tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post5832156852839911460..comments2024-03-29T07:51:08.192+00:00Comments on Corners of my Mind: Monday MiscellanyRosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-64006099393954852882018-02-21T19:41:07.052+00:002018-02-21T19:41:07.052+00:00Thank you Marie, glad you enjoyed the post. It see...Thank you Marie, glad you enjoyed the post. It seems ages since I had a Tunnock's tea cake, I remember having something similar when we were younger, my Mum used to buy them:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-79474638270501626802018-02-21T12:33:26.754+00:002018-02-21T12:33:26.754+00:00This is such an interesting post, Rosie. I’ve onl...This is such an interesting post, Rosie. I’ve only visited Chester once and it was many years ago, so thank you for sharing. That WWII tea room setting is terrific and I adore Tunnock’s tea cakes, so I’d be happy to join you for a cup of tea. I love your kingfisher photo - they can be a bit elusive, so you did well with this shot. Marie xCandytuft Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522342667927356588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-40871813570072348102018-02-17T09:16:35.070+00:002018-02-17T09:16:35.070+00:00I always find Chester fascinating and the Wirral t...I always find Chester fascinating and the Wirral too. We stayed on there a couple of years ago so we could travel across to Liverpool easily but found some lovely places to visit on the Wirral as well during our stay:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-59828962226933687172018-02-16T10:25:47.491+00:002018-02-16T10:25:47.491+00:00Such an interesting post! I love the photo of the ...Such an interesting post! I love the photo of the reflections in the millpond and the lillies in the glass house. How clever to get a kingfisher too! Chester is an interesting city - I'm actually from the Wirral so know it well. Thank you :)Coquetnatureloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17373488097315949265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-12664225985209171492018-02-16T08:24:49.472+00:002018-02-16T08:24:49.472+00:00Thank you Jean, glad you enjoyed them:)Thank you Jean, glad you enjoyed them:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-77404450838921561932018-02-15T21:38:01.475+00:002018-02-15T21:38:01.475+00:00Your pictures are fabulous. Enjoyable and interest...Your pictures are fabulous. Enjoyable and interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-48834149770495988472018-02-15T18:35:21.944+00:002018-02-15T18:35:21.944+00:00Indeed, thanks for letting me know, these things s...Indeed, thanks for letting me know, these things seem to affect each of us in a different way:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-34222498429191504752018-02-14T19:36:51.899+00:002018-02-14T19:36:51.899+00:00Just tried to comment, that your comments, coming ...Just tried to comment, that your comments, coming into my gmail, go to Spam. I check Spam and click them, NOT Spam. Anyway, my comment was not accepted or something.<br /><br />Your comments do Publish on my blog, and do not go into Blogger Spam though. Which is goooooood.<br /><br />Ahhhh, the twists and turns of blogging.<br /><br />We just have to keep telling each other, when funny things happen, I guess.<br /><br />Happy Valentine's Day!wisps of wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995057494013633705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-21301972105267662562018-02-14T19:03:24.758+00:002018-02-14T19:03:24.758+00:00How funny, I've just found your comment in spa...How funny, I've just found your comment in spam! Perhaps because it containes the word? I saw you had placed a comment on here because I had an e-mail and read it there but it didn't appear here, I've just found another one from a friend on a post I wrote just after Christmas which had gone into spam too. Some very strange things happening at the moment. The Kingfisher is such a wonderful colour isn't it?:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-86765504939620102852018-02-14T15:12:22.713+00:002018-02-14T15:12:22.713+00:00I always get 'whoops that's an error' ...I always get 'whoops that's an error' when I delete spam from the blog but it deletes it anyway! The kingfisher must have been such a wonderful sight. It looks like a tropical bird with its vivid blue feathers. xSimonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766240849932971541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-82493750231094276262018-02-14T13:50:04.751+00:002018-02-14T13:50:04.751+00:00Both places were an interesting shelter from the c...Both places were an interesting shelter from the cold and rain. We saw the kingfisher again on our walk today, it had come into the main part of the walk and was flitting along the side of the lake. Hope you see one, I love the streak of bright blue as they whiz by:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-5117765373960449452018-02-14T13:47:36.156+00:002018-02-14T13:47:36.156+00:00You are right about the ash trays. I can see the &...You are right about the ash trays. I can see the 'woman' in the war time cafe with a cigarette dangling from her lips whilst she serves