As the year draws to an end I should like to thank you all, dear friends and followers, for your support during my first year of weblogging.
May I take this opportunity of wishing you all a joyful Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
I shall look forward to resuming commenting and posting early in 2011.
P.S. The 'Madonna and Child' is by Barbara Hepworth and is to be found in the Church of St. la, the Parish Church of St. Ives, Cornwall. It is a memorial to her son, Paul Skeaping, who was killed in an air crash in 1953.
85 comments:
Hello Edith. Best wishes to you too for a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year ahead.
dear edith,
i has been my pleasure reading all your posts. i am so very glad i found you. happy holidays!
~janet
Dear Edith, I always enjoy your blogs enormously & love that you take the time to comment on my occasional rush of mediocrity. have a joyous Christmas & New Year.
Dearest Edith, I wish for you the merry Christmas and an abundant New Year...
I am thrilled that I have found your blog...a true diamond
Dear Edith, I love Barbara Hepworth. She was an extraordinary woman and artist. This is a very moving piece . . . a poignant memorial. I hope you enjoy your break and that you have a wonderful Christmas and New Years! It has been so delightful learning about you and your part of the world through your unique and excellent blog. I look forward to sharing more in 2011!
Dear Edith, it has been such a pleasure reading your posts this past year. I wish you a joyous holiday season and a very Happy Christmas. :)
Edith, it's you we should be thanking. I am always thrilled to get a comment from you; always witty, sometimes cheeky and never, ever mundane. You've made my blogging experience so much richer. I hope that you have a most wonderful Christmas and a relaxing break with people you love. kxx
Dear Edith, That sculpture is beautiful and moving. I have so much enjoyed your posts and comments throughout the year - you have a unique voice and I look forward to your return in the coming year. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too Edith!
As a yearly visitor of St. Ives, Cornwall, it's endearing to see that statue. Barbara Hepworth Museum is a must see if in that area, I love her work and her small Cornish garden.
Enjoy your very well deserved break Edith. I've enjoyed every one of your posts this year. I look forward to reading many more in 2011. Merry Christmas, and a very Happy New Year to you!
What a wonderful sculpture. Thank you for sharing it. Merry Christmas!
And thank you Edith for your posts and comments throughout the year. The madonna is quite lovely. Best wishes to you for Christmas. Kathy
It has been a pleasure to get to know you through your blog and insightful writing. I will surely follow you in 2011. Have a wondrous holiday and I wish you the best in the coming year.
Warm wishes for a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year. I have been enjoying your blog tremendously and hearing about your friends. I look forward to more of the same next year. -Patty
Dear Edith, i have so enjoyed reading your blog and your comments! May you have a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year!
Merry Christmas to you. And may the the New Year bring you love, health and peace. xx
Edith it has been a great year spending time over here on your blog. May you have a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Wishing you peace and joy at Christmas and during 2011 dear Edith.
Merry Christmas, to you Edith. I am glad I met you in the blogosphere. Looking forward to future posts and your most interesting perspectives.
This sculpture is a lasting tribute. It reminds me of the soapstone carvings of the Inuit.
you came to my blog late...and I to yours....but I look forward in reading your word agaon soon!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edith, may you prosper in the New Year and look back with me and realize how much we both have learned about blogging (I began at about the same time as you).
It is so much more than putting our fingers to the keyboard, it is about who we are.
Have a wonderful holiday season!
Eileen
Hi Edith, Wishing your family and friends a HAPPY CHRISTMAS also. Enjoy what the season has to offer it is so beautiful now. Have a good evening......Julian
Dear Edith, I wish you Peace, Love, and Joy this Christmas season and for 2011. Pamela x
Edith, I am very glad we have met here in blogland, and I enjoy your posts and learning bits and bobs about you. This sculpture is profoundly beautiful; thank you for sharing the photo and the story of how it came to be sculpted.
Edith,
It has been wonderful to make your blog acquaintance in recent weeks. I look forward to many more exchanges in the new year and wish you a joyful holiday!
~Rebecca
Your myriad of grand fans are blessed to know you, dearest Edith. You are a perfect present ... one that keeps on giving, knowing each visit, with rich story, will surely enlighten and bring a smile :) Wishing you too, dear friend, a joyful Christmas season and peaceful New Year. Enjoy :)
Merry Christmas, Edith! The Madonna and Child are exquisite in their simplicity. I look forward to the New Year and reading your take on life, gardening, and the world.
