tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post1470154458556309094..comments2024-03-26T11:42:04.114+00:00Comments on Positive Letters ... inspirational stories ...: Ghostly reappearance from under the dustsheets, or perhaps via the Ghostly Escalator ...Hilary Melton-Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-76515515859061034142014-01-28T12:00:27.613+00:002014-01-28T12:00:27.613+00:00Hi Diane .. no worries, and I did just check withi...Hi Diane .. no worries, and I did just check within Blogger but your earlier comment doesn't appear.<br /><br />Thanks for the birthday wishes .. and appreciate you returning! Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-16098523170840311742014-01-28T11:55:02.857+00:002014-01-28T11:55:02.857+00:00I left a message here before but as with many just...I left a message here before but as with many just recently it seems to have gone AWOL. Belated now - Happy Birthday. Have a good day Diane.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-64835704230667596922014-01-27T18:07:13.558+00:002014-01-27T18:07:13.558+00:00Hi Carole .. thanks for letting me know .. thinkin...Hi Carole .. thanks for letting me know .. thinking of you - HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-10647375757711325622014-01-26T17:51:35.225+00:002014-01-26T17:51:35.225+00:00Thank you, Hilary, operation worse than we expecte...Thank you, Hilary, operation worse than we expected, now a 10 day wait until a further biopsy result. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957545161716269528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-65158759662618132822014-01-20T18:45:57.094+00:002014-01-20T18:45:57.094+00:00@ Milo - into my sixth year .. I saw a tv programm...@ Milo - into my sixth year .. I saw a tv programme on it .. and it would be fascinating to visit .. but the $$ would be a little trying! I could start saving couldn't I?!<br /><br />@ Robyn - many thanks to both. You're so kind .. I appreciate your thoughts .. and if I've helped you along the way - then I'm glad I'm around.<br /><br />OK .. not chicken - it will be very cold, but we could buy lots of lovely new clothes to keep ourselves warm! <br /><br />Cheers to you both .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-71854389076825154442014-01-20T16:49:42.065+00:002014-01-20T16:49:42.065+00:00Happy late birthday, Hil. And congrads on 6 years....Happy late birthday, Hil. And congrads on 6 years. I'm so thankful that I met you. You have been a shining light in my life. I so want to see that ice hotel. That would be the coolest! See? Some Americans aren't chicken. Hahahaha.<br /><br /><3 you, pal.Robyn Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-73569072306397563342014-01-19T23:58:53.228+00:002014-01-19T23:58:53.228+00:006 years? Well done. I've always wanted to chec...6 years? Well done. I've always wanted to check out that ice hotel. Maybe you can go on your next birthday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-48457273050738497062014-01-19T09:08:41.799+00:002014-01-19T09:08:41.799+00:00@ Robin - thank you I'll be over
@ Ros - many...@ Robin - thank you I'll be over<br /><br />@ Ros - many thanks .. that's a really nice thought to share my day with your father. <br /><br />I'm looking forward to next weekend .. when I hope my dust will have mostly settled and I'll be nearly normal again ... <br /><br />@ Shelley - many thanks .. and I hope this year will be a successful one for us all ..<br /><br />Cheers to you all - it's lovely and sunny here .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-32280589199882435592014-01-18T19:03:08.885+00:002014-01-18T19:03:08.885+00:00Happy Belated Birthday! Hope this year brings you ...Happy Belated Birthday! Hope this year brings you wonderful things! :)Shelley Slyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981620646634240160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-70766277398007294632014-01-18T16:02:06.081+00:002014-01-18T16:02:06.081+00:00Happy birthday, Hilary. You share the same birth d...Happy birthday, Hilary. You share the same birth date as my dear father. Hope you have a lovely meet up with your goddaughters. I hate having work done in the home, all that dust! Don't work too had clearing it up.Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-80505748319038180202014-01-18T14:52:42.141+00:002014-01-18T14:52:42.141+00:00I dedicates something on Friday's HERE'S T...I dedicates something on Friday's HERE'S TO YOU post. I hope you like it.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-67699775557394201352014-01-18T08:04:45.960+00:002014-01-18T08:04:45.960+00:00@ Elise - thanks it seems like yesterday but cover...@ Elise - thanks it seems like yesterday but covered most of my mother's illness .. made that easier to bear.