tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post6065913151897893098..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: The serious side of this weather.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-88161396005731087192010-12-16T11:53:31.873-08:002010-12-16T11:53:31.873-08:00I bought the pink ones too!I bought the pink ones too!Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-88412146478440202892010-12-15T13:02:01.473-08:002010-12-15T13:02:01.473-08:00Your pics of the poinsettia and the cyclamen are l...Your pics of the poinsettia and the cyclamen are lovely, Weaver! Last week I bought a pink poinsettia as the model for my painting of a tower of poinsettias I'm going to post (around Christmas day). Actually love the white one the most.<br />Your story gives me an insight of how small stores are struggling -hope they'll all make it!<br /><br />PS Have started on a pastel of your previous header, but with all of these holidays it's easy to get off track!Jeannette StGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951617490107614687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-8407780046079179712010-12-15T06:33:06.967-08:002010-12-15T06:33:06.967-08:00Seems we are all agreed that we must try and buy l...Seems we are all agreed that we must try and buy local - trouble is, as Morning AJ points out, it is not always practical.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-23303758705157467232010-12-15T06:32:06.154-08:002010-12-15T06:32:06.154-08:00Poor Gwilym - maybe your fingers are not all that ...Poor Gwilym - maybe your fingers are not all that green - but you are a fantastic poet and you can't have everything.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60897664808331242552010-12-15T05:48:38.747-08:002010-12-15T05:48:38.747-08:00More than a foot of snow in the night so this morn...More than a foot of snow in the night so this morning it was out with the snow shovel. A crow and a group of about 30 fieldfares came to watch. Didn't stay long though.<br />Went for a walk up the nearby hill and at the top saw a lovely snow devil spinning by. Didn't have my camera with me. Arrgh. Grrr. etc..Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-70945475824222611952010-12-15T02:52:06.423-08:002010-12-15T02:52:06.423-08:00I completely agree about supporting your local sho...I completely agree about supporting your local shops and I'd love to - but I work away from the village. We had a new produce store open up last weekend right at the bottom of my road and I'd really like to help - but their opening hours are 8am to 3pm and 9-12 on Saturday.<br /><br />I leave at 7am and get home around 5.30pm. My only chance to shop there is Saturday morning, but I can't afford to wait till then to find out they don't have the things I need in stock. <br /><br />I do my shopping (in a supermarket) on a Wednesday or Thursday evening on my way home from work. If the village did a late night just one day I'd be much more supportive. <br /><br />(Sorry - rant over. The plants look lovely. I try to force daffs or crocuses in time for Christmas. Not sure they'll have managed this year though!)MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-85594383038670950712010-12-14T21:50:19.253-08:002010-12-14T21:50:19.253-08:00We have the same problem in our small island count...We have the same problem in our small island county of people going off to the mainland to shop. I have vowed to get whatever I can for Christmas this year in the county and have been having fun shopping. I have more or less decided that if the local shops don't have it I can learn to do without it. Doesn't always work, of course, but it does a lot if I just stick to my guns. Even if it costs a little more keeping my community functioning pays me back more than the money spent.thousandflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10577151568516965587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-47585136679481529712010-12-14T21:49:43.557-08:002010-12-14T21:49:43.557-08:00We have the same problem in our small island count...We have the same problem in our small island county of people going off to the mainland to shop. I have vowed to get whatever I can for Christmas this year in the county and have been having fun shopping. I have more or less decided that if the local shops don't have it I can learn to do without it. Doesn't always work, of course, but it does a lot if I just stick to my guns. Even if it costs a little more keeping my community functioning pays me back more than the money spent.thousandflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10577151568516965587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-43595948665507861612010-12-14T17:31:42.168-08:002010-12-14T17:31:42.168-08:00weaver i just bought two poinsettia. one survived ...weaver i just bought two poinsettia. one survived the journey home in my backpack. the other didn't as the temperature was twenty below celsius. it was in a bag. i thought it was safe. it really wasn't! your flowers are lovely and bring colour and light into our world at a time when both are in short supply! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-10043780680169760052010-12-14T17:26:04.803-08:002010-12-14T17:26:04.803-08:00Lovely Weaver.
And so 'yes' to the shop lo...Lovely Weaver.<br />And so 'yes' to the shop local - Penpont has a grocers and a tearoom, unusual for such a small village, and we all know that if we don't use them, we'll lose them. So I nip in the tearoom most days...<br />Won't tell you what I buy at the grocers, as I know you won't approve!Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-35865763692992165262010-12-14T14:51:27.922-08:002010-12-14T14:51:27.922-08:00Hi Pat - yes we too are bracing ourselves for the ...Hi Pat - yes we too are bracing ourselves for the next dose of horrible weather! The weather forecasters have got it so accurate this time haven't they - and thank goodness they did. I do not "do" bad weather driving - following an horrendous crash in 2000 - hubby is a 4x4 fan and indeed before we lived here where a 4x4 is a necessity - he had a landrover and would go "off roading" as a hobby! We were warned of the snow that first Wednesday a few weeks back - I was due to meet a customer on the A1 - thank goodness we postponed - I would have been stranded on the A1 in the van (not 4x4)Keep warm Pat - I'm at the end of the phone xxxxmrsnesbitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882736507772457598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-42569208374017385112010-12-14T11:49:41.796-08:002010-12-14T11:49:41.796-08:00We have a "Shop locally" campaign going ...We have a "Shop locally" campaign going on in Tucson. <br />The money that stays in the city is unbelievable compared to what stays from a big box store. <br />With your bad weather maybe a early start to Christmas for the shops is not such a bad idea !<br /><br />Hope your weather will have a break for Thursday. <br />We are hopefully expecting on Thursday some rain in the valley and possible light snow in the mountain... so needed here in Tucson to start our winter.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60046316404013199472010-12-14T11:20:45.416-08:002010-12-14T11:20:45.416-08:00The phrase "Use it or lose it" was never...The phrase "Use it or lose it" was never more appropriate, Weaver. We also have a late shopping night for this Thursday and one wonders what the weather will do. Small country towns like Leyburn and Melrose offer a great deal more than the homogenous fare of chain stores! Your flowers look lovely.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-46878244031183699992010-12-14T11:11:50.821-08:002010-12-14T11:11:50.821-08:00I don't care for the red poinsettias but your ...I don't care for the red poinsettias but your pink one is gorgeous, as are the cyclamen. It must have been a wonderful sight to see them en masse. How worrying this winter is for small businesses. I do hope that all those little shops in your town - and all the others throughout the country - will survive this winter and struggle through until times improve for everyone.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-19631898554965205322010-12-14T10:16:33.240-08:002010-12-14T10:16:33.240-08:00I was going to say how lucky you are to get the cy...I was going to say how lucky you are to get the cyclamen for such a deal but now I feel so bad for your local shops. Perhaps the weather will hold off for the Thursday shopping push. Will send out a few prayers for them all.jeanette from everton terracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025486213973874174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-90112993715191537792010-12-14T10:13:03.277-08:002010-12-14T10:13:03.277-08:00Such beautiful plants. Also a timely reminder of t...Such beautiful plants. Also a timely reminder of the way that the weather can affect small businesses so badly, especially as it is just those businesses that make England so special.Maggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479533794674357334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-12990879262079270842010-12-14T09:56:34.191-08:002010-12-14T09:56:34.191-08:00Thank you for sharing your plants. Today two flowe...Thank you for sharing your plants. Today two flowers have fallen off the Christmas cactus. And the two remaining ones are not exactly in the pink of health. A cornflower I brought home a month ago is still hanging in there - in it's small jar of water. The rest is history.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com