tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post6443851584880221765..comments2024-03-28T19:03:24.043+00:00Comments on THE SMALL THINGS: In which sometimes virtue is not its own rewardTania Kindersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-35453288920882163132011-01-07T22:49:21.933+00:002011-01-07T22:49:21.933+00:00Although, nothing wrong with a bit of rent boy now...Although, nothing wrong with a bit of rent boy now and again...<br />:-)<br /><br />Miss WMiss Whistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103831095827005334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-80435684752670995162011-01-07T14:37:30.859+00:002011-01-07T14:37:30.859+00:00Colby - so glad you like the gateposts. And you ar...Colby - so glad you like the gateposts. And you are quite right; the loveliness of A Cook knows no bounds.<br /><br />Lou - yes, yes, the shock of the cuckoo in the nest. Interloper joke made me laugh.<br /><br />Betty M - the LAMBING. Stop, it's too much. Think you are right both about the cash thing and the ghastliness of J Assange. (He may have done a good thing in some ways, can't quite make up my mind, but I wish he would stop swanking about it.)<br /><br />Melissa - what a very kind comment. Especially pleased you like the canines. And aren't the autumnal leaves amazing? I can't remember them ever hanging on this long before, in such a vivid way.<br /><br />Helena - yes, of course you are right. No one much wants to write about Bill Gates saving the world from malaria with his billions. But if he slept with a rent boy you can bet that would be front page news. I say: let us keep the faith.Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-63360265183759647802011-01-07T14:25:43.864+00:002011-01-07T14:25:43.864+00:00Sex (especially with someone not a wife/husband/lo...Sex (especially with someone not a wife/husband/long-term partner) & scandal sells more papers (and TV and web space). That's why we don't usually hear about how nice people are. <br /><br />That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. It keeps my faith in humanity going.<br /><br />Lovely pictures as usual.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658858373848443540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-73040463184217153992011-01-07T09:58:03.795+00:002011-01-07T09:58:03.795+00:00A very well thought out post plus lovely pictures....A very well thought out post plus lovely pictures. I think you are right, I tend to think that a lot of famous people/celebrities are not that nice.<br />I love the gatepost image and those leaves still look very autumnal - haven't any left around here since a very windy November. Your dogs are also adoreable. - Melissamelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157652507451928203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-73633253183067955162011-01-06T23:31:04.176+00:002011-01-06T23:31:04.176+00:00And to compound Cook's niceness I read he was ...And to compound Cook's niceness I read he was flying home after the test to help his girlfriend with lambing on her farm!<br /><br />There isn't nearly as much cash in cricket as in football or golf which I am sure is one reason why they are nicer and less divaish. <br /><br />I also wish Julian Assange would go away. A more self important person it would be hard to find.Betty Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106396238018550134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-51786836561816916842011-01-06T21:41:18.130+00:002011-01-06T21:41:18.130+00:00An interloper - the visiting poodle!! I stopped in...An interloper - the visiting poodle!! I stopped in my tracks as I scrolled down...Lou xLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457538074763854583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-22474079453149128972011-01-06T17:11:10.661+00:002011-01-06T17:11:10.661+00:00The photograph of your gateposts is lovely-- the c...The photograph of your gateposts is lovely-- the combination of wrought and weathered stone and the organic growth of the trees is a vision of the best of our human interaction with the natural world. And, of course, Alastair Cook is a vision of loveliness himself.Colby Kavanaghnoreply@blogger.com