tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post2614947485514585478..comments2024-03-27T20:36:43.009-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Today's poem by Mary OliverNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-23403998569215867792011-06-17T17:28:13.926-04:002011-06-17T17:28:13.926-04:00Dorothy, thank you! She really is wonderful. And h...Dorothy, thank you! She really is wonderful. And hey, my daughter is heading to where that rock is in your little picture (if I remember correctly).Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-18268392819440628742011-06-17T17:19:48.721-04:002011-06-17T17:19:48.721-04:00Those photos are lovely! And Mary Oliver is great....Those photos are lovely! And Mary Oliver is great.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-46409717146206384382011-06-16T10:21:48.412-04:002011-06-16T10:21:48.412-04:00Ernestine, they are tricky to grow here, too.Ernestine, they are tricky to grow here, too.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-81838061355103434672011-06-16T09:49:40.640-04:002011-06-16T09:49:40.640-04:00Sprite, I'm sure there's someone who would...Sprite, I'm sure there's someone who would. :<) They are truly wonderful words. Mary Oliver just gets it, doesn't she.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-25567390894772430912011-06-16T00:38:08.242-04:002011-06-16T00:38:08.242-04:00I love this line: "[L]ight
is an invitation
t...I love this line: "[L]ight<br />is an invitation<br />to happiness,<br />and that happiness,<br /><br />when it's done right,<br />is a kind of holiness,<br />palpable and redemptive."<br /><br />I wish someone would tattoo that on my forehead...spritehttp://www.spritewrites.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53633102172414625012011-06-15T18:43:58.571-04:002011-06-15T18:43:58.571-04:00Oh my - Mary Oliver - my favorite.
The poppies and...Oh my - Mary Oliver - my favorite.<br />The poppies and the peonies are beautiful...<br />I have tried over and over to grow poppies - no luck but I am still trying :)One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-70899556046036707262011-06-15T10:37:20.811-04:002011-06-15T10:37:20.811-04:00Carole, I'm glad you're getting rain, even...Carole, I'm glad you're getting rain, even if it is too much. I'd always rather have too much rain than too little. The thing I've read about peonies is that they don't like being moved. I hope you get some soon! <br /><br />Kiirstin, so good to hear from you! This time of year it really is one blossoming right after the other. Glorious!<br /><br />Kay, do you think it is too hot for them in Georgia? Everything indeed is 'lovely and green.' Beautiful time of year.<br /><br />Les, they've been there a lot of years and just keep thriving. I so love them.<br /><br />Barbara, and I wish mine would spread a bit! Isn't that the way?! :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-85304269065725403982011-06-15T09:28:07.268-04:002011-06-15T09:28:07.268-04:00Love the peonies. We had poppies in a little gard...Love the peonies. We had poppies in a little garden here when we first moved in. Trouble was, they wanted to take over the world and after the blossoms were gone, they looked awful. It took me years to get rid of them, but still one will pop up in some odd place. They're pretty but . . .Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179027379034179865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53468203985688548632011-06-15T08:58:28.058-04:002011-06-15T08:58:28.058-04:00Gorgeous peonies!!!!!! I love the color combinatio...Gorgeous peonies!!!!!! I love the color combination, too. I have a white bush, but need to plant a couple with pink and red.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-62150989401678051482011-06-15T08:42:21.402-04:002011-06-15T08:42:21.402-04:00Dear Nan,
Poppies are one of my FAVORITE flowers ...Dear Nan,<br />Poppies are one of my FAVORITE flowers that I enjoy when I am in England (never seen them here in Georgia) and I really like the poem by Mary Oliver that you have here. <br />Beautiful photo of peonies at top too! Everything there looks so lovely and green.<br />KayKay Guestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-85399486925525012652011-06-15T08:24:29.102-04:002011-06-15T08:24:29.102-04:00Aw, I love Mary Oliver. She manages to catch the n...Aw, I love Mary Oliver. She manages to catch the nature of simple joys and beauty so well. <br /><br />My poppies are all done for the season already, but I've got irises and peonies and salvia rounding out the mix, so I can't complain. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330550798080469047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-80118996762557526572011-06-15T08:13:31.893-04:002011-06-15T08:13:31.893-04:00Again you have posted the perfect poem for me to r...Again you have posted the perfect poem for me to read today. <br />I am looking out at rain soaked poppies here, we had a drought earlier, now it's rain, rain, rain.<br />Love the peonies, I keep meaning to get some.<br />CaroleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-43432969242541115222011-06-14T15:20:31.724-04:002011-06-14T15:20:31.724-04:00Thanks, JoAnn. Poppies, at least mine, are impossi...Thanks, JoAnn. Poppies, at least mine, are impossible to capture in a photograph. They look bizarre, other-worldly, suspended in space. No matter what camera, no matter what the weather.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-17907442639926528242011-06-14T15:13:29.766-04:002011-06-14T15:13:29.766-04:00Perfect photos to complement a lovely poem!Perfect photos to complement a lovely poem!JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-75368319864549015342011-06-14T13:50:18.388-04:002011-06-14T13:50:18.388-04:00Thank you, Niki! Yeah, easy peasy for you:<)Thank you, Niki! Yeah, easy peasy for you:<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-2438802096565774672011-06-14T13:34:20.624-04:002011-06-14T13:34:20.624-04:00Peonies! Poppies!!! Two of my favourites...beautif...Peonies! Poppies!!! Two of my favourites...beautiful photos Nan!<br /><br />PS the awning fabric came from Fabricland (similar to Joannes). It is outdoor fabric and is water resistant. It has held up really well,(last summer was our first summer with it) no mould, mildew or any other yuckies. I bought a few metres, sewed the two widths up togeher and hemmed the sides. easypeasy :)<br /><br />Have a great day!<br />NikiNikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943301163903634325noreply@blogger.com