tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post6550926572709438749..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Father's DayThe Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-70723656462987742002019-06-17T06:24:43.051-07:002019-06-17T06:24:43.051-07:00I don't think we need Father's Day. I thin...I don't think we need Father's Day. I think it's a racket got up by the folks who invented Mother's Day. I remember my dad many times throughout the year, especially if I anybody pass by on a motor cycle with sidecar. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-59503077334643858442019-06-17T05:57:03.488-07:002019-06-17T05:57:03.488-07:00Mary what a lovely post about your father too - I...Mary what a lovely post about your father too - I really enjoyed reading it. We were both lucky weren't we?The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-10784956526015549502019-06-17T05:40:34.468-07:002019-06-17T05:40:34.468-07:00This is such a lovely post to honor your father. ...This is such a lovely post to honor your father. You are very fortunate to have these sweet memories. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-46861299331456117902019-06-17T05:30:21.073-07:002019-06-17T05:30:21.073-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-63376274518158734462019-06-17T05:29:18.429-07:002019-06-17T05:29:18.429-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-42435395863768626052019-06-17T05:29:03.359-07:002019-06-17T05:29:03.359-07:00Lovely post about your Dad and years/times you spe...Lovely post about your Dad and years/times you spent together. Dads were different in the good old days, especially coming back from WWII - they were involved with their families and homes on a more simple level, I think just thankful they made it home! We had to struggle as money was tight, and both my parents worked very hard - but I recall on Sundays Dad would walk into town late morning to meet his best friend Bill for a pint, and then come home on the bus for Sunday dinner and a bring a Mars bar, a Crunchie, or a Cadbury Fruit & Nut etc. for an afternoon snack when Mum and were doing the weekly ironing in the kitchen.<br /><br />My dad died in 1976 of pancreatic cancer. I made that sad journey across the pond to see him in hospital, he died a couple of weeks after I returned to Massachusetts where we lived. I remember him with love and affection - a simple, honest man who grew up in a foster home, with little schooling, but served in the RAF, and was loved by all who knew him.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-23137813865279506762019-06-17T03:39:13.055-07:002019-06-17T03:39:13.055-07:00Thanks everyone.Thanks everyone.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3225962245445991452019-06-17T01:34:43.648-07:002019-06-17T01:34:43.648-07:00Too painful to write this yesterday. My father di...Too painful to write this yesterday. My father didn't die until a few weeks after my 12th birthday, but he'd been ill so long that I can't remember him well, so I don't know what sort of man he was before.<br />It was my brother, 8 years older than me, who fulfilled that role, wonderfully. We are still close.the veg artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029588460808570133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-43483331844188651272019-06-17T00:54:26.499-07:002019-06-17T00:54:26.499-07:00I didn't see much of my father during the war ...I didn't see much of my father during the war years (until I was 9) and then had to get to know him all over again. He was wonderfully patient and we became close again. I remember walks through beech woods on Sundays to visit his parents. He knew the names of all the birds, flowers, trees and taught them to me. He was also a very good gardener and passed on his love of nature to me. I didn't realise until I became a parent, just how wise and patient he was. I hope he knew how much I loved him. We didn't voice our feelings much in those days. Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3738368368991397722019-06-16T23:30:53.438-07:002019-06-16T23:30:53.438-07:00A lovely tribute to your father, Pat!
What better ...A lovely tribute to your father, Pat!<br />What better way to be a good father than to teach a child about nature, and to help them acquire a taste for the beautiful things in life such as poetry?Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-61146955475897599752019-06-16T23:09:43.132-07:002019-06-16T23:09:43.132-07:00 Did he work? Did he work? Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-18692371077643744602019-06-16T22:59:49.287-07:002019-06-16T22:59:49.287-07:00Lovely memories you were very lucky.Lovely memories you were very lucky.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-2752523833688148322019-06-16T22:08:40.113-07:002019-06-16T22:08:40.113-07:00I had a very unhappy childhood until my teenage ye...I had a very unhappy childhood until my teenage years, when I could fend for myself. My father worked very hard and his off time was always spent round the pub, not getting drunk or violent but he never shared any time with myself or my younger siblings. I spent a lot of my childhood quite withdrawn and can remember very little of it.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53703849067237269842019-06-16T21:22:43.114-07:002019-06-16T21:22:43.114-07:00Lovely remembrance, Weaver. My father, too, had a ...Lovely remembrance, Weaver. My father, too, had a green thumb. He staked everything he planted with its Latin name. I recall his planting a moss as ground cover that smelled of banana when rubbed between thumb and forefinger! His garden of rotating plants was a treat for the senses. Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-84254451416636159902019-06-16T19:10:17.852-07:002019-06-16T19:10:17.852-07:00I always enjoy your blog but today was wonderful. ...I always enjoy your blog but today was wonderful. The world would be a better place if the children had interested parents like your father.<br />parsnip angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-82749626146499396632019-06-16T16:07:12.332-07:002019-06-16T16:07:12.332-07:00I love it when you write this way...about days gon...I love it when you write this way...about days gone by when things were so very different.<br />Gail, northern Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606476543639979603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-25199903024185634852019-06-16T15:14:07.502-07:002019-06-16T15:14:07.502-07:00I treasured my Father Pat.. He had a nervous break...I treasured my Father Pat.. He had a nervous break down when i was 3... So i never knew the father my brothers had.. they are 12 and 14 years older than i'am.. He was bipolar with manic highs and lows.. But somehow i managed to let the bad times fall away from memory and treasure the good times. Like the one time he took me horseback riding... the one time he took me swimming .. the one time we went hiking... I knew what it took for him to pull himself together and do something like that with me... Happy Father's Day Dad.. <br /><br />Love reading your memories Pat. Hugs! debjinxxxygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349344319328467284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-42903946104252354152019-06-16T15:08:54.425-07:002019-06-16T15:08:54.425-07:00Such warm and happy memories you have, Pat. He sou...Such warm and happy memories you have, Pat. He sounds like a kind man and a loving father. XJuleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837629817375132149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-37177673377442309552019-06-16T14:36:55.748-07:002019-06-16T14:36:55.748-07:00Wonderful memories of your Father. Thank you for s...Wonderful memories of your Father. Thank you for sharing.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-15778895765076370252019-06-16T14:08:54.227-07:002019-06-16T14:08:54.227-07:00Good memories. I too have good memories although ...Good memories. I too have good memories although different. My Dad and I shared the same sense of humour which my Mother could not understand. Sadly my Dad went at 56 my Mother continued to plague my life for many more years. Your Dad sounded lovely. As was mine.justjillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253881958131548009noreply@blogger.com