tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post8510785818380144392..comments2023-10-22T14:27:21.241+01:00Comments on From the Desk of Bee Drunken: ButterfliesBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-82844329901632626932009-09-15T16:09:13.297+01:002009-09-15T16:09:13.297+01:00Your daughter is very beautiful and most talented....Your daughter is very beautiful and most talented.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-33966686360213276462009-08-21T11:41:01.437+01:002009-08-21T11:41:01.437+01:00Merisi - how beautifully worded!Merisi - how beautifully worded!Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-44529854075482932312009-08-17T18:10:43.083+01:002009-08-17T18:10:43.083+01:00Never seen a more elegant former duvet cover! That...Never seen a more elegant former duvet cover! That girl has oomph and a big talent. <br /><br />August mellows summer's glory,<br />heralding the sweet surrender of summer's end.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-6891318207486541112009-08-16T23:31:57.326+01:002009-08-16T23:31:57.326+01:00FF - I'm SO GLAD that you are back. Please do...FF - I'm SO GLAD that you are back. Please do not ever be offline again (says the person who is going to the Lake District in the morning).Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-28815354668118597972009-08-16T08:57:49.898+01:002009-08-16T08:57:49.898+01:00I have that Wharton quote on my fridge. Love the ...I have that Wharton quote on my fridge. Love the shots of youngest daughter. I've missed reading your wonderful posts. They are my compensation for now having my wings clipped; travels are over for a bit, and I can settle down with tea and read your brilliant writing and enjoy your great shots. <br /><br />We saw a zillion butterflies in Denver, when we went to the water park and walked past a field of flowers. Love them!Fantastic Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044290192610027408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-32749224710151903782009-08-13T15:07:02.788+01:002009-08-13T15:07:02.788+01:00Mindseye - Thank you for this lovely comment. I h...Mindseye - Thank you for this lovely comment. I have, indeed, read Hearts and Minds. (I wrote a review of it a couple of months ago. You should be able to find it under Amanda Craig on my sidebar.) Thanks so much for visiting me!<br /><br />JAPRA - Who knows why, but it's been a good year for butterflies. (Guess who's getting a sewing machine for Christmas? Poor thing: she hemmed the entire thing by hand.<br /><br />Celeste - Isn't it funny how comments can do that for a person? Thanks for saying so.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-80597969934953634672009-08-13T15:04:52.936+01:002009-08-13T15:04:52.936+01:00hi bee, such a beautiful posting and a burning que...hi bee, such a beautiful posting and a burning question tucked away in it "i wonder if this will be her last childish summer?" my girl is twelve almost thirteen and there's very much that feel of little girl still about her that i treasure. i know that it will go as it should, but i hope that my example carries her through life and that is to be childlike and not childish. <br />have a lovely day. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-24547507440099414852009-08-13T12:14:26.855+01:002009-08-13T12:14:26.855+01:00Thank you for your wonderful comment. It made my d...Thank you for your wonderful comment. It made my day.Celeste Maiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683512170853367791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-49530491357365326362009-08-13T08:35:38.214+01:002009-08-13T08:35:38.214+01:00Seriously, that is a duvet cover? I think your lov...Seriously, that is a duvet cover? I think your lovely girl has a future in fashion design, Bee. I'm not kidding.<br /><br />And why is it, when I lived in England, I only saw little yellow and white butterflies and not the colourful ones you've shown us here?TBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05587580447766102705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-9566445330723393782009-08-12T23:44:55.318+01:002009-08-12T23:44:55.318+01:00What a wonderful blog, found via my friend, the au...What a wonderful blog, found via my friend, the author, Amanda Craig's blog. (I highly recommend her Hearts and Minds which I have just finished). After a day in oppressive, inner city heat, doing boy things for my three sons, it was such a refreshing delight to find your feminine, life-loving, beautiful and insightful site. The photographs transported me from London Fields to your tranquil borders. How generous of you to share it with us! I know what you mean about missing the perfect photograph through timing, or not having a camera to hand; one of my best summers ever, 25 years ago in Florence, I forgot to take my camera, of all things. And in such an exquisite city - I was an impoverished student, learning Italian and studying history of art at the British Institute and could not afford to buy another camera. I knew I had to imprint everything on my memory. This I consciously did, staring intently, then blinking like the shutter eye, and the images are still fresh, vivid and untarnished in my mind. After that I knew that sometimes it is better to enjoy the moment, immerse and saturate yourself in it, rather than trying to capture it, pin it down, glaze it forever, like a butterfly. Don't be annoyed you missed the photo opportunity; you did capture the image of the moment, and more importantly, its essence, and passed it on to us. Thank you!mindseyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637161936774387158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-26368829041601210672009-08-12T18:28:27.351+01:002009-08-12T18:28:27.351+01:00Dear Everyone - Thank you so much for your lovely ...Dear Everyone - Thank you so much for your lovely comments. I will be sure to pass on all sewing and styling comments to my youngest daughter! My little butterfly made a long migration this morning; I put her and her older sister on a plane to Texas. Flying solo for the first time!Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-13655273229452333632009-08-12T16:36:24.245+01:002009-08-12T16:36:24.245+01:00@ Bee: I finished the book! It was excellent and ...@ Bee: I finished the book! It was excellent and uplifting and I would certainly recommend it. I'm afraid I spelt the author's name wrong - it is Coelho.