tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post8279828923428015941..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: of gardens and babies and greying hair...materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-25693450067736847022016-04-06T21:15:48.663-07:002016-04-06T21:15:48.663-07:00Smart choice -- an olive tree really does conjure ...Smart choice -- an olive tree really does conjure that magical part of the world, and hey, a rainy day in the Mediterranean is still a day in the Mediterranean, even if only in imagination. I like your thinking!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-85889878945579016842016-04-06T21:14:12.724-07:002016-04-06T21:14:12.724-07:00Whoa! That is way too warm -- and also far too muc...Whoa! That is way too warm -- and also far too much of a spread in temps.<br />I had to look up Brunsfelsia -- it's not hardy here, apparently, but sometimes kept indoors through the winter and put out in the garden or on a deck for the warmer months.<br />Your husband's saying is very cute! They are pretty great, grandkids, pretty great!!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-13748368682450175842016-04-06T21:08:02.920-07:002016-04-06T21:08:02.920-07:00I've made a note, Maureen. Roger and Gallet pa...I've made a note, Maureen. Roger and Gallet packaging always makes me happy anyway, and Osmanthus? Even better!<br />I think the decision to go grey or to dye our hair is intensely personal, and there are so many different factors. Even if you didn't have the very solid reason of keeping your casting options open, I think the rest of us should keep our judgements to ourselves. I'll admit that I'm pleased the movement to stay grey is growing, making the choice increasingly viable, which, in turn, will start to break down stereotypes about what grey signifies, what "old" means. But I don't think belittling others or proselytising about our choices is right, absolutely not. materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-19746395886698219942016-04-06T21:02:21.091-07:002016-04-06T21:02:21.091-07:00At least one hydrant, absolutely, in my best pole-...At least one hydrant, absolutely, in my best pole-vaulting style! ;-)materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-57833982062111488892016-04-06T20:56:55.577-07:002016-04-06T20:56:55.577-07:00xoxomaterfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-2021114825269267182016-04-06T20:56:47.911-07:002016-04-06T20:56:47.911-07:00I've heard of people losing their waves or cur...I've heard of people losing their waves or curls with age. You're lucky yours is thick, and I have to say that I've spent some time envying straight . . . <br />Such an exciting meeting you'll have had today -- Congratulations Grandma!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-58111355549627031372016-04-06T20:54:56.166-07:002016-04-06T20:54:56.166-07:00So you still have the cherry blossoms and magnolia...So you still have the cherry blossoms and magnolia to look forward to! materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-26939357074281181212016-04-06T20:53:22.910-07:002016-04-06T20:53:22.910-07:00Thanks, Rosie -- yes it was a very good feeling in...Thanks, Rosie -- yes it was a very good feeling indeed!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-65737176662673501892016-04-06T20:52:38.635-07:002016-04-06T20:52:38.635-07:00It's so great, right?!It's so great, right?!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-66320874674693013552016-04-06T14:07:06.145-07:002016-04-06T14:07:06.145-07:00When we downsized, I wandered my gardens trying to...When we downsized, I wandered my gardens trying to decide what one plant I really needed to get me through the gray winter days downtown. As we were eating breakfast in our ensuite garden one day, I looked over at a potted olive tree and knew that was it. I love watching the play of light and wind in its branches, and because it does not lose its leaves, I can always imagine as I look at it that I am just enjoying a rainy day in the Mediterranean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-79144684842931639812016-04-06T09:46:20.908-07:002016-04-06T09:46:20.908-07:00There's really nothing to beat being a Granny ...There's really nothing to beat being a Granny . And you've obviously got the knack !<br /><br /> SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-49396648152192224492016-04-06T06:58:45.329-07:002016-04-06T06:58:45.329-07:00Oops! Charlene H.Oops! Charlene H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-41586235659188546552016-04-06T06:56:28.794-07:002016-04-06T06:56:28.794-07:00Waving to you from a northern suburb of Los Angele...Waving to you from a northern suburb of Los Angeles! Today is to be 90. Tomorrow 69. Our drought-stricken landscape hardly knows what to do! Our freesia bulbs and Brunsfelsia shrub send out a sweet fragrance. Hope today's heat doesn't dry up everything. <br />Your photo of soft gray curls is beautiful and matches the persona I sense on this blog. Kind, thoughtful, self-aware, contemplative...<br />I call them grandma blessings...those precious moments that attach me to my four. I just experienced one last week on the day I turned 67. If I could, I'd send the photo. Enjoy! <br />My husband says, "if I had known how wonderful our grandkids are, I would have had them first!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-27217197696700769262016-04-06T01:18:06.889-07:002016-04-06T01:18:06.889-07:00Lovely osmanthus, if you enjoy the scent can I rec...Lovely osmanthus, if you enjoy the scent can I recommend Roger & Gallet Osmanthus shower gel, a small but lovely indulgence. <br />The whole grey hair thing is generating a lot on the blogs at the moment - see the current that's not my age post and comments -your grey curls are lovely by the way. I feel really conflicted, like with lots of other things I think women should do what feels most comfortable for them. I'm in a minority, I think of not being terribly grey at 57 and getting it tinted at the hairdressers quarterly. As you know I've gone back to acting in the last couple of years and with my current look I'm cast from about 45-55. I know that if I decide to "go grey" I will immediate be catapulted into a 65 plus bracket which ironically grey hair is compulsory! So I'm not ready for the consequences and I'm also a bit bored with women who seem to need to use their own lifestyle decisions as a means to belittle anyone who has a different choice! What do you think?Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221562562178023635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-51719013704941688952016-04-05T17:34:35.882-07:002016-04-05T17:34:35.882-07:00Hallooooo up there! Here I sit with the fragrance...Hallooooo up there! Here I sit with the fragrance of a wonderful dinner wafting through the house but I am cranky because it is not for me and mine, but for a work potluck dinner. <br />I love the image of Nana to the rescue - cue that music from 1950's westerns - you know, the bit when the cavalry came to the rescue. I can just see you dashing through crowds, leaping over hydrants and arriving in the nick of time.<br />No crying babies here, but dental appointments for my mum who retains all of her good convent manners and is entirely appropriate for every appointment - just very, very confused.<br />So there you go - a hallooooo from me to you - and I like your hair very much so far.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-88669090124771947072016-04-05T14:57:42.058-07:002016-04-05T14:57:42.058-07:00I see you. And I send you smooches.I see you. And I send you smooches.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-16592603839232929762016-04-05T14:18:10.579-07:002016-04-05T14:18:10.579-07:00You are very blessed to have curls in your lovely ...You are very blessed to have curls in your lovely gray hair. I started going gray at about 38, but luckily, I had very thick, wavy hair. As I've gotten older, the hair is still thick, but straight. It's kind of driving me crazy.<br /><br />As for the baby, I'm enjoying all your posts. New grandbaby (the first) just arrived three weeks ago and I fly to California tomorrow to see her for the first time. I love being called "Grandma."maryhttp://marymccloskeyphotography.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-13199174996117731052016-04-05T02:26:05.495-07:002016-04-05T02:26:05.495-07:00Spring flowers are probably my favourite, particul...Spring flowers are probably my favourite, particularly snowdrops. Daffodils are so bold, jolly and confident, who couldn't like them? Still waiting for my cherry blossom and magnolia to burst forth, it's a wee bit cold yet here in Scotland for them to bloom. Beautiful photograph of bonny baby and happy granny XPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03174324346613155013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-6408932475683968122016-04-05T01:23:56.587-07:002016-04-05T01:23:56.587-07:00I can imagine it was a wonderful feeling to be abl...I can imagine it was a wonderful feeling to be able to be there for your daughter and grandaughter and the relief for all when she settled in your arms.Such a special picture....contentment <br />Your hairs looking good too ...you suit the curls.<br />Hope this week goes well for you all.<br />RosieRosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718521437964866609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-9295906153319960332016-04-05T01:17:35.362-07:002016-04-05T01:17:35.362-07:00Hi Materfamilias and Ceri
I am a real Welsh Ceri ...Hi Materfamilias and Ceri <br />I am a real Welsh Ceri and have never met another girl with that name! There were several boys at university in Wales with me but since I have now lived in London for longer than I ever lived in Wales and have never again encountered another Ceri - male or female! I tolerate all the mis-spellings with what I hope is resigned good humour -- and no, I'm not Ceridwen or Cerian (as I would have preferred) but just Ceri and christened as such. <br />Greetings on a very sunny lorning in London.Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467096509821208254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-44327105641404289502016-04-04T17:49:23.722-07:002016-04-04T17:49:23.722-07:00I appreciate the encouragment, SC!I appreciate the encouragment, SC!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-33544117458252393842016-04-04T17:49:07.397-07:002016-04-04T17:49:07.397-07:00Thank you, RHague! Happy to have a sister friend w...Thank you, RHague! Happy to have a sister friend who's clever enough to have a hedgerow of osmanthus -- I'm swooning myself at the thought of so much fragrance. That moving out and back in sounds very taxing. . . materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-71637768367272710382016-04-04T16:26:20.845-07:002016-04-04T16:26:20.845-07:00Keep going with the hair. It's looking good.Keep going with the hair. It's looking good.Studio https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258094086684252360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-54932908720550440032016-04-04T11:25:59.758-07:002016-04-04T11:25:59.758-07:00I have the same lovely flowering bushes as a hedge...I have the same lovely flowering bushes as a hedgerow along our driveway at a home we have in Cape May NJ. The scent makes me swoon.<br />I also moved out of our long time lived in home a few years back. I walked around taking pictures of all the trees and bushes I had planted through the years. Memories of why they came to be part of our yard tugging at my heart. (The house didn't sell, we have since moved back in, long story) Just reading the words you wrote about your move brings back the feelings I had when we were moving and packing. <br />I too have become a member of the "let the grey grow in" group.<br />The pic of you makes me smile. Of course the pic of the sleeping baby is precious. How great it is to be able to drop everything or nothing much and go to the rescue of our sweet grandchildren. Your words made me feel like I have a sister friend out there going through so many of the same things...<br />Thank youRHaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787598661103795858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-24727734891179165192016-04-04T09:59:18.062-07:002016-04-04T09:59:18.062-07:00No, just plain Ceri for me. Such an unusual name w...No, just plain Ceri for me. Such an unusual name when I was growing up in England that I seldom encountered another. One in the 13 years I was at school, 1 in the three years as an undergrad. Turns out she was the sand one. More about now and for boys too in Wales (really don't get that). Usually mispronounced or mid spelled so I have become adept at recognising it in all manner of formats. Hence being Starbucks Mary when confusion is threatened. Contrary to the ethos of A Boy Named Sue, we gave our children names which cannot be misunderstood...Ceri in Bristolnoreply@blogger.com