<br /><br />I agree - I'd rather be closer to some warming sun .. but it must be an amazing place to visit .. <br /><br />@ Jannie - no worries .. I've always stretched my birthday a little .. and I seem to be stretching the return of the dust-sheets ... getting cupboards re-sorted is proving a slow fairly unmethodical process .. still it is happening .. <br /><br />The cost of these beautiful places is, I'm sure, well worth the $$ spent - just that most of us don't them to splash or slide around on!<br /><br />We certainly met via Barbara Swafford and isn't it a wonderful journey of discovery .. our blogging world.<br /><br />Thanks Jannie for your wonderful comment and lots of hugs back from Hardwick and I to BB, you and the Funsterment Gang .. <br /><br />Lovely to see you Elise and Jannie .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-2318476405746122502014-01-17T18:02:26.440+00:002014-01-17T18:02:26.440+00:00Oh, yes and happy blogging anniversary indeed. You...Oh, yes and happy blogging anniversary indeed. You and I started right about the same time. Still so so grateful to have met with you via Barbara Swafford. My life is all the more beautiful with you in it.<br /><br />xoxooxoxoxoxo againJannie Funsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595786402510366043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-69028479522948784682014-01-17T18:01:02.094+00:002014-01-17T18:01:02.094+00:00Happy Happy Birthday, a bit late, my dust-sheeted ...Happy Happy Birthday, a bit late, my dust-sheeted friend. <br /><br />All a bit topsy-turvey, but in the name of improvements for your domicile.<br /><br />I saw that Ice Hotel on a documentary. And it's a fair price to stay there! I think my $$$ for vacation would go to some other locale before an icy realm. :)To each his own!<br /><br />Thinking of you a lot!! Big hugs from BB, Me and the Funsterment Gang.<br /><br />oxoxoxoxooxoxoJannie Funsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595786402510366043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-63236984772889303402014-01-17T13:17:07.959+00:002014-01-17T13:17:07.959+00:00Happy Blogging Birthday to you! Going on six years...Happy Blogging Birthday to you! Going on six years is fantastic. I'm almost into my third year of blogging and the time sure does fly by. £1 million just to recreate the icehotel each year? That sounds crazy to me. In any event, too cold for my taste, I'd be happier closer to the equator. (: Elise Fallsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14734537117333738468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-91961829190811082072014-01-17T07:56:58.486+00:002014-01-17T07:56:58.486+00:00@ Gattina - thank you .. the ghostly escalators we...@ Gattina - thank you .. the ghostly escalators were just a nom de plume for the escalators being replaced. Congratulations on your longevity of blogging ..<br /><br />@ Nas - lovely to see you and thank you .. <br /><br />@ Sara - it was very quiet as was the blogaversary .. and I'm still moving stuff around .. boxing and coxing .. still the dust-sheets are off.<br /><br />Just glad you enjoyed it - we use white goods here for stoves, washing machines etc .. on the ground floor they do smaller electricals and some technical bits ... I had some guy watching me get up and I hardly made it off the floor!<br /><br />London will be fun ... I'm looking forward to it .. <br /><br />@ Stina - thank you .. and how extraordinary you're writing about Rovaniemi (and it does show on the map - doesn't it) ... but it is funny how we come across one subject and it keeps popping up in some form or other .. <br /><br />@ Juliet - thank you .. it doesn't seem that long, but 5 years is a while isn't it.<br /><br />Glad you had a chance to get away and have a break in the sun ... sounds wonderful!!<br /><br />Innards - I've always enjoyed looking, but then I can't put them together again!! So when I see something that's slightly different I'll look .. which is why those escalators enticed me ... only to find, sadly, they weren't for viewing any more. I do love pretty watches and clocks where we can see the workings work .. <br /><br />Thanks so much to you all .. cheers for now - back to some cleaning up! Normality is slowly returning .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-85502826551760955052014-01-17T06:45:53.761+00:002014-01-17T06:45:53.761+00:00Happy birthday Hilary, and congratulations on 6 ye...Happy birthday Hilary, and congratulations on 6 years of blogging. That's quite something! I'm just catching up after being away on summer holidays, so nice to return to this post. Were you always interested in innards? I was always fascinated by the insides of clocks - loved seeing the cogs connecting with each other.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-5222004413004744272014-01-17T00:24:44.217+00:002014-01-17T00:24:44.217+00:00Happy birthday, Hilary.