tea!:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-61571043334822816002018-02-14T13:45:24.922+00:002018-02-14T13:45:24.922+00:00Thanks Louise. Glad you didn't have the error ...Thanks Louise. Glad you didn't have the error it was annoying for a few days but gone now. Chester is a fascinating place to visit hope you get there one day:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-9759781500678755382018-02-14T13:43:47.404+00:002018-02-14T13:43:47.404+00:00I can see how the Kingfisher is related to the Koo...I can see how the Kingfisher is related to the Kookaburra. The blogger problem seems to have disappeared now, hope it has for you too:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-40629517157589484482018-02-14T13:42:00.819+00:002018-02-14T13:42:00.819+00:00I love ammonites too, large or small and fossil se...I love ammonites too, large or small and fossil sea urchins. Chester is a lovely city with lots of interesting places to visit. A few with Roman connections of course. Glad you haven't had a problem with blogger all seems to be well now. Saw the kingfisher again today flying from tree to tree on the smaller of the two lakes I was so busy looking at a little chirpy robin that I nearly missed him:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-37522431864875693662018-02-14T13:38:07.308+00:002018-02-14T13:38:07.308+00:00Yes,you did and thank you for letting me know you ...Yes,you did and thank you for letting me know you had a problemI appreciated it as you alerted me to the fact it wasn't just my machine so I visited the help forum and found out it wasn't just this blog either. All seems okay now:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-397460789267072372018-02-14T13:36:11.593+00:002018-02-14T13:36:11.593+00:00The Musem seems to have got bigger since we last v...The Musem seems to have got bigger since we last visited, I think because of the extension into the house behind. We didn't go into the Cathedral this time but have been in there before. We once went in and sat through a bit of a rehearsal of Verdi's Requiem for a concert in the evening. It was wonderful:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-82531357986881691682018-02-14T13:34:11.527+00:002018-02-14T13:34:11.527+00:00The problem seems to have sorted itself now, it wa...The problem seems to have sorted itself now, it was annoying at the time. We saw the kingfisher again today it was flying from tree to tree on the main lake:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-72504066319741846152018-02-14T13:33:00.985+00:002018-02-14T13:33:00.985+00:00There were little plates of the tea cakes on the t...There were little plates of the tea cakes on the table, I haven't seen any of those for ages:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-4066806331266063732018-02-13T16:18:30.764+00:002018-02-13T16:18:30.764+00:00That hot house looks a perfect place to visit on a...That hot house looks a perfect place to visit on a frosty day as does the Chester museum. How lovely to see a kingfisher. I’m still on the hunt for one. Not sure I’m going to be as lucky. B xCoastal Rippleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355914194686166834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-26991176116167078862018-02-13T12:38:14.181+00:002018-02-13T12:38:14.181+00:00I like the look of that museum, though it looks as...I like the look of that museum, though it looks as though (along with every reconstructed room from the 20th century I've ever seen) there's something missing. Ashtrays - they used to be everywhere! So far my blog seems to be error free - apart from the ones I make!John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-1351875550404633232018-02-12T21:33:01.057+00:002018-02-12T21:33:01.057+00:00It's lovely to see a Monday Miscellany post! ...It's lovely to see a Monday Miscellany post! I've not been to any of the Chester museums (except a roman one on a school trip once) - I've not visited Chester at all but one day I'd like to. I've not yet seen the blog error you mentioned.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043065727770116407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-45192029042035143142018-02-12T20:37:28.498+00:002018-02-12T20:37:28.498+00:00Interesting photos & I do love the kingfisher,...Interesting photos & I do love the kingfisher, which is related to our kookaburra, though way more colourful. I too have the same error come up, but only with blogger, not wordpress or typepad, nor anyone running a blog through their own website. It must be a problem with blogspot, maybe. Take care.Susan Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945482062858126629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-33342420872931765252018-02-12T20:30:47.729+00:002018-02-12T20:30:47.729+00:00ps love the ammonites :)ps love the ammonites :)Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-77660206822516870822018-02-12T20:30:23.490+00:002018-02-12T20:30:23.490+00:00You do find some interesting places to visit Rosie...You do find some interesting places to visit Rosie. It is years since I have been to Chester - the museum there looks so interesting. Well done on spotting the Kingfisher :)<br /><br />I haven't had any problems accessing your blog or, touch wood, with my own. Hope Google sort it out soon.Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.com