tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post1472440197825219479..comments2023-05-03T06:04:05.095-04:00Comments on Barbee's Blog: Tagged AgainBarbee'http://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-62044767238149178252009-01-27T17:33:00.000-05:002009-01-27T17:33:00.000-05:00Hi Maria, We did collect the Volvo car from the fa...Hi Maria, We did collect the Volvo car from the factory in Sweden, then spent one night in Sweden as we returned to England driving the car. I must tell you that the hotel where we stayed that night was one of the best experiences of the whole long trip of 14 weeks. I do not remember where we were that February night, but our room, and the food next morning, were superior! You were brave to take a trip around the world. I hope it all went well for you. Regarding grandchildren: I am most sure 6 will be all the grandchildren for us. Those were all planned, no more are planned... but you never know!Barbee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-43576667783626296032009-01-27T06:20:00.000-05:002009-01-27T06:20:00.000-05:00Intresting to read about you - next time Europe Yo...Intresting to read about you - next time Europe You have to come to Sweden.<BR/><BR/>I have been around the world in 3 months time.<BR/>9 or 10 countries.<BR/><BR/>6 grandchildren - maybe more on the way?<BR/>MBMaria Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07682921219779767793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-68381964319868013822008-08-04T16:39:00.000-04:002008-08-04T16:39:00.000-04:00Hi Cathy: I think it must be true that misery love...Hi Cathy: I think it must be true that misery loves company, for when I read your comment, I felt comforted. We do have some things in common. I used to be a perfectionist, but life has beat it out of me. Love hearing from you, thank you!Barbee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-31423879733517003852008-08-04T11:58:00.000-04:002008-08-04T11:58:00.000-04:00Not playing, just commenting ~I lost money in Real...Not playing, just commenting ~<BR/>I lost money in Real Estate too, not in it for 10 years ~ but for a few ~<BR/>Same weight problem as you ~<BR/>A procrastinator too ~ and a perfectionist ~<BR/>Thanks for visiting my blog.<BR/>I'm in NC.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11414636204646241763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-17842600338433761292008-07-04T20:36:00.000-04:002008-07-04T20:36:00.000-04:00Steve: Same to you. Is that what all that noise i...Steve: Same to you. Is that what all that noise is out there. I thought it was thunder. Wait! Yes, that was thunder, too.<BR/><BR/>Titania: What can I say except... How charming! Your message is a delight. Perhaps I have communed with the animals too long and am now even more shy. You know; they think I garden just for them. I was sad when I learned someone trapped and carried away the red fox. He was the shiest.Barbee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-44213127236660674092008-07-04T17:33:00.000-04:002008-07-04T17:33:00.000-04:00Hi Barbee, I visit often your beautiful garden and...Hi Barbee, I visit often your beautiful garden and I wander and look around "the estate" I usually leave my trowel and my gardening gloves at home and somtimes I can just see you disappearing behind a flowering shrub! See you around again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-28020017813398584402008-07-04T13:03:00.000-04:002008-07-04T13:03:00.000-04:00Hey Barbee......Happy Fourth!Hey Barbee......Happy Fourth!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08001918168749714780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-64472170281008190302008-07-03T22:42:00.000-04:002008-07-03T22:42:00.000-04:00Sunita: Thank you for coming over to visit and cha...Sunita: Thank you for coming over to visit and chatting awhile. How interesting to have friends all over the world. Some seem like long lost brothers and sisters. I have more interests in common with many gardener bloggers than I do my own brother. I hope to follow your blog at least every week. Your photographs are good, too. I remember those dark dangerous looking clouds of the monsoon season. Gardeners are so in tune with the sky, climate, and weather. I hope your tomatoes do well.Barbee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-89428384465788957592008-07-03T22:08:00.000-04:002008-07-03T22:08:00.000-04:00Its so good to find a kindred spirit, Barbee'. Tha...Its so good to find a kindred spirit, Barbee'. Thanks for stopping by my blog and for all your kind words. So encouraging!<BR/>I thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog and your website. And your photos! ... so beautiful! I wish I could grow all those lovely plants and trees in my H-O-T tropical garden.<BR/>As for this post, I wish I could say that I started out as a Biology major too, but no, I was too stubborn to take up any of the Science subjects (thats a long story)though I enjoyed Biology.