Edith,
I hope that you hav a wonderful festive holiday.
I do so love reading your blog and am so happy when you leave comments on mine.
The sculpture is lovely and what a lasting tribute to her son.
See you in the New Year here!
Dear Edith ~ I always enjoy reading your posts and comments. You are an interesting woman and I'm glad that you share your experiences through your weblog for all to enjoy. Also, thank you for all the support that you have given me. Have a wonderful Christmas and happy New Year! ~Amy
Dear Edith: Happy Holidays to you! Your blogs and comments are always entertaining. Looking forward to interacting more in the New Year!
Have a lovely and blessed Christmas Edith. I look forward to seeing you in blogland later.
Dear Edith, I hope you have a lovely Christmas. It has been great to share thoughts this year. Tim
Merry Christmas n A very Happy Holidays ahead.....Enjoy!
Merry Christmas Edith. UDG
Merry Christmas! I hope you have a great holiday!
Dear Edith, thank you for all the pleasure your blogs posts have given - interesting, diverse, controversial, witty and highly orgininal. And thank you too for your time and effort in visiting my blog to leave your kind words
Happy Christmas and look forward to your posts for 2011
Best wishes,
Laura
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Edith! The Hepworth sculpture is wonderful.
I always read your blogs with great relish. They are both informative and highly entertaining. Seasons greeting to you. Louise
Dear Edith,
The best wishes to you too. I hope you will have a Happy Christmas and a sparkling new start of the year! Thank you for your friendship. It means a lot to me.
Veel plezier!
Lieve groet, Madelief
Merry Christmas! :)
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and am delighted to have discovered your blog. It is always a real pleasure to read, both for its style and its content!
Elizabeth
Dear Edith,
It has been such a joy to read your posts over the past year. They have been informative, fun nd so interesting and thank you so much for your comments and support over at mine.
....and the Barbara Hepworth Madonna and Child is the perfect image. Such a stunning piece.
Have the most beautiful and magical Christmas and New Year and I look forward to what is ahead in your posts in 2011. With much love. XXXX
Merry Christmas Edith, you weave a warm, witty and stylish thread throughout the blogosphere. I look forward to meeting you again next year.
Dear Edith,
Hope your holiday season is filled with happiness. Merry Christmas & a happy New Year.
It has been a pleasure joining you and reading your posts!
I hope you get to do many more years of blogging.
Happy holidays!
Dear Edith, thank you for your wonderful heartfelt, thoughtful and informative blog! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
With the kindest wishes for you Britta
Dear Edith,Your writing is very inspirational, Myra and I also wish you a very happy Christmas and new year. Alistair
Dear Edith...A very happy Christmas to you and yours! I have enjoyed your blog tremendously and can't wait to read more in 2011!
H.H.
P.S...I fogot to say...What a gorgeous sculpture! I was very moved by it.
H.H.
A happy Christmas to you and yours and best wishes for the new year. I look forward to reading future posts.
Your posts are wonderful and I look forward to reading more of them in 2011!
Dear Edith,
Season's Greetings and blessings!
Gosh, it's getting chilly round here
so I was thrilled to read your entry below about the TEA SHOP --one of the delights of the civilized world.
And decorated in eau-de-nil too --such a lovely name for a splendidly timid but charming color.
Anyway I look forward to lots of thoughtful blog entries in the new year.....
Dear Edith, hope you have a merry christmas too. St Ives is one of my most favourite places to be. We are off to Arcachon to be with our French family. Look forward to hearing from you soon. Michael
Dear Edith, , May you have a wonderful Christmas, filled with love and laughter. See you next year x
Dear Edith,
I wanted to stop by and tell you that if I don't see you before Christmas ;)... many blessings to you! It has been wonderful to share with you this past year and I look forward to 2011.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. jim and pat
Edith, thank you for all your fascinating, erudite posts. Have a wonderful Christmas and a fabulous New Year.
