tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post6344469632625824886..comments2021-05-21T05:18:08.721+01:00Comments on Paintings Art etc.: badgerland and stovular updatejohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574763566985129420noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-20971399716476334662009-01-17T16:06:00.000+00:002009-01-17T16:06:00.000+00:00Your photography is absolutely wonderful John! I'...Your photography is absolutely wonderful John! I've been scrolling through your posts and admiring all the magical places you show. They touch my more romantic side and have me imagining wood nymphs, fairies, and unicorns frolicking and dancing in the dappled light.Skyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198283033410908267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-1237394600340520632009-01-13T00:55:00.000+00:002009-01-13T00:55:00.000+00:00Warmth and a hammock sounds just perfect. Our summ...Warmth and a hammock sounds just perfect. Our summer last year was cancelled due to the weather but we're going to have another go in a few months. The weather here has just changed and we are back to the westerly rain again, which is good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-46686560484198165122009-01-12T01:41:00.000+00:002009-01-12T01:41:00.000+00:00I love this new photo Nina. It reminds me of Chris...I love this new photo Nina. It reminds me of Christopher Robin, ha ha.<BR/><BR/>And Susana, don't contradict me - your hammock is under a Poinciana. Whether it is or not, I just like the image.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-8781008311511173782009-01-11T08:02:00.000+00:002009-01-11T08:02:00.000+00:00It is 10am.The mercury is resting (for a short whi...It is 10am.<BR/>The mercury is resting (for a short while) at 37degrees C.<BR/>Not a flurry of a breeze.<BR/>Not a cloud in site.<BR/>Time to take to the hammock.suhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01229359526524987174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-9812487348506621812009-01-11T07:53:00.000+00:002009-01-11T07:53:00.000+00:00Yeah Noby, I bet you do! Especially if all yer we...Yeah Noby, I bet you do! Especially if all yer wearing are Thai fisherman's pants.ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16359122650046678312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-34818820948540135412009-01-11T01:10:00.000+00:002009-01-11T01:10:00.000+00:00Ha ha ha. Good stuff. As for cold, around here whe...Ha ha ha. Good stuff. As for cold, around here when it gets down to 10C we all freeze our arses off.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-25485534409589511332009-01-10T22:47:00.000+00:002009-01-10T22:47:00.000+00:00Evening Mr FishI really hope it doesn't get down t...Evening Mr Fish<BR/><BR/>I really hope it doesn't get down to -40 here, we've just had -9 to -12 and that seems pretty nippy, ok most of the time but not so good when I have to wait half an hour for my bus at night and the wind is blowing. <BR/><BR/>Maybe i'll put my wood in the freezer for a bit and see if that works. The log splitter sounds like a lot of fun though i'm not sure my genteel neighbours would be too delighted.<BR/><BR/>Cheers for nowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-60330927785290456522009-01-10T15:18:00.000+00:002009-01-10T15:18:00.000+00:00More nice pics,but whats with this unchoppable woo...More nice pics,but whats with this unchoppable wood stuff. I've split a lot of wood in my time and have never found a piece yet that couldn't be split, but Yuh gotta know the secret.<BR/>Several secrets in fact.<BR/>firstYuh gotta wait till the temp drops down to -40c or thereabouts, which could be a bit of a problem for you in the UK as you people don't really know from COLD. Second after placeing the block onto the chopping stump imagine the face of GW BUSH, TONY BLAIR or even KEVEN RUDD on the block, then just haul out and plant that axe right between the eyes, works every time and it's thereaputic as well.<BR/><BR/>Or Yuh could just do what I do and use the other Canadian method. Just use a 150 ton hydraulic log splitter. That way one dosen't have to wait for the cold as it works well in the summertime it's easier on the back and it doesn't give a flaming rats ass what one puts into it, it will split it.<BR/><BR/>Hell I've loaded it with oak blocks 36"wide x 48"long weiging in at some 400 pounds that took three men to manhandle. The beast just chugs a little and keeps pushing the splitter head into the log. Sometimes those logs just explode like a cannon shot and yuh want to be carefull where your standing or those billets will take Yuh out at the knees.