tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post787117281292993372..comments2024-03-29T09:08:05.850+00:00Comments on THE SMALL THINGS: Family lifeTania Kindersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-33483377126968241092011-11-23T12:47:58.287+00:002011-11-23T12:47:58.287+00:00You also look amazingly like Annette Bening here: ...You also look amazingly like Annette Bening here: <br /><br />http://coolspotters.com/actresses/annette-bening/and/activities/wearing-glasses/media/1608329#medium-1608329Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-89258440893363132672011-11-23T08:34:12.768+00:002011-11-23T08:34:12.768+00:00How vital you look.How vital you look.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-25019584927384188742011-11-23T01:02:13.434+00:002011-11-23T01:02:13.434+00:00Your hair is fabulous!
Thank you for posting these...Your hair is fabulous!<br />Thank you for posting these photos.Pat (in Belgium)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02367089351412953926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-2773286797285320382011-11-22T21:56:41.778+00:002011-11-22T21:56:41.778+00:00The Pigeon has the most wonderful smile - and your...The Pigeon has the most wonderful smile - and yours isn't bad either, with humour and intelligence gleaming through :)<br /><br />The hair is splendid and I'm somewhat jealous, even though short hair doesn't suit me at all!<br /><br />Like you, I am in awe of parents. There is so much involved in the bringing of small people into the world. Having lived by myself for quite some years, I still find having to run the household MUCH more demanding now that there is another person in it (the Beloved Spouse, who is vaguely housetrained, but has appalling domestic blindness... and the enviable ability to do what he wants to do before tackling his share of the household chores).<br /><br />So how much more is there when there are children as well? Huge amounts.<br /><br />In the words of the Sentimental Bloke, "I dips me lid"Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08181307209370955942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-61343745420712772612011-11-22T18:15:05.962+00:002011-11-22T18:15:05.962+00:00Sorry, "noticed".Sorry, "noticed".Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-36952384258702754732011-11-22T18:14:31.568+00:002011-11-22T18:14:31.568+00:00Firstly, I love this post. I lost my dad in 2008,...Firstly, I love this post. I lost my dad in 2008, and went through the same thing. My grandmother is dying as I type this, and all that is coming back, thoughts of family, what it means, etc.<br /><br />Secondly, GORGEOUS HAIR! And, has anyone but me noitced that you resemble the lovely actress Diane Lane? Strikingly!<br /><br />http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/03/03/diane-lane-cast-as-ma-kent-in-superman/Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-2197608343872383102011-11-22T17:56:16.955+00:002011-11-22T17:56:16.955+00:00You're very pretty!You're very pretty!sabinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-59352803225579740772011-11-22T17:02:52.266+00:002011-11-22T17:02:52.266+00:00Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I love the sequen...Thank you, thank you, thank you.<br />I love the sequence of photos: from the studied expression of the first one to the gradual progression the last two, smiling warmly and a bit gamine.<br /><br />I rather love the idea that you are looking at us, your Readers. <br />It makes it both so intimate and generous.<br /><br />And I love your new haircut and your sense of colour!<br /> <br />Cristina :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-62240035283697376322011-11-22T13:24:34.652+00:002011-11-22T13:24:34.652+00:00How lovely, I am reading this from my desk and you...How lovely, I am reading this from my desk and your writing and pictures are my daily pleasure (and I have no guilt at all!). Your hair looks gorgeous and it is lovely to see you every now and again. Makes me want to pop round and have a cup of tea and put the world to rights - what a funny intimate world the internet creates - I feel like a friend although we have never met!. Back to the legal world in Lincoln's Inn alas instead. Also thank you for the comments re raising families it makes it all so much easier if people understand the very chaotic nature of it - whether it is your full time job or in addition to another form of work.<br /><br />AmandaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-18506104168718020432011-11-22T10:31:01.039+00:002011-11-22T10:31:01.039+00:00It always impresses me when people who do not have...It always impresses me when people who do not have children of their own appreciate how much they fill up one's life and potentially take it over (at least for a while). So thank you for realising, and for telling us! I agree wholeheartedly with the Dear Reader who says that offspring become more emotionally demanding as they get older. I have been going through a very demanding time recently with a twenty-one year old offspring!<br />The photographs are great - love the Joyce Grenfell one - and your hair is fab! Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay with the Dear Cousin; I'm sure she knows how lucky she is to have you to step in and cook delicious things for her and her family!Jennifer J Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760925413986340709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-39291827348888867352011-11-22T07:19:13.625+00:002011-11-22T07:19:13.625+00:00Tania...tried to comment on this last night but co...Tania...tried to comment on this last night but couldn't from my phone - meh. But just to say - the photos of you are fab - especially the last one! You are my favourite writer; I realise this as I look forward to what you write every day. And the fact that you take your hat off to mothers just confirms it...it is staggering how much work there is to be done! All good... Lou xLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457538074763854583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-13760807653034536922011-11-22T02:29:35.761+00:002011-11-22T02:29:35.761+00:00Great hair, and you also have very nice shapely ey...Great hair, and you also have very nice shapely eyebrows. I am more envious of these than the hair as mine grow sparser and thinner and more indistinct by the year. Soon I shall need to have new ones tattooed on else I will be as unable to convey surprise, delight or thundering fury as an over-botoxed Hollywood resident.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13702475308562601190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-3128366165328728392011-11-22T01:55:24.864+00:002011-11-22T01:55:24.864+00:00As mine are older now (17, 17 and 12) and I don...As mine are older now (17, 17 and 12) and I don't have to bath (!) or entertain them so much, I am still rushing around after them and they become more emotionally draining!<br /><br />Gorgeous photos but I now have to readjust my mental image of wholesome, country good looks to knockout and sophisticated. I wish Pigeon could caption them.Jane in SFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13934289498751581506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-56278044667994204112011-11-22T01:05:45.222+00:002011-11-22T01:05:45.222+00:00Thank you for the pat on the back...yes, it is a J...Thank you for the pat on the back...yes, it is a JOB, un-paid (in money anyway) and unending. My mother warned me about the unending part...now I get it. <br /><br />Wonderful hair...you and Pigeon look like you were separated at birth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-76142652410873203532011-11-22T00:13:12.711+00:002011-11-22T00:13:12.711+00:00Gorgeous hair! And gorgeous you! You have that div...Gorgeous hair! And gorgeous you! You have that divine complexion that suits the red.<br />I couldn't stop laughing at the photos (with you, not at you...) because I would be just the same.<br />xxEmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-35004588252458392032011-11-21T23:46:30.250+00:002011-11-21T23:46:30.250+00:00Oh, puh-lease. Serious? Your eyes are brimming w...Oh, puh-lease. Serious? Your eyes are brimming with laughter, rather a giveaway that you are trying very hard not to giggle at taking pictures of yourself. <br /><br />I imagine The Pigeon having a chuckle too. Ha-ha-ha, now YOU are on the other side of the lens. If only it could be her paw on the shutter release.<br /><br />BirdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-91296903182391264952011-11-21T23:03:16.431+00:002011-11-21T23:03:16.431+00:00So glad you're having a lovely, if busy, time....So glad you're having a lovely, if busy, time. <br /><br />I LOVE the hair. I have to admit that I thought, at first glance, that the splendid corsage was a teddy bear in your arms... ;)Cassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531093715654362821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-82933319027713056742011-11-21T22:59:50.200+00:002011-11-21T22:59:50.200+00:00The annoying thing about housewifery is that one c...The annoying thing about housewifery is that one can't knock off at 5 and not think about work til the next morning.<br />Photo's don't look as demented as you imagine. Great corsage, where's that from?Jo Crisphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791574074159003137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-33336697540195039402011-11-21T22:24:36.581+00:002011-11-21T22:24:36.581+00:00I am not a stay at home mother but I do get mad wh...I am not a stay at home mother but I do get mad when people presume that they have lots of free time and leisure because nothing is more stressful than running a home and making sure that everything is ticking over - and ensuring that homework is done and things taken for handiwork for school means planning/thinking/imagining ahead so that you have all the unimagined for stuff available when the children need it! <br /><br />BTW thank you for the photos. Lovely.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-80564548261037828962011-11-21T22:16:04.162+00:002011-11-21T22:16:04.162+00:00How lovely for your cousin to have you to stay whi...How lovely for your cousin to have you to stay while her husband is away. I always found those weeks the hardest, despite the business and routine, when my boys were small.<br />Love your hair!scrumptious dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com