009-06-07T07:59:02.118-07:002009-06-07T07:59:02.118-07:00Hello again, Weaver.
In your post you refer to &q...Hello again, Weaver.<br /><br />In your post you refer to "Sheffield fishermen". Are these men on a fishing trip from the city of Sheffield? Or is it a local reference?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-22796793268242070422009-06-07T07:43:22.333-07:002009-06-07T07:43:22.333-07:00WM is on the banks of a river. It was a wonderful ...WM is on the banks of a river. It was a wonderful experience for our children. Fossils, tadpoles, fish and frogs. I love to hear the rushing of the high waters in the spring.<br /><br />Beautiful post.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-80149878420264465152009-06-07T06:51:12.512-07:002009-06-07T06:51:12.512-07:00'For men may come and men may go
but I go on f...'For men may come and men may go<br />but I go on forever'<br />I am sure these lines will swim around in my head all day. I have never lived by a river, in fact I don't think I have ever known a river. I do hope someday one will weave itself into my life, and I too shall quote Tennyson by its banks.<br />Thanks for the post.<br />ShaistaShaistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259344471712162333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-27208865300712561922009-06-07T05:37:44.684-07:002009-06-07T05:37:44.684-07:00Lovely post, Weaver.
I'm a river person but f...Lovely post, Weaver.<br /><br />I'm a river person but for a different reason. We had one on our property when I was very young and it fed our family and then took my father. We left shortly after that. I feel like I've been trying to get back to the river ever since in a strange and undefinable way.<br /><br />I really enjoyed this post.Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-83018925331467046492009-06-07T05:22:44.282-07:002009-06-07T05:22:44.282-07:00I love rivers i think they have a lot to teach us,...I love rivers i think they have a lot to teach us, and walking along a river can be so soothing and can help us understand our place in the great scheme of things tooCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3459886682333405622009-06-07T04:52:47.699-07:002009-06-07T04:52:47.699-07:00You obviously have water in the blood!You obviously have water in the blood!Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-8744198635230819292009-06-07T04:30:34.548-07:002009-06-07T04:30:34.548-07:00I'm a River Person! I definitely think growing...I'm a River Person! I definitely think growing up next to a river has some sort of effect on one. A love and understanding of rivers for a start.<br />This is the most beautifully written post Weaver. Well done!ArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.com