tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post1695551563446803872..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: A Year with Mrs. Appleyard - AprilNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-35929772885023943412015-05-04T12:00:18.835-04:002015-05-04T12:00:18.835-04:00I was just thinking about Mrs. Appleyard last week...I was just thinking about Mrs. Appleyard last week and your post must be a sign that it's time for a reread of this fun lady who makes me giggle. Thanks, Nan! Blessings, DebraDebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08894174653208070320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53867635528937075492015-05-03T09:56:24.669-04:002015-05-03T09:56:24.669-04:00The Borrowers, and the sequels, by Mary Norton, wh...The Borrowers, and the sequels, by Mary Norton, who also wrote Bedknob and Broomsticks!GSGreatEscaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362042499522934670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-64631613307722938282015-05-02T19:46:43.455-04:002015-05-02T19:46:43.455-04:00What a lovely story! It should be a children's...What a lovely story! It should be a children's book. Children love stories about people living in odd places, I know mine were crazy about the Boxcar Children and oh, what was it where the family lived under the floors? Dewenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330797553600987145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-36927821985832410992015-05-02T12:46:10.826-04:002015-05-02T12:46:10.826-04:00I may be thinking this because of the children'...I may be thinking this because of the children's play place under Rhodos in D.E. Stevenson's Amberwell.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-44792102315892953082015-05-02T12:45:15.924-04:002015-05-02T12:45:15.924-04:00So funny that I remember this bit so well but thou...So funny that I remember this bit so well but thought the Italian family lived under Rhododendrons. It's a delightful flight of fancy!Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-22010316136116048642015-05-02T06:21:19.391-04:002015-05-02T06:21:19.391-04:00Let's all go 'up the Arbs' as we kids ...Let's all go 'up the Arbs' as we kids from JP used to say! What a wonderland it was to play in. Forsythia, apples and cherries flowering, lilacs, rhodies, a brook to follow through the place (although one had to walk out of it and over bridges and culverts as well) and the only place I know where one can still see the occasional mayflower growing wild. A quince arbor covered with fragrant fruit in the fall (I think that's gone now.) A monkey puzzle tree where my parents carved their initials, a small corner where I was kissed in a shower of falling cherry petals by the boy who became my wonderful DH. GSGreatEscaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362042499522934670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-44683444943653311312015-05-02T02:48:42.423-04:002015-05-02T02:48:42.423-04:00When I was about 13 or 14, I wrote a short poem (w...When I was about 13 or 14, I wrote a short poem (which I never showed to anyone) about an early spring morning. Forsythia featured in the poem, and to me, they are still one of THE signs of spring being well and truly here.<br />You are right, Nan, the story about the family living under the forsythia would make a wonderful book. But for reasons of political correctness, I doubt any publisher would want them to be of any particular nationality today, especially seeing that it is Italy who have to deal with the highest influx of refugees coming across the Mediterranean (and hundreds of them dying there).Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-38001644342407883512015-05-02T01:16:03.145-04:002015-05-02T01:16:03.145-04:00Tom's sister just did this very thing!Tom's sister just did this very thing!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-65919930876182886472015-05-02T01:15:39.873-04:002015-05-02T01:15:39.873-04:00wow, that is really tall!wow, that is really tall!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7983589783643203932015-05-02T01:15:16.076-04:002015-05-02T01:15:16.076-04:00In my neighbor's it was thick lilac bushes.In my neighbor's it was thick lilac bushes.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-54565742069235046162015-05-02T01:14:46.829-04:002015-05-02T01:14:46.829-04:00I love that you have the same whimsy perspective a...I love that you have the same whimsy perspective as I do!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-14632381077234214232015-05-01T23:09:53.430-04:002015-05-01T23:09:53.430-04:00How I love forsythia! It's wonderful to cut so...How I love forsythia! It's wonderful to cut some branches and bring them inside to bloom just at the part of winter when you're sure that springtime will never come. There's something blooming here in southern New Mexico that reminds me of my forsythia back in New Hampshire, but I suspect it's some sort of desert plant. Lovely yellow, though. clairzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076402619649343527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-82136758560779973692015-05-01T22:25:49.049-04:002015-05-01T22:25:49.049-04:00My neighbors planted a forsythia hedge which they ...My neighbors planted a forsythia hedge which they have left to grow wild. Occasionally we feel a bit hemmed in as it is now so tall we can see it above our window sills (second floor) but it is a haven for numerous birds and this week it just burst into bloom. Before we built our house, we lived in a trailer with a forsythia bush against the south facing end and it would bloom mid-winter!warriormomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380682916830380194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-23191009688072616692015-05-01T20:45:18.832-04:002015-05-01T20:45:18.832-04:00As children we played inside a forsythia bush in t...As children we played inside a forsythia bush in the neighbor's yard. I don't believe our hideaway was as posh as the one described here, but the bush was dense on the outside and hollow once you got inside.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666609213171939599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-4752277807742657692015-05-01T11:54:21.901-04:002015-05-01T11:54:21.901-04:00If they need another tenant ..... Here I am))If they need another tenant ..... Here I am))Sallie (FullTime-Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15442598857394838271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-30264776843536748392015-05-01T10:53:41.332-04:002015-05-01T10:53:41.332-04:00She's obviously very imaginative, and the idea...She's obviously very imaginative, and the idea of an Italian family living in the forsythia is quite enchanting. So often it is grown up against a fence, and looks thin and straggly, but perhaps we should all let it grow into big bushes. Even if we don't find people living beneath the branches it would look much nicer, and I expect it would be a haven for all kinds of wildlife.Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.com