<BR/>Its really fascinating reading such posts. It already makes me feel as though you're a friend from way back : )Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-17582875718138380222008-07-01T17:51:00.000-04:002008-07-01T17:51:00.000-04:00Meadowview Thymes: That's ok. When I played the f...Meadowview Thymes: That's ok. When I played the first time, I thought I wouldn't be able to think of any more facts about myself if I needed to play again. Humff, I guess I did ok after all. <BR/><BR/>No, I didn't know about Susan Albert's cottage tales. I will see if I can find it. Thank you.Barbee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-3102956849497621782008-07-01T14:58:00.000-04:002008-07-01T14:58:00.000-04:00Oooooh, so sorry to tag you again, but my goodness...Oooooh, so sorry to tag you again, but my goodness what a wonderful life you have had! I love Beatrix Potter (have you read Susan Albert's cottage tales?) and Tasha Tudor (I was so sorry to hear of her passing!) just like you!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for playing along. As you well know, this is so new to me. I will be more careful, I promise!Meadowview Thymeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867494627331444375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-91660007076125751812008-06-27T02:01:00.000-04:002008-06-27T02:01:00.000-04:00Barbee', thank you for your lovely post on my blog...Barbee', thank you for your lovely post on my blog, and for welcoming me to blotanicals. You take a stunning photo, and i'll certainly be adding you rblog to my regular gardening reads.<BR/><BR/>AmaleeAmalee Issahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01806569885641678394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-9211030885763595782008-06-26T07:45:00.000-04:002008-06-26T07:45:00.000-04:00I started college with the goal of majoring in Mar...I started college with the goal of majoring in Marine Biology, but discovered I missed working with children, so I switched. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad I did. I get motion sick in elevators.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-81118089319553149952008-06-24T15:48:00.000-04:002008-06-24T15:48:00.000-04:00Fantastic post, I really enjoyed it. Your trip to ...Fantastic post, I really enjoyed it. Your trip to Europe sounds like my trips to America - it's my ambition to visit all the states in the United States. So far I've notched up 17 (I think) and travelled through half a dozen more on the way.Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-89903095534229849772008-06-23T22:23:00.000-04:002008-06-23T22:23:00.000-04:00Steve: Yep, trip of a lifetime! And, it just abou...Steve: Yep, trip of a lifetime! And, it just about did me in. I knew I would never be back, so we really pushed ourselves. I am no good what so ever in finding my way around. (Another revealed secret: I have no sense of direction!) But my husband is very good at that. He had never had the luxury of studying subjects I had studied, so I would tell him what I wanted us to see and told him what I knew about it, and he would find it and get us there. We made a good team. <BR/><BR/>Nope, no sacrilege or superstitions (sorry to disappoint you there); I'm just lazy getting it done. Seems every time I need the camera and have time to use it, he has taken it with him out of town. One of these days, I'll get it all together and do a post about it. It is a small plant in a small pot. I will need to put something with it to show its scale. Stay tuned.Barbee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-35462370061108973582008-06-23T20:35:00.000-04:002008-06-23T20:35:00.000-04:00Barbee, very nice post. Finding out about you and...Barbee, very nice post. Finding out about you and your colorful life is fascinating. Your trip to England is one of those "trips of a lifetime". It sounds to me like you made it memorable for all the right reasons.<BR/><BR/>By all means, let's see your heirloom plant! Would it be too much to ask to know what it really was? I just bet there is some sort of sacrilege in finding out, am I right? Ha ha.