tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post3066024901977127613..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Changes in latitudesNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-17297220631657534012018-05-18T19:57:09.680-04:002018-05-18T19:57:09.680-04:00Crete!!! So good to hear from you.Crete!!! So good to hear from you.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-36075495036711588292018-05-18T15:37:22.559-04:002018-05-18T15:37:22.559-04:00I'm glad to read of friendships like these tha...I'm glad to read of friendships like these that are as meaningful, or more, than in real life. Blogging brought me one like that, all the way from Crete. I'm so thankful for it.Dewenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330797553600987145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-39424952855459592372018-05-15T21:12:16.101-04:002018-05-15T21:12:16.101-04:00I think Kay's has been meeting a long time, to...I think Kay's has been meeting a long time, too. I've never been in a book group. That's why I've been happy over the years to talk about books online.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-57522468346867699722018-05-15T17:57:24.815-04:002018-05-15T17:57:24.815-04:00A great story and it's wonderful that the inte...A great story and it's wonderful that the internet allows bookish people to hang out together. My book group have been meeting for 15 years now and it's a lifeline.Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-9663093662888987402018-05-14T13:03:52.676-04:002018-05-14T13:03:52.676-04:00Thanks for taking the time to come by. I know how ...Thanks for taking the time to come by. I know how busy you are!! It was so great! I'm still basking in the glow of the visit.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-30573075954120125672018-05-14T13:03:16.101-04:002018-05-14T13:03:16.101-04:00Oh, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Those smiles w...Oh, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Those smiles went on all day!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53840942915080906272018-05-14T13:01:59.394-04:002018-05-14T13:01:59.394-04:00Wonderful words! Thank you. Yes, I would love Kay ...Wonderful words! Thank you. Yes, I would love Kay to come back. When she was here last year, it was cloudy and had been rainy for a while. She couldn't really see the glory of the mountains. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-61658879481869941802018-05-14T10:02:34.497-04:002018-05-14T10:02:34.497-04:00Just catching up on blogs. So cool that you and Ka...Just catching up on blogs. So cool that you and Kay got to spend time together!Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-88412574374979606422018-05-14T02:56:40.873-04:002018-05-14T02:56:40.873-04:00I really enjoyed reading the back story of how you...I really enjoyed reading the back story of how you and Kay met. I love that you've kept your friendship going for so many years. Love the big smiles in that selfie!Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422981969760935118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-91883003305983257472018-05-14T01:28:56.391-04:002018-05-14T01:28:56.391-04:00Thanks for allowing us to sit in with you as you r...Thanks for allowing us to sit in with you as you reconnected with your friend face-to-face. I hope you all have many more opportunities. She needs to head up your way and get another perspective on the weather and landscaping. Just read this quote tonight from Emily Bronte: "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." The soulmate doesn't have to be male and female, and you don't necessarily have just one in a lifetime. Great story of friendship.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666609213171939599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-57638248534163589502018-05-13T13:57:02.796-04:002018-05-13T13:57:02.796-04:00Thanks so much for your words, Tracy.Thanks so much for your words, Tracy.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-29331497865226896812018-05-13T13:56:38.119-04:002018-05-13T13:56:38.119-04:00It is indeed "all wonderful stuff!"It is indeed "all wonderful stuff!" Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-38914911084219257232018-05-12T19:52:56.224-04:002018-05-12T19:52:56.224-04:00My goodness, I knew of your long friendship with K...My goodness, I knew of your long friendship with Kay, but did not realize how long it had been going on. What a lovely post about the visit and thanks for the pictures. I know just what you mean about finally having a community that sympathizes with the love of books and reading. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-20962147671793704992018-05-12T11:05:31.180-04:002018-05-12T11:05:31.180-04:00How lovely! Great pictures and testament to a love...How lovely! Great pictures and testament to a lovely friendship. I've met quite a few of my friends through the Internet, including one who I met on an indie music site in the mid-90s; she and her friend came and stayed with me in London (all the way from Madison, Wisconsin!). And the core of friends I have now came from the BookCrossing site - I organised a meetup when we moved here and met some instant friends. Hooray! I've also met people through the LibraryThing Virago Group who have get-togethers now and then, and other bloggers. All wonderful stuff!LyzzyBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16398604923871095647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-33396109439561490332018-05-11T10:26:51.913-04:002018-05-11T10:26:51.913-04:00A lovely story about your friend. When I was a gir...A lovely story about your friend. When I was a girl there were pen-pals, people you wrote to who lived somewhere else. I think they were even set up through school. They'd never do that now.