It's ironic that you ...Happy birthday, Hilary.<br /><br />It's ironic that you post about the ice hotel. I'm currently writing a scene that takes place in Rovaniemi (check out your map). :DStinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-56319183194910398762014-01-16T21:56:10.517+00:002014-01-16T21:56:10.517+00:00Well, I'm late for the date, but I hope it was...Well, I'm late for the date, but I hope it was a very special birth day!! Also, congratulations on the blogaversary:~)<br /><br />Oh, construction can easily drive you crazy. It's good you'll be getting out back to normal soon. <br /><br />By the way, this was a fun post to read. I liked the part about going to the white goods store (that's a new term for me) and checking out the pink innards. You had me giggling imagining you taking the pictures.<br /><br />I do hope you enjoy your time in London!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15995684156785464334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-1956783197649909632014-01-16T19:13:43.973+00:002014-01-16T19:13:43.973+00:00Wishing you a very happy birthday, Hilary!
NasWishing you a very happy birthday, Hilary!<br /><br />NasRomance Reader https://www.blogger.com/profile/10633164931292182035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-7009975125284624942014-01-16T16:31:08.118+00:002014-01-16T16:31:08.118+00:00A very happy birthday to you Hilary !!
I have neve...A very happy birthday to you Hilary !!<br />I have never heard about the "Ghostly escalators" ! I hope you had a nice birthday I am also an "old" blogger I started in 2006 !Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-65506401081011860252014-01-16T08:02:09.982+00:002014-01-16T08:02:09.982+00:00@ Julie - the dust is taking its time to settle, o...@ Julie - the dust is taking its time to settle, or rather the unwrapping of things underneath!<br /><br />The weekend with the god-daughters will be great fun .. <br /><br />@ Lisa - Monday is never a great day for birthdays .. but I can always string mine out!<br /><br />I must write about some of my visits .. so many to put up .. but it's great you're happy sharing this life vicariously with me .. <br /><br />Just tidying up, rather than renovating .. but it's better I'm glad to say .. <br /><br />@ Morning AJ - good to see you .. it'd be so interesting to read a post about your stay at the Ice hotel .. I bet it was a once in a lifetime visit .. but you've done it.<br /><br />@ Stephen - many thanks .. I did think about the wormhole at the end of the ghostly escalators too .. plenty of worms under London! <br /><br />@ Lee - yes here's to a fabulous year for us all .. but I really don't want to freeze my butt off either .. so I'll stay here and be warm. Would be an amazing experience though ... <br /><br />@ Pam - many thanks .. lovely to see you .. and so pleased you enjoy the postings .. <br /><br />@ DG - thanks for coming over from Inger .. and yes - the journey along the way is magical and interesting!<br /><br />I bought Neverwhere .. probably on your recommendation .. and to see what he'd said about the tube - better get it out and read all about it .. I'm sure he'd have mentioned the many tunnels, old routes etc around the tube lines ...<br /><br />.. my 'ghostly' escalators were just a tag line for the blog post .. which amused me! I could imagine Scrooge's ghosts wandering the tube lines ... lots of authors and film producers have used these closed tunnels in various forms in their creative works .. <br /><br />@ Sandie - thanks for your wishes et al - I think the ice hotel has been featured on various media sites ... I've certainly seen a programme on it, and noted an article in a travel insert ... <br /><br />@ Donna - many thanks .. and glad you enjoyed my take on the escalating ghosts ..<br /><br />Thanks everyone - cheers from a gloomy grey South Coast .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-27920864330505276992014-01-16T07:24:18.437+00:002014-01-16T07:24:18.437+00:00Happy Birthday to you Hilary. This was a super fun...Happy Birthday to you Hilary. This was a super fun post. So many interesting ghosts, lol.<br /><br />.......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-62522251549827802952014-01-16T02:16:31.201+00:002014-01-16T02:16:31.201+00:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
Happy Blog anniversary to ...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!<br /><br />Happy Blog anniversary to you - 6 years.<br /><br />You know I read about that ice motel in a magazine - maybe a travel magazine.<br /><br />I hope you have a great birthday.<br /><br />sandie<br /><br />Chatty Cronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02232040517217024681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-21006483145975380202014-01-16T02:15:59.886+00:002014-01-16T02:15:59.886+00:00Happy Belated Birthday, Hilary! It's not the n...Happy Belated Birthday, Hilary! It's not the number that counts, it's the fun you have in between each one.<br /><br />Inger mentioned your ghostly escalators - are they part of that 'Neverwhere' tube line that Neil Gaimon wrote about? D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.com