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-10534471872442758842009-08-12T15:54:33.392+01:002009-08-12T15:54:33.392+01:00I think part of the experience of a flower garden ...I think part of the experience of a flower garden is the anticipation that's wound up in it. It starts in the winter or years before in the planning and dreaming. And then when spring has come, you wait for each plant to grow, seeing what's come in strongly. Then they're done and blown and you start thinking of next year. <br /><br />I highly approve of both dress up and playing in the mud. I wish I had the patience for knitting, do you do it? Good for youngest.<br /><br />Here in Kansas we are on the monarch butterfly migration route. Maybe your butterflies are migrating south?Nimblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426446791363667887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-13693931723991094952009-08-12T09:35:51.754+01:002009-08-12T09:35:51.754+01:00Sorry I've not been around for a bit, I've...Sorry I've not been around for a bit, I've been missing some superb posts, obviously. My fault, entirely.<br /><br />August is usually the most colourful month in the garden, and so it is this year, I guess, but less so than usual. Everything being a bit below par and going off a little earlier than usual.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-33412531802265448042009-08-11T18:14:12.532+01:002009-08-11T18:14:12.532+01:00Thank you for the lovely comment on my blog. Your ...Thank you for the lovely comment on my blog. Your place is lovely. How I wish I was there at the Jane Austen Garden. Your daughter is beautiful. May she always keep that innocence about her. My mother taught my daughter(now 13) how to knit a couple of years ago, and I still remember how I loved watching her fully enthralled with her project.Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681951546653165197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-57275292116769148452009-08-11T14:12:04.772+01:002009-08-11T14:12:04.772+01:00This is a beautiful post, Bee. August in DC is als...This is a beautiful post, Bee. August in DC is also a time of palpable decline. The trees start to droop, the gardens fade and the air smells crusty. We, too, have had lots of monarch butterflies. I have about a dozen pics of the butterfly just after it had opened its wings.<br /><br />Your daughter is beautiful and the pictures of her are exquisite. I know lots of women who love to dress up no matter what their age. I hope she doesn't lose it. She does it so well.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-30348424215729701812009-08-11T07:17:58.656+01:002009-08-11T07:17:58.656+01:00Butterfllies swirling around that adorable young g...Butterfllies swirling around that adorable young girl sounds like a scene in a movie. She is beautiful. <br /><br />I can feel summer coming to a close as well. Soon the leaves will start to turn here in the mountains.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-87605035392629009452009-08-11T02:07:20.911+01:002009-08-11T02:07:20.911+01:00Oh I so love flutterbys.Oh I so love flutterbys.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13839233703215824172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-35398328399710184482009-08-11T01:56:39.381+01:002009-08-11T01:56:39.381+01:00Hello Bee -
How I envy your trip to glorious Spain...Hello Bee -<br />How I envy your trip to glorious Spain. Sounds as if you've been having a good summer. <br />I flipped over that first photo of your daughter - so gorgeous in every way: the hand on the tousled hair, the way she draped the fabric over one shoulder, the angle of the stripes. Just beautiful. And I was surprised when she faced the camera that she is so young. I thought it was going to be you! I loved dressing up too. Tell her I said, "Excellent styling!"<br />Catherineceeceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962254736526651858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-71585072563254997182009-08-11T01:34:09.316+01:002009-08-11T01:34:09.316+01:00Your daughter is the most beautiful butterfly of a...Your daughter is the most beautiful butterfly of all - with the fairy charm to turn a duvet into a gown. HAD to go to Jane Austen’s house – are you applying for that job? I LOVE that Edith Wharton quotation. Take it to heart. We can’t all have our castles. Fun to hear more about your Spain holiday below. I also enjoyed the Mae West quotation. Do you have a book of quotations or remember these perfect sayings?Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-56651944242046409492009-08-10T18:45:56.359+01:002009-08-10T18:45:56.359+01:00What an enterprising one your youngest daughter is...What an enterprising one your youngest daughter is! Sewing and knitting... I wasn't nearly that handy when I was her age. (Nor am I now--I can knit, but I'm still learning to sew.)<br /><br />Great pictures. She looks lovely!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338782102030629262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-28223395877933796012009-08-10T16:13:44.983+01:002009-08-10T16:13:44.983+01:00I think your daughter has a future in fashion desi...I think your daughter has a future in fashion design...A Modern Motherhttp://www.amodernmother.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-23240969992053514232009-08-10T16:03:55.345+01:002009-08-10T16:03:55.345+01:00Apparently we're having a deluge of butterflie...Apparently we're having a deluge of butterflies this summer. Butterflies and ladybirds. So far I've seen a few ladybirds on my windows, I'm still waiting for the butterflies.<br /><br />Lovely dress!Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085905065734027788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-42084479637722214782009-08-10T13:11:28.722+01:002009-08-10T13:11:28.722+01:00Thankyou so much for this lovely post - and the li...Thankyou so much for this lovely post - and the links both to Lucy's butterflies and the Jane Austen House. Her house at Chawton looks much like any house in Cambridge, with its neat gardens and careful rooms. Only the objects within give some idea of a different age - have you been to Kettle's Yard in Cambridge? It is wonderful!Shaistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259344471712162333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-127293539380975292009-08-10T02:38:53.650+01:002009-08-10T02:38:53.650+01:00What a lovely photo of your daughter. I'm watc...What a lovely photo of your daughter. I'm watching childhood speed up? wind down? for all mine and it's both heartbreaking and exciting.<br /><br />The image of the butterflies in your memory must be a thing to treasure. Happiness, like those butterflies can seem just out of our grasp, but maybe it's best to not grasp it and just know that it is there, no matter how fleeting.lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.com