tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post246261116601206528..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Us oiks up 'ere want a voice!The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-44355429522868110572009-12-01T17:00:41.470-08:002009-12-01T17:00:41.470-08:00You should try living in Southern Ireland!! Accor...You should try living in Southern Ireland!! According to the UK we don't exist at all, yet our weather forecasts here always cover the UK. All we get is the North, which is tiny by comparison to the rest. I know we're a different country but our weather is intrinsicly linked. We have had dreadful floods here. The Ifish news showed the Lake District and the UK floods but did the UK news mention the devastation here? Don't be silly. It's all a bit Irish I say.BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-88221831167561408852009-12-01T10:06:08.172-08:002009-12-01T10:06:08.172-08:00As usual these comments are so interesting to read...As usual these comments are so interesting to read - Scribe tells us a lot about divides - if we read all these comments then we get a pretty fair picture. There will always be divides - we jst have to put up[ with them!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-1798881606863049562009-12-01T10:04:39.733-08:002009-12-01T10:04:39.733-08:00Well done to Rachel who joins the farmer in saying...Well done to Rachel who joins the farmer in saying "Down" to London. As Poet points out - it is etiket to say "up" to London, as one always goes up to one's capital city - but as the farmer rightly points out - it is downhill almost all the way from here - and even more so from Rachel's home in Scotland.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-10415962478681590462009-12-01T04:26:47.870-08:002009-12-01T04:26:47.870-08:00Ah yes, and we suffer from some invisibility in Wa...Ah yes, and we suffer from some invisibility in Wales here too!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-7268958782296284412009-11-30T22:38:48.461-08:002009-11-30T22:38:48.461-08:00Your new header is beautiful. The frost. I have se...Your new header is beautiful. The frost. I have seen anything like that in a long time. <br /><br />Oh, enjoyed the post also.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-41550115892916530792009-11-30T20:00:15.150-08:002009-11-30T20:00:15.150-08:00Hope you dry out soon, Dear.
As for a North/South...Hope you dry out soon, Dear.<br /><br />As for a North/South divide in the US? Well, we DID have a Civil War that still riles some folks about issues like the Confederate (South) battle flag being displayed.<br /><br />On a brighter note: I've added you to my blog-roll. Hope more folks get to enjoy your beautiful blog.<br /><br /><br />Aloha, Friend!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-17039242736989089792009-11-30T19:42:01.033-08:002009-11-30T19:42:01.033-08:00Hi this is good prose.
Regards
Dinesh ChandraHi this is good prose. <br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Dinesh ChandraDinesh chandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258082864099940181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-163141288732981322009-11-30T19:26:10.549-08:002009-11-30T19:26:10.549-08:00I guess the Lake Poets put Cumbria on the map and ...I guess the Lake Poets put Cumbria on the map and that makes the area more celubrious.(How DO you spell that?) I love your northern accent! Makes me quite homesick. My son lives in Idaho and WON'T come back to California. But his girlfriend is definetly a southern belle I must say it is a beautiful area for nine months of the year. I've seen enough snow to last me a life time! (Eight years in Toronto and five in Minnesota.)ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-42682489503270598602009-11-30T17:34:39.406-08:002009-11-30T17:34:39.406-08:00In the last few years there seem to be be more flo...In the last few years there seem to be be more floods in the UK, or am I just hearing more about it? Hope the floods won't come to your area!<br />Your new header is stunning!!<br />I changed mine just today, and I have a question : how do you get rid of the original header, so you won't see it (the border of the original header keeps popping out)?Jeannette StGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951617490107614687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-65548073911038579122009-11-30T14:34:45.773-08:002009-11-30T14:34:45.773-08:00We certainly have a North/South divide here in the...We certainly have a North/South divide here in the U.S. It pretty much follows the old Mason-Dixon Line, though I don't think most Southerners today consider Maryland or Pennsylvania as "Southern" states. A more practical divider would be the Ohio River and the Mississippi River. Yankees live to the north of the Ohio; cowboys or westerners to the west. Of course the South is divided into the Deep South (cotton fields, trees draped with Spanish moss, scenes from Gone With Wind) while Mountain Southerners, Hillbillies, live in the northeastern part of this region, in the Appalachians and their foothills. (Florida, BTW, is often ignored or snubbed as being part of the True South. <br /><br />South and North have distinctly different accents, foods, attitudes, lifestyles. To a lesser extent, so does Deep South from Mountain South—in great part because they were mostly settled by totally different stocks.Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-59760352339740515252009-11-30T14:03:18.829-08:002009-11-30T14:03:18.829-08:00One goes up to London doesn't one?One goes up to London doesn't one?Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-90769177628180937102009-11-30T13:53:33.345-08:002009-11-30T13:53:33.345-08:00All that rain and now snow, light that fire and ge...All that rain and now snow, light that fire and get out the knitting.<br />Yes we have a divide but here we seem to be the forgotten southern land and the but of many jokes the East coast of Oz dont know we exist, but then does any politician or journalist think that anything but cities exist? Once every one had a county cousin, relation of some sort so had a bit of an idea what was going on. Now we might as well live on Mars.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177627504060328999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-841921440403322532009-11-30T12:46:34.077-08:002009-11-30T12:46:34.077-08:00I think everything that happens in rural areas is ...I think everything that happens in rural areas is overlooked by the national press unless it is a bit 'juicy' or horrific. Events of either nature will attract the media 10 deep, otherwise they just leave us all alone. What a good thing all your building work is done and your woodburning stove is up and running - perfect timing. Keep warm.