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-54563151411721480042018-05-11T10:25:19.958-04:002018-05-11T10:25:19.958-04:00I love the idea of your regular get-togethers! My...I love the idea of your regular get-togethers! My name?? I don't understand.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-37928887763867948902018-05-10T11:37:05.669-04:002018-05-10T11:37:05.669-04:00What a thought!What a thought!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-57958409314608266832018-05-10T04:17:36.391-04:002018-05-10T04:17:36.391-04:00I could repeat Kay's (Georgia Girl with an Eng...I could repeat Kay's (Georgia Girl with an English Heart) comment word for word - love the photo(s), the sensible choice of landscaping, the food looks delicious and it all sounds simply great. So glad you had the occasion to meet up!<br />Similar to you, I have a close friend whom I have never met in person. We've known each other for around 20 years, too, and it all started when I put a few of my summer dresses on ebay. She loved my sunflower dress (which I liked, too, but had become tired of), and through the correspondence we had to organise the sale and shipping, we started to talk about other things and soon communication shifted to outside ebay.<br />She lives in Northern Germany, on the coast of the Baltic Sea, so she is not unreachable, but we have not yet met in person. I did invite her to my big birthday bash in March, but her husband is not well and so she couldn't make it. Occasionally, we talk on the phone, but most of our friendship is happening via emails, and we talk about many, many things.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-19753360366745273812018-05-10T02:26:12.372-04:002018-05-10T02:26:12.372-04:00Morning Nan! So glad you got to meet up with a bo...Morning Nan! So glad you got to meet up with a booky friend. I belong to a booky forum too, (since 2007). It was originally for book swapping, and until the site died I had probably swapped around 300 books - oh! it was fun!. Anyway, we now have just the forum as the old site needed rebuilding, and the owners didn't have the time and money (nor the inclination) to do that, so we now have a "talking only" forum. Of course the UK is so much smaller than the US but we have regular meet up with members. The one I go to is near Bristol and is at a place called The Book Barn. It is a warehouse full of thousands and thousands of books all at £1 (they have a website too https://www.bookbarninternational.com/visit/ and you will see your name if you look carefully - not personally arranged by me but what a find!!) It's a twice a year event, Spring and Fall, and if a regular cannot make it we are always disappointed!! We go to lunch afterwards at a pub whose dining room is an old railway carriage in the garden.<br /><br />I liked your header pic this time. I love that first burst of green new leaves when I always say "The ladies have put their frocks on!"Mrs Mac.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13169786083907144694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-89005060995950733992018-05-09T22:49:15.547-04:002018-05-09T22:49:15.547-04:00This post makes my heart sing! I am so glad you tw...This post makes my heart sing! I am so glad you two had such a great visit. I'm counting the days until Kay and Teri are out here and I do so wish you could join them! Rod and I have been talking about an east coast trip in a couple of years, so hopefully, we'll get up to see you and Tom! You have a little extra space for us to park our RV, right? :)Les in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15053880852764886416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-61164679259861549962018-05-09T20:35:20.472-04:002018-05-09T20:35:20.472-04:00Wow! And of course, that is where we met. It was a...Wow! And of course, that is where we met. It was a homemaking group. Home is where the heart is? Something like that. And then a couple others after that. I'll look at the blog. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7710847651480267682018-05-09T20:33:55.814-04:002018-05-09T20:33:55.814-04:00Thanks, Diane!Thanks, Diane!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-54564611420244685412018-05-09T20:33:44.171-04:002018-05-09T20:33:44.171-04:00Thanks, Lisa. Yes it is!Thanks, Lisa. Yes it is!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-15693003445583461222018-05-09T19:45:29.233-04:002018-05-09T19:45:29.233-04:00How neat. I was on a gardening forum for many yea...How neat. I was on a gardening forum for many years and met two of the women on there. Likewise was able to connect with 2 bloggers in the past. One of them is Marie "After 60 and the Next 10" blog. That happened in London in 2014.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992626996077874832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-45017065462506192672018-05-09T19:33:07.066-04:002018-05-09T19:33:07.066-04:00I loved reading about how you, Kay and Les met 21 ...I loved reading about how you, Kay and Les met 21 years ago, such a nice story and pic.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.com