tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post4153375430595056826..comments2024-02-26T00:16:00.996+00:00Comments on Ramblings from an English Garden: October Musings and FliesBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05799594980600477320noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-50293857711992569892008-10-30T08:28:00.000+00:002008-10-30T08:28:00.000+00:00Oh how exciting for you! Congratulations! I am do...Oh how exciting for you! Congratulations! I am doubly excited, because we both will be new grandmother’s this spring. Puddin Toes is going to have a sibling also; I think the beginning of May. Wooohooo for us!!!!a woman who ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17136374470040601602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-39966016119982705312008-10-25T00:42:00.000+01:002008-10-25T00:42:00.000+01:00how I love scones!! Those look so yummy.Congrats o...how I love scones!! Those look so yummy.<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the new grandchild!Mmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379020705220234984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-22739056282121807642008-10-23T05:17:00.000+01:002008-10-23T05:17:00.000+01:00Oh, you cracked me up with this post ...first the ...Oh, you cracked me up with this post ...first the fly and then the dust. You seem to live such a charmed life (at least in my imagination) with all the lovely photos that imagining you trying to rid your mouth of a fly ...or having not dusted... gave me great comfort that you're a lot more like me than I thought. He he! And then there's the debit card thing... good advice for us. I have had to cancel 2 credit cards previously due to online fraud, so this makes a lot of sense to me. A camcorder? What nerve!<BR/><BR/>Super Grandmother congratulations to you!<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>ChristiCharm and Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930920593855400694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-54760231684836127962008-10-22T04:47:00.000+01:002008-10-22T04:47:00.000+01:00Glad you caught the extra charge on your statement...Glad you caught the extra charge on your statement. Now I'm going to look mine over a little bit more carefully. <BR/>Ugh, yuck the bug in your mouth. Glad you got it before it went down the hatch :)<BR/>That raisin shortbread looks so decadent. Mmmm yummy with a nice cup of tea (green tea for me)Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054187209428838640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-46995926115678479562008-10-19T19:33:00.000+01:002008-10-19T19:33:00.000+01:00Wonderful news - a new baby to cuddle! I like the ...Wonderful news - a new baby to cuddle! <BR/><BR/>I like the new blog look - are those photos from your own garden?<BR/><BR/>So much information in your post, eating flies, raisin shortbread, bank scams...and all very interesting!Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-49336329382379381942008-10-19T18:28:00.000+01:002008-10-19T18:28:00.000+01:00I am glad you left the recipe of this special shor...I am glad you left the recipe of this special shortbread (I am fond of shortbreads!), it will be added to my collection. I am also glad that it was't a bee flying into your throat, though the other "thing" isn't "comfortable" either. That's a bad thing with your debit card, but this can happen as I already heard from other friends. What wonderful news about your second grandchild.<BR/>Have a good week, Barbara, and take care.<BR/>BarbaraBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062381754017907653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-39372107493530709492008-10-19T17:41:00.000+01:002008-10-19T17:41:00.000+01:00Sorry to hear about your internet troubles. We wen...Sorry to hear about your internet troubles. We went to court this week as a 17 year old is running an on-line business and refused to pay for work my husband had done. We checked that he was the owner of the site using "who is". According to law as he is under 18 he cannot be held to any contract he makes. This does unfortunately mean that if he chooses to take people's money and not deliver the goods there is nothing a UK court can do. I worry for any customers he may have as they wont know they aren't protected.<BR/><BR/>Now a happier note. Congratulations on your wonderful news!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-78874910224832750772008-10-19T07:17:00.000+01:002008-10-19T07:17:00.000+01:00Hi Barbara. Thanks for coming to say hello. Congra...Hi Barbara. Thanks for coming to say hello. Congratulations on the coming baby. They are just what we need in this crazy old world, aren't they?<BR/><BR/>Hester<BR/><BR/>PS Your shortbread photo has made me hungry!hesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11704387657735915636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-47273731189375920652008-10-19T06:59:00.000+01:002008-10-19T06:59:00.000+01:00I've had gnats end up in my mouth when out walking...I've had gnats end up in my mouth when out walking and I start spitting like crazy. Congratulations on the coming grandbaby. Not a better feeling in the world.