<BR/><BR/>You left out you were superstitious in your "revealing facts". ;-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08001918168749714780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-43829533125876418602008-06-23T18:38:00.000-04:002008-06-23T18:38:00.000-04:00Ourfriendben: I am wondering: When you went to Wa...Ourfriendben: I am wondering: When you went to Wales on the garden tour, did you visit Bodnant Garden in North Wales?Barbee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-82941661609634587942008-06-23T12:59:00.000-04:002008-06-23T12:59:00.000-04:00Hi Kathleen: Thank you. I think my liking wintert...Hi Kathleen: Thank you. I think my liking wintertime is a result of growing up on a farm. It was beautiful, but I will not go into detail here.Barbee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-10154973019987920782008-06-23T12:42:00.000-04:002008-06-23T12:42:00.000-04:00What an interesting life you've lived so far Barbe...What an interesting life you've lived so far Barbee! I'm glad to know someone who likes winter too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-23753720164553608652008-06-23T11:21:00.000-04:002008-06-23T11:21:00.000-04:00Cinj: You are about the third or fourth person who...Cinj: You are about the third or fourth person who has written that they started out as a biology major. That is so interesting. Knowing you as little as I do, I already think you would be a wonderful elementary school teacher! I can see it in your posts as you teach and interact with your own children. Beautiful!<BR/><BR/>Kerri: It must be still raining up there. You are all over the place in blog-land. <BR/><BR/>I know you definitely do not like winter, I don't blame you. It makes your warm roots shiver, I'm sure. <BR/><BR/>My dad could wiggle his ears and I learned by watching him, and trying, and trying, over and over as we sat at the table for meals. It was a matter of 'finding' the right muscles. Took me a long time, but I finally found them.<BR/><BR/>Yes, 14 weeks for a trip is a long time to me. His work involved traveling from place to place. He worked six weeks, then took a two week vacation/holiday (during which time we both had really bad colds which we spread over multiple countries), then worked another six weeks. We flew home on Memorial Day the last of May. We had shipped the car home two weeks prior and rented a car for the last two weeks. Our car had to get home and be ready for him to drive to work as soon as he got home. It went by boat and we were going to fly, so it needed that two week head start. <BR/><BR/>With a family the size of ours, it had reached the point that we needed another car. Volvos are the best fit physically for my husband due to his height and size. That is true only of the least expensive model (fortunately). He worked with our local dealer who ordered a new, lowest price, Volvo which we would pick up at the factory at Volvo Factory Delivery Center in Gothenburg, Sweden. There was no additional charge for shipping, for it would have been shipped to the states anyway. He did the math and found: doing that, and renting a car for two weeks, was more economical than renting a car for 14 weeks. Besides, it gave us a comfortable car for the twelve weeks we used it there. <BR/><BR/>That was 1988.<BR/><BR/>Barbee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-53348870172323360802008-06-23T09:22:00.000-04:002008-06-23T09:22:00.000-04:00What fun to learn a little more about you. I too a...What fun to learn a little more about you. I too am a procrastinator, but I can't wiggle my ears (that's quite an accomplishment!), and I <I>don't</I> love winter.<BR/>Your trip to England must've been a lengthy one. How wonderful it sounds! <BR/>I'd love to see a picture of your heirloom plant.<BR/>I too loved learning biology and art history and was very interested in interior design, but it turns out I'm very bad at the latter. I'd rather be outside!Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362584475435433892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-69451091438620251342008-06-23T08:48:00.000-04:002008-06-23T08:48:00.000-04:00Wow, there's nothing like being an overachiever! ...Wow, there's nothing like being an overachiever! Good for you. I found this post very interesting. I too started out as a biology major before switching a year and a half later to be an elementary school teacher. It is a small world indeed!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09582157624382487302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-89955500522425335212008-06-23T08:00:00.000-04:002008-06-23T08:00:00.000-04:00Kelli and Amy: Thank you so much. I appreciate you...Kelli and Amy: Thank you so much. I appreciate your visit and your comments. I like hearing from you.Barbee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-50016251245132904482008-06-23T00:45:00.000-04:002008-06-23T00:45:00.000-04:00This was so interesting to read. I figure anyone ...This was so interesting to read. I figure anyone who also loves Beatrix Potter *and* Tasha Tudor must be a kindred spririt :)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691765466320690473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683241997705053264.post-84753885963888148702008-06-22T22:40:00.000-04:002008-06-22T22:40:00.000-04:00I enjoyed learning more about you! Yes, I heard a...I enjoyed learning more about you! Yes, I heard about Tasha Tudor. She will be missed by many.<BR/>~KelliKellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959889019639336499noreply@blogger.com