tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734264482582229087.post8400820139290801434..comments2023-07-26T08:30:38.790+01:00Comments on The conversation continued...: Lions & Lilacs...Rachel Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294820106746562149noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734264482582229087.post-77263978476911134992011-04-25T05:20:50.055+01:002011-04-25T05:20:50.055+01:00Rachel, I have a wonderful site for you to see---y...Rachel, I have a wonderful site for you to see---you can print out some free 'printables' of the royal wedding!!<br /><br />http://www.thetomkatstudio.com/freeprintablesroyalwedding/<br /><br />Check it out...you will love it!<br />XX<br />JoannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734264482582229087.post-10887281262828931922011-04-17T02:06:03.762+01:002011-04-17T02:06:03.762+01:00Rachael, I love seeing England through your eyes. ...Rachael, I love seeing England through your eyes. I can almost smell the lilacs : ) <br />So beautiful....Danielle's Sweets https://www.blogger.com/profile/11455656305807994320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734264482582229087.post-78383853597173495822011-04-16T22:32:34.600+01:002011-04-16T22:32:34.600+01:00What a beautiful post... how I'd love to exper...What a beautiful post... how I'd love to experience Spring in wonderful England ♥ I have quite a soft-spot for lilacs and violets! But really everything is so, so gorgeous :)Erin | Bygone Livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599917760328625577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734264482582229087.post-87629282405246138952011-04-16T14:34:40.631+01:002011-04-16T14:34:40.631+01:00Lovely to see England come to life. The gorse remi...Lovely to see England come to life. The gorse reminds me of Wales. We have just seen two lovely lorikeets in the tree outside my bedroom! Thanks for the lovely photos xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxEstherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721404161146084763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734264482582229087.post-77509513789171720882011-04-16T02:58:22.406+01:002011-04-16T02:58:22.406+01:00What a total pleasure to read. I was ooohhing and...What a total pleasure to read. I was ooohhing and ahhing the whole time. Just imagining walking around and breathing in the lilacs and standing there with birds at the park. So much to envision it was like a mini vacation for me to read it. But meanwhile Bedfordshire?? That's a real place? I thought it was made up like the land of counterpane in R L Stevenson. Morwenna goes up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire, then I researched it and it's a song. I had no idea it was a real place. Riot!.Nancyhttp://www.nancyfrederick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734264482582229087.post-20666659094454925012011-04-16T01:11:45.952+01:002011-04-16T01:11:45.952+01:00so gorgeous--I have to soak in all of the green be...so gorgeous--I have to soak in all of the green beauty from your blog as we are quite brown still but were white yesterday as we woke up to snow! The flowers are so delicate and I can just imagine the fragrances of each as you walk past....thank you for sharing and have a lovely weekend Rachel! xx JoannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734264482582229087.post-83231237124041126662011-04-15T14:37:10.269+01:002011-04-15T14:37:10.269+01:00Hi Sadie! We were told the same thing. although I ...Hi Sadie! We were told the same thing. although I never knew why it was unlucky...what a grim reason! But it makes sense. Esther & I once lived together in her little cottage, there was a huge white lilac at the bottom of the garden & we couldn't resist bringing in huge armfuls for the table..but it never lasted. It drooped horribly & the beautiful flowers turned brown at the edges. So now, like bluebells, I resist the urge & leave them where they grow! xoxoMozart's Girlhttp://www.mozartsgirl.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734264482582229087.post-44287723347091617572011-04-15T14:09:36.486+01:002011-04-15T14:09:36.486+01:00I love gorse. Just the sight of it makes me think ...I love gorse. Just the sight of it makes me think of The Famous Five. They were always hiding under gorse, or using it to cover an entrance or something. <br /><br />oh how I love your post! The flowers are just wonderful at the moment aren't they? Tell me, do you ever bring Lilac indoors? I don't. My mum always scared me with 'don't bring it in, it's bad luck'. I googled it last year and found this connection is down to lilac being used as a funeral flower in Victorian times to cover the smell of death (nice), so became known as bad luck, an omen of impending death. Great. So after reading that, and having my mum point her finger in a witchy manner and banning me, I've never had lilac in the house. Such a shame, I love it so. I cut it and arrange on tables in the garden, but that's it. What do you do? I'm curious to know. <br /><br />Woburn looks like a superb day out. Will have to take my little sweet pea one day :o) <br /><br />have a glorious weekend. there may be rain afoot! hurrah! xxxsadiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03891036834520023762noreply@blogger.com