<BR/><BR/>Lord but I'm a lazy bastard.the Silverfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019227476380575638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-91508098563033817082009-01-10T05:55:00.000+00:002009-01-10T05:55:00.000+00:00And what a forward woman she is! I'm staggered.She...And what a forward woman she is! I'm staggered.<BR/><BR/>She'd have been a popular gal, I imagine...nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-66130333758539432292009-01-10T03:25:00.000+00:002009-01-10T03:25:00.000+00:00Cheers nobody'tis done. Hope you like Sheelagh too...Cheers nobody<BR/><BR/>'tis done. <BR/>Hope you like Sheelagh too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-21481789033967408092009-01-10T00:10:00.000+00:002009-01-10T00:10:00.000+00:00Oops. I see the word 'please' failed to appear abo...Oops. I see the word 'please' failed to appear above. People's manners today! Dreadful!nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-25400771658757985972009-01-10T00:08:00.000+00:002009-01-10T00:08:00.000+00:00Thanks John,I'm down with Susana. I come here to f...Thanks John,<BR/><BR/>I'm down with Susana. I come here to fill my nostrils with the smell of the forest. Like I said, it reminds me of that year I spent in Salisbury. Here the dry eucalypt rules.<BR/><BR/>I was thinking of you this morning. I'm after a photo of the green man. If you have one on the blog, can you point me at it? Or if you have one but it isn't posted here any chance you could email it to me? Fingers crossed. <BR/><BR/>Why would I want that?<BR/>As much as I'd love to tell,<BR/>it's a secret, ha!nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-6824066600540184032009-01-09T14:51:00.000+00:002009-01-09T14:51:00.000+00:00Blimey! Hello to you all, I must say it is very ni...Blimey! Hello to you all, I must say it is very nice of you to come over here and take the time to leave comments, it is much appreciated. I do know you all in a way from Nina's, nobodys and Visibles and also your own sites which I do go to. I'm sorry that I don't comment as much as I should but it does take a long time for me to write anything, as for years I didn't write at all and I am still pretty rusty at it. As you can probably tell from the photo's I am a bit of a loner and my sociability does come and go rather dramatically. I hope you all continue to enjoy my work whether you leave comments or not. Best of luck to you all and again, many thanks, johnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-40775645385741520472009-01-09T13:50:00.000+00:002009-01-09T13:50:00.000+00:00john,thanks for the walk through badgerland.a cont...john,<BR/><BR/><BR/>thanks for the walk through badgerland.<BR/>a contrast to here where the landscape is parched and baked.<BR/><BR/>i could smell the moist decomposing soil, and i could feel the ferns tendrils brushing against my arm.<BR/><BR/>and the moss growing on the logs always gets a stroke.<BR/>such beauty abounds.<BR/>thanks for reminding me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-77492968269238428882009-01-09T05:01:00.000+00:002009-01-09T05:01:00.000+00:00Not being quite so eloquant as my two comrades (Ni...Not being quite so eloquant as my two comrades (Nina & Jj), I'd just like to say that I absolutely love the way you capture the world. Every shot. <BR/><BR/>Stacynotamobsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531613308398800336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-91209022015523394492009-01-09T04:35:00.000+00:002009-01-09T04:35:00.000+00:00We also forget than when we are alone, we're not a...We also forget than when we are alone, we're not alone.ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16359122650046678312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-32651944135920651602009-01-09T01:46:00.000+00:002009-01-09T01:46:00.000+00:00We forget that those places you bring out really d...We forget that those places you bring out really do exist--with, or without us--I think they smile when they hear your camera clicking away--you are welcome there--an understanding of sorts with no explanations required or desired--<BR/><BR/>Jj (Followed a link from Nina's)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-89399113350000819692009-01-08T20:10:00.000+00:002009-01-08T20:10:00.000+00:00That is just outstanding John! I go through this ...That is just outstanding John! I go through this same stuff all the time and I ALWAYS think people need to know these things and then at posting time these IMPORTANT coals-tidbits evacuate as if we are meant to learn lessons in a void. <BR/>So wonderful is your photography and phases of wood warmth. <BR/>Good timing my friend and good work. I am smitten with the overgrowth renewing into new growth overlapping, recyling, on and on.ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16359122650046678312noreply@blogger.com