tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post1181122767549270682..comments2024-03-29T09:08:05.850+00:00Comments on THE SMALL THINGS: Saved by Ray BradburyTania Kindersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-76319645275946359012011-10-12T23:00:04.409+01:002011-10-12T23:00:04.409+01:00Oh my, what a beautiful picture of Pigeon.
lizOh my, what a beautiful picture of Pigeon.<br />lizlizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15325877636920130672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-26678127149497699482011-10-10T13:12:50.281+01:002011-10-10T13:12:50.281+01:00Ah, the smell of books... only to be surpassed/equ...Ah, the smell of books... only to be surpassed/equaled by the smell of an old bookshop! And pipe tobacco.Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-59402385100896329062011-10-10T09:28:52.119+01:002011-10-10T09:28:52.119+01:00There IS something about the smell of books. Every...There IS something about the smell of books. Every time I pass one of the university libraries buildings here, that distinct aroma wafts out through the ventilation units and just takes me back to childhood & days spent at our local little library (very funky too; it was made out of blocks of coral rock & had a squeaky Dade County pine hard wood floor).<br /><br />My Ray Bradbury quote is: "Don't think! Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must DO things."<br /><br />wv: "suckiff" (!) as in...that would really suck, ifff???Pat (in Belgium)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02367089351412953926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-73949142906436149122011-10-09T20:15:01.113+01:002011-10-09T20:15:01.113+01:00Jane - I think you are absolutely right.
Ellie - ...Jane - I think you are absolutely right.<br /><br />Ellie - you are so very kind; thank you.<br /><br />Anne - so lovely to hear from you. Three weeks to go! Wishing you every good thing. This will be the first baby of the regular dear readers; it really is very, very exciting.Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-49941635250049185932011-10-09T18:01:37.835+01:002011-10-09T18:01:37.835+01:00And, he wrote "something wicked this way come...And, he wrote "something wicked this way comes" - which I absolutely *adore* <br />Never have I seen anything more stunning than the Pigeon in that last photograph.<br />Anne(37 weeks tomorrow!).xStripeycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02939664718135123631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-88322409994625038472011-10-09T00:28:39.858+01:002011-10-09T00:28:39.858+01:00I think this is one of the finest Pigeon photos ye...I think this is one of the finest Pigeon photos yet. Also, great quote-- thank you.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888019230555832929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-55975116204244571792011-10-08T20:18:59.234+01:002011-10-08T20:18:59.234+01:00I saw a cartoon once of a dog looking out of the w...I saw a cartoon once of a dog looking out of the window and thinking "Another perfect day". I think that optimism and joie de vivre is why we are so devoted and perhaps slightly envious of our hounds.Jane in SFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13934289498751581506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-69882327604887323122011-10-08T19:03:40.148+01:002011-10-08T19:03:40.148+01:00Goldenoldlady - she does sometimes look rather mel...Goldenoldlady - she does sometimes look rather melancholy in pictures, mostly because she gets a bit fed up when I insist on snapping away when I could be throwing her stick for her. It's her longsuffering look. Love the Edgar story. He sounds SPLENDID. :)Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-90618654658976712822011-10-08T18:59:48.702+01:002011-10-08T18:59:48.702+01:00The Pigeon's eyes are so glossy in B&W, sh...The Pigeon's eyes are so glossy in B&W, she looks (fanciful of me, I know) close to tears. I wonder what she makes of all the pounding on the keys. My Westie Edgar, when a pup, seemed to have cannily learnt how to paw at the correct button on the computer tower to power it down, so that I grew exasperated at the suddenly blank screen and turned to him instead. I would then give up the silly sitting at the typing-television and go and do something much more worthwhile instead, involving balls, or tramping in the woods or even just being in the garden barking at the birds. Him, not me, barking, obviously. I hope obviously! Edgar maintains a no-fly zone around our house very assiduously.<br /><br />I use a laptop now so that nifty option isn't open to him these days, so he sits on my feet and sighs instead. Our dogs would never understand Ray Bradbury. They are lucky, in a way, not to be in thrall to the craft of combining words in new and enticing orders. Their expressive range of woofs, yips and soulful stares (and paws on off buttons) works so well they don't feel the need, I suppose.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13702475308562601190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-27072533087494780212011-10-08T18:15:56.736+01:002011-10-08T18:15:56.736+01:00Z - Do you think they are distant cousins? :)Z - Do you think they are distant cousins? :)Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-72828080020948707202011-10-08T18:12:15.933+01:002011-10-08T18:12:15.933+01:00I was going to say, I went to a book launch today ...I was going to say, I went to a book launch today and the author mentioned a conversation with Ray Bradbury; what a coincidence. Only now I think about it, it was Malcolm Bradbury. So ... um ... I'll wander off and think what I'm going to cook for dinner instead.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-26903018826971629362011-10-08T18:07:06.121+01:002011-10-08T18:07:06.121+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13702475308562601190noreply@blogger.com