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041872314763651462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-20799974651345043402008-10-19T05:49:00.000+01:002008-10-19T05:49:00.000+01:00Congratulations on your expected new grandbaby!I h...Congratulations on your expected new grandbaby!<BR/>I had heard of the dangers of using a debit card for online purchases as the same thing happened to one of my brothers (he was not held responsible for the unauthorized usage)<BR/>Your raisin shortbread looks and sounds much more appealing than flies!<BR/>hugsSusiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024132046092264711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-13955615080864763012008-10-19T01:53:00.000+01:002008-10-19T01:53:00.000+01:00Oh those nasty bugs! So glad you had your water w...Oh those nasty bugs! So glad you had your water with you! And about your debit card, that's terrible. I will pray you are able to straighten it out and thank you for the friendly warning. <BR/><BR/>On a more cheerful note, I am so happy for you about your new and upcoming grandbaby. How exciting!<BR/><BR/>And that pie looks scrumptious. Speaking of pies and flies (no pun intended), my husband loves a pie that is local to the PA Dutch community in Pennsylvania, USA. We live about 2 hours from Lancaster area but the diners around here do a pretty good imitation. It is called "Shoo-Fly Pie". No flies in it, but it's a sticky mixture with molasses and brown sugar and I guess people had to "shoo" the flies away it is so good.<BR/><BR/>Have a great weekend!Susan Skitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871921369901815459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-85871600973896090082008-10-18T23:15:00.000+01:002008-10-18T23:15:00.000+01:00Oh, this made me so hungry! I make shortbread duri...Oh, this made me so hungry! I make shortbread during the holidays, but this with the raisins looks heavenly. I'm taking the recipe with me! Thanks so much!<BR/><BR/>And congratulations on being a Grandma again! <BR/><BR/>Smart thinking on the fly...ick!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-47413891032254873672008-10-18T21:42:00.000+01:002008-10-18T21:42:00.000+01:00Hearty congratulations to you and Alan on the news...Hearty congratulations to you and Alan on the news of a new grandbaby. Oliver will love having a little sibling to play with.<BR/><BR/>YUCK on the bug. You described it especially well I might add. <BR/><BR/>Double yuck on the use of your debit card. I didn't know that about the use of a debit card online either so thanks for that. Hope that it all got righted around.<BR/><BR/>That raisin shortbread looks scrumptious. I enjoy a raisin pie so I'm sure that I would have no trouble devouring that. Must snag it while I'm thinking of it.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-56173813305155813612008-10-18T21:12:00.000+01:002008-10-18T21:12:00.000+01:00Ah, time to get out the knitting needles and creat...Ah, time to get out the knitting needles and create some pretty baby things! <BR/><BR/>Your shortbread looks very delicious. Shortbread is a favorite of mine, but I've never had it stuffed with raisins. Homemade is always the best!<BR/><BR/>I'm sure the bug was just as glad to get out of there as you were to get rid of him.<BR/><BR/>I appreciate the debit card reminder. I use mine at the grocery store and probably should not do even that. I think I'm switching to the credit card even there! You can't be too careful these days.Sara at Come Away With Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677354270954094291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-33331904051493783322008-10-18T20:43:00.000+01:002008-10-18T20:43:00.000+01:00Oh my!!! Lots of news in this one. Congratulatio...Oh my!!! Lots of news in this one. Congratulations on being a grandmother again and for Oliver getting a sibling. Being raise almost as an only child I believe in siblings!!!! One of the reason I had 4 children.<BR/><BR/>About the bug thing....ugh!! I've heard of this type thing before but so far have escaped such an event.<BR/><BR/>Will the bank correct the debit card misuse are you just "out"? I try and check our bank accounts, and the one credit card we use for everything and pay off once a month, on a daily basis. So as to catch such an event.<BR/>SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11360047123820906113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-78676260472683537042008-10-18T19:22:00.000+01:002008-10-18T19:22:00.000+01:00Congratulations, Barbara, on the anticipated arriv...Congratulations, Barbara, on the anticipated arrival of another grandbaby! Aren't we grandmothers the most blessed of all people? I shuddered at the thought of the fly in your mouth. Good thinking! And I'm so sorry someone used your debit card. Thank you for the information about the use of my debit card online. I won't keep doing that anymore. Your raisin shortbread looks absolutely delicious. Wouldn't it be fun to live close enough to chat over some tea and shortbread?<BR/>~Adrienne~Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401476871614514660noreply@blogger.com