tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post2215413905269157000..comments2024-03-28T10:14:23.792+00:00Comments on call me ishmael: THE DYERS GARDEN'S GARDEN.call me ishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-72665331501639932382013-10-19T00:23:39.668+01:002013-10-19T00:23:39.668+01:00You're welcome, mr tdg, glad to see you're...You're welcome, mr tdg, glad to see you're still around; they're not terriby good images, these, hoping to take some better, Autumnal views this weekend. Have to be quick, the leaves turn, the berries are there and then gone, the birds swoop and the gales come and things become skeletal overnight.<br /><br />Wouldn't know where to start writing a play, I'm afraid. I have had whole strings of dialogue in my head for decades now but I am no writer, can't make-up stuff, characters, narrative. Rythmn and phrasing, emphasis, melody, that's me, a singer, really, I suppose - but it's kind of you to suggest otherwise.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-34181325391164695782013-10-18T19:56:06.751+01:002013-10-18T19:56:06.751+01:00Thank you, Ishmael.Thank you, Ishmael.tdgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-72821937715203880042013-10-12T18:06:25.089+01:002013-10-12T18:06:25.089+01:00We never forget Buster.
When Iain IronMan Dale w...We never forget Buster. <br /><br />When Iain IronMan Dale was duffing up that poor old codger in Brighton and the poor old codger's dog started madly biting the wrong bottom, the first thing I thought was that Buster wouldn't have made that mistake. <br /><br /><br />mrs narcoleptnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-9990293774165616052013-10-09T15:47:05.532+01:002013-10-09T15:47:05.532+01:00The IOM link is quite a quick connection but a bit...The IOM link is quite a quick connection but a bit.. (well a lot).. sluggish to fire up with the video. I put it down to the Manx electric being just that bit weaker because the Manx fairies that generate it have a hell of a struggle to keep the cage going round.Alphonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-73729843400820517052013-10-09T13:23:31.301+01:002013-10-09T13:23:31.301+01:00Thanks, mr vincent, I have two cats living in my b...Thanks, mr vincent, I have two cats living in my byre, yum-yum and co-co, we feed them and vet them and make their beds; they are not quite feral, not quite domesticated, though they cost a small fortune. I don't think they would welcome a strange cat moving into the main house.<br /><br />Good luck with the fraternal strife.callmeishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-71951327029673531332013-10-09T13:09:48.860+01:002013-10-09T13:09:48.860+01:00Very poignant post Mr Ishmael. I have recently dec...Very poignant post Mr Ishmael. I have recently decided to completely abandon all attempts at civil relations with my own brother and try pretending that he is dead, instead. <br /><br />Seems to be working so far.<br /><br />I am glad to hear you are on the mend. Long may it continue.<br /><br />PS Get a cat. I can hazard a guess that you are not really a cat person but if you get the right one they are equally as faithful as dogs. The acceptance of oneself by a cat is, to me at least, so much more gratifying than that of a dog, as it is given only after very careful consideration and only if warranted, unlike a dog's affection, which can be bought with a bone. Not that I don't like dogs , you understand, just thought you could fill the cat shaped hole in your life? <br /><br />VincentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-2850504436386261082013-10-09T11:58:05.072+01:002013-10-09T11:58:05.072+01:00It is an age related thing, mr dtp, as intoxicatin...It is an age related thing, mr dtp, as intoxicating as anything smoked or drunk, the garden: didn't come to me until I came here, at fifty and had a small wilderness to tame, current plans are for a thousand daffodil meadow and a natural, wild grasses meadow. Crazy, I know, burying money in the ground, in the form of trees and bulbs but I spend less doing that than I would buying a football season ticket and the benefit to the wildlife is significant to me. People who know tell me that for some migrating birds my garden is their first habitable landfall for many many miles. I don't like birds all that much, can't tell one from another but they and the bees are probably more important to us than the entire works of Apple corp.<br /><br />Couldn't quite make that link, mr alphons, will try again and yes, mr mike, the noisy little terrier, shouting the odds, worrying at things, taking on the big dogs, that's not a bad image.<br /><br />Buster is celebrated now, more than mourned, maybe time for a new friend, nobody here has come up with a candidate and the shelters are filled with machoman-reject Staffordshire terriers, poor beasts and not a Yorkie to be had. Much as I despise dogbreeders, I think we will have to buy a new one.<br /><br />We inherited a flighty daughter's Bearded Collie, once, and had been with her and he to Crufts, SweetJesus, you wouldn't credit the single-minded nastiness of those people, wicked cunts to a man and woman.<br /><br />I am taking it easy, thanks, mr tnp, a man gotta know his limitations.callmeishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-23217088148401554692013-10-09T10:39:43.102+01:002013-10-09T10:39:43.102+01:00I'm a bit too fond of the smokey drinky stuff ...I'm a bit too fond of the smokey drinky stuff for my own good but the 2 times i've been nearest to death have been bloody gardening. 1 lawn mower literally blew the fuck up - blades on full centrifugal separation from machine at splitneck speed and 2nd chain saw adaptor brilliantly designed to melt leaving electrocution execution device camoflagued as plug socket. Fuck this gardening bollox thought I - if I am gonna die then would prefer to be pissed out of skull tumbling off a multi storey car park not cutting fucking privet.<br /><br /> Lovely garden though - bit of a bummer being poorly through the best summer for years. I'm almost sure my last word is gonna be 'typical' but it is just bloody typical.DtPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-63661673583338951902013-10-09T08:41:00.030+01:002013-10-09T08:41:00.030+01:00Lovely little dog Mr I. Just my mental picture of...Lovely little dog Mr I. Just my mental picture of you, as it happens.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-90355061843101190712013-10-09T03:59:15.868+01:002013-10-09T03:59:15.868+01:00Can't stand gardening myself; drives me up the...Can't stand gardening myself; drives me up the wall. But I do appreciate the results of those who do like to potter about with the trowel and a packet of fertiliser, and your place looks very peaceful and lovingly cared for. Hope your recovery continues apace.Old timernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-71744392575388687142013-10-08T20:04:06.081+01:002013-10-08T20:04:06.081+01:00You look to have a great space there Mr. Ishmeal, ...You look to have a great space there Mr. Ishmeal, and it all looks to be where it should be.<br />I'm a Dalesman myself, but also appreciate good gardening where ever it may be.<br />I had a friend In the Isle of Mann, who went to the big garden in the sky a couple of years ago. Fortunately Manx Heritage caught him on film before he went:-<br /> http://www.manxheritage.org/cms/video_collection_39133.html <br />Lovely chap.<br />AlphonsAlphonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-83452832535972609182013-10-08T17:53:44.787+01:002013-10-08T17:53:44.787+01:00The best part of England and the best part of the ...The best part of England and the best part of the blogosphere.<br /><br />Take it easy, Mr Smith.the noblest prospecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17702374226317759485noreply@blogger.com