Best wishes, Victoria
Dear Edith, I hope that you have a wonderful Christmas and I look forward to your posts in the new year. Jennifer
Dearest One: I wish you a Happy Christmas (using the English terminology here) and hope that it is all that you wish it to be. With felicitous greetings I am your humble servant, Reggie
Dear Edith,
Thank you for your wonderful friendship over this past year. You are a treasure!
Have yourself a very Happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year ahead. See you in 2011!
Jeanne
xox
Merry Christmas to you, dear friend. May you feel of the love and peace that Christmas represents.
Happy Christmas, Edith. You certainly seem to have launched into blogging in a big way!
Esther
Dear Edith,
Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Lots of very warm regards,
Ingrid
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
Happy Christmas Edith!!! I hope you have a wonderful holiday with your family and loved ones. All my best!!
It's very late on Christmas Eve to be commenting, isn't it?! Well, I had a teeny gap in my list of Things To Do so I thought I'd come and check to see if you'd posted again - and you have!
Happy Christmas!!
Sarahx
Dear Edith, Thanks for being such a great blog friend. I wish you a Merry Christmas!
~ Julie
Dear Edith,
Now that Christmas Day 2010 is upon us, I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you a most joyous day. I hope this day has brought you much and will be carried as fond memories in the years to come.
I think back at this holiday season and reflect how your wit and charm in both posting and commenting twinkle and sparkle like tinsel on the tree.
May the coming New Year hold many grand and wonderful adventures for you. - G
Dear Edith, I wish you a great holiday season and a healthy, happy New Year.
I have enjoyed reading your post and glad that we met via Blotanical. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011!
Hi Edith, your blog and unique cyber presence certainly enhanced my blog-life in 2010, and who knows what wonders await us in 2011?????? Happy New Year - cheers, catmint
Dear Edith, So happy to have found your beautifully expressive and thoughtful blog! Wishing you a blessed and happy New Year...and looking forward to discovering more with you in 2011.
Happy New Year!!! I hope it started off with laughter and fun. Hugs from Arizona!!
Dear Edith, I hope you are well, missing your posts and hope you are on holiday.
Dear Alistair, Thank you so much for your kind message. I know that I have taken a rather extended Christmas break but I hope to resume my postings in mid January. I do so hope that you and your family enjoyed a very Happy Christmas and that the New Year will be peaceful and joyful for you all.
Slightly belated Christmas wishes to you, Edith, and all the best for this new year! I hope if you were travelling that the weather travails didn't hamper you, and that this will be a blooming and bountiful year for you.
New Year's resolution is to follow more blogs in 2011.
You are of course at the top of my list!
Best for 2011.
R
Missing you, Edith. Hope you are well, and warm and happy.
Dear Edith,
I do hope that you are well? Knowing that a lot of trivial things can keep one from writing a post, I hope it is just that and my mind will be at rest. Just miss your wonderful posts! Kind wishes Britta
Dear Britta, Thank you so much for your kind comment. Life just does seem very busy at present, so it is taking me a while to get back into the swing of all things weblog wise. Perhaps soon I shall be on the airwaves once more. Happy New Year to you and your family!
"Life just does seem very busy at present", dear Edith. We seem to have less time with each passing day the older I get and realize the answer is always priority.
While perusing the world headlines this morning, I happened to think of you and decided to pop on over to make a quick "check". Now that I see all appears well on your end, I will head out for for my morning swim and anxiously return and re-pot some seedlings.
We will see you when time is available. :)
Hi lovely Edith,
I'm missing you. Please come back soon.
Thank you SO much for your LinkedIn invitation. I don't have an account with them so I haven't responded but it was my first ever invitation and I felt extremely important to have received it.
I hope you had a good Christmas and are enjoying your extended blogging break...but just wanted to let you know that I'm looking forward to hopefully hearing from you again (well, you try and write that to sound natural without splitting the infinitive!!).
Sarahxxx
Hello Edith--I hope you are having a great start to this new year. I trust you are keeping busy with traveling, indoor gardening, garden book (and other book) reading...and hopefully lots of good food and dining experiences, with a few close friends thrown in from time to time, as well:-) I hope you are well and looking forward to a wonderful year ahead!!
Dear Edith,
I just left a comment to your questions on my blog!
Madelief
Dear Madelief, Welcome back and thank you. I shall be going over to look.
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