tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post366727453815952672..comments2024-03-28T11:58:31.717+00:00Comments on Positive Letters ... inspirational stories ...: The Magic Steps of Life … Hilary Melton-Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-15573320146928513072020-01-22T10:30:02.315+00:002020-01-22T10:30:02.315+00:00Thanks Michael - excellent to see you here ... and...Thanks Michael - excellent to see you here ... and yes the years do fly. Good for you ... any long-distance-duration blogging is pretty amazing I think - but it's such a great way to get to know other parts of the world and people with different voices.<br /><br />So glad you enjoy your visits here ... in fact I don't travel that far now-a-days ... but am always happy to know I've pleased with the stories I tell.<br /><br />Thanks - I really appreciate the complement ... I try and stay positive and outward looking ... and yes a great year for us all - and I hope happy and healthy too ... take care and thanks so much for popping by - cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-71781313715936581992020-01-21T20:38:13.668+00:002020-01-21T20:38:13.668+00:00Hi Hilary!
Happy Blogger birthday and birthday~ H...Hi Hilary!<br /><br />Happy Blogger birthday and birthday~ How amazing! The years do fly, don't they? For me it's almost 11 years blogging. So I am not far behind. Such a different blogosphere now from back then. I remember posting daily for the first few years as so many of us did back then. Now I am lucky to post once a month. We have all been torn in different directions and life has become so tiresome and complicated...but every time I visit your blog, I don't feel that way at all~ You live you life so beautifully bopping around the British Isles and keeping us all agog from your many adventures and historical accounts. BRAVO! Let's hope and pray you continue to do so because you do bring a bright light to the blogosphere whether you realize it or not.<br /><br />Happy new year and new decade to you, too! May it be as wonderful and exciting as you wish it to be~Michael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-82335288240416081982020-01-21T08:13:27.997+00:002020-01-21T08:13:27.997+00:00Thanks Lynda - lovely to see you ... and always de...Thanks Lynda - lovely to see you ... and always delighted to receive happiest wishes! Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-41208866357216233392020-01-21T04:51:45.310+00:002020-01-21T04:51:45.310+00:00Happiest of happy birthdays to you, Hilary! A week...Happiest of happy birthdays to you, Hilary! A week late but no less sincere.Lynda Dietzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442214431341019380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-46723028236404445132020-01-18T12:24:37.787+00:002020-01-18T12:24:37.787+00:00@ Silvia – many thanks … I will hope to keep enlig...@ Silvia – many thanks … I will hope to keep enlightening you with my posts … <br /><br />@ Linda – yes it was a good chatty time and fun to sit by the sea … <br /><br />@ Elsie – many thanks it’s been a fun week … and I’m not sure how much we looked at the crashing waves – but it was a good time … <br /><br />@ Debby – thank you … taking all week so far – but fine by me! I hope there’ll be many more … <br /><br />@ Bazza – ne-er mind! I’m happy with late thoughts too … <br /><br />@ Jess – thanks … have had a good week … and, I know I