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-19265209567239690512009-11-30T12:39:37.274-08:002009-11-30T12:39:37.274-08:00Hi Weaver, sorry for your weather woes, it seems y...Hi Weaver, sorry for your weather woes, it seems you're a day behind us for a change. We did not get the snow (won't tell the boys you've got some, as it is all they actually want to put on their Christmas list) but it's been baltic here for two days now. Frost on the inside of the windows job.<br /><br />Thank you so much for the Happy St Andrews Day. Unfortunately, I fogot, and spent it working (and it was a Bank Holiday and everything!). Scotland itself suffers from Central Belt-itis - everything happens in Edinburgh and Glasgow. And those two cities, obviously, dislike each other. Ah, the ways of the world!Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-91707217985940180402009-11-30T11:41:42.267-08:002009-11-30T11:41:42.267-08:00You keep your good sense of humour in spite of the...You keep your good sense of humour in spite of the floods and the rain. I have been thinking of you in GB. I saw the images of the flooded areas all over Britain. I am so sorry.<br />Thanks for your visit.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-74683428946321534722009-11-30T11:03:30.807-08:002009-11-30T11:03:30.807-08:00Ah the London media...so much goes on down there t...Ah the London media...so much goes on down there that sometimes they do forget about everyone else!<br /><br />Glad we came to see you when it wasn't quite so wet.<br /><br />New photo of Tess is gorgeous.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-80570235011661264162009-11-30T10:12:22.257-08:002009-11-30T10:12:22.257-08:00Dave - "us" and "them" springs...Dave - "us" and "them" springs to mind instantly!<br />It seems from your comments that everywhere has these divides. TFE hits the nail on the head when he says that "the powers that be" all live in London - so that is the sophisticated up to date place to be. Give me Yorkshire any day of the week!<br /><br />Thank you for all your contributions.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-14293684301907442022009-11-30T09:28:05.318-08:002009-11-30T09:28:05.318-08:00Hummel is right about the state of Idaho. I has t...Hummel is right about the state of Idaho. I has three quite diverse regions. But Idaho itself is so removed from the rest of the US as to be non-existant in most Americans' minds. We are ignored in the weather and the news unless we have a MAJOR catastrophy or something super fantastic or freakish happens. A snowstorm can bury us up to the eves and there will be no mention as the weather people in Atlanta whine about their overcast skies. We are invisible, but that is all good. We can keep the best part of the United States to ourselves. Shhhhh! <br /><br />So sorry for your flooding!Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-51388817275147306242009-11-30T09:18:38.832-08:002009-11-30T09:18:38.832-08:00I was only talking to my cousin yesterday and rema...I was only talking to my cousin yesterday and remarking on how much publicity the South got compared to this year's floods up North. Had it not been for the tragic death of the policeman I suspect there would have been even less. Being in the Midlands we frequently appear not even to exist when they are giving a weather forecast.<br /><br />Hope you are getting some respite and that you are experiencing the cold but dry weather that seem to have reached us.Maggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479533794674357334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-78996141819615799312009-11-30T08:28:34.700-08:002009-11-30T08:28:34.700-08:00The great divide made me smile, in Germany they ca...The great divide made me smile, in Germany they call it the white sausage equator. Munich is famour for them.<br />We too had wild and woolly weather in the last few days we were still allowed to burn, we had sheet rain and a possum in the dining room!Arijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53372778504455322332009-11-30T07:40:00.760-08:002009-11-30T07:40:00.760-08:00Could it be, Weaver, that both Fleet street and Pa...Could it be, Weaver, that both Fleet street and Parliament are down South in London?<br />Ps. Snow ! ???Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-41766007459423685442009-11-30T07:27:51.850-08:002009-11-30T07:27:51.850-08:00aye, we often get forgotten in Scotland too.....,aye, we often get forgotten in Scotland too.....,Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-85530331093528423862009-11-30T07:17:17.081-08:002009-11-30T07:17:17.081-08:00Weaver,
Love your post! Yes, the US has a North ...Weaver,<br /><br />Love your post! Yes, the US has a North and South divide as well as an East/West one. Languages and customs differ greatly and as one comment already said states like California and Idaho have definite divides as well. Isn't diversity wonderful? <br /><br />I love your hoar frost photo. Growing up in Iowa I used to love the hoar frost mornings, everything encased in ice with a bright blue sky and sun shining bright made everything seem like a faerie land. It's strange how one misses small things like weather. I even hold fond memories of blizzards, tornados and floods, mostly due to the family rituals that took place while my parents sought to protect us all.<br /><br />Hope your day is sunny and dry.CHummelKornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862056292807754590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64128239972345455202009-11-30T06:59:40.038-08:002009-11-30T06:59:40.038-08:00Wow, I love that frosty new header pic!!Wow, I love that frosty new header pic!!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-16677381342362585092009-11-30T05:50:44.951-08:002009-11-30T05:50:44.951-08:00There is even a divide in the state of California ...There is even a divide in the state of California - Northerners would just as soon separate and form their own state and be done with us down south!<br /><br />I hope you catch a respite soon, Weaver, and things have a chance to dry out. It seems early to be getting such a vast amount of water... Hoping life gets back to normal soon for all those adversely affected by the flooding.Golden Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590087189810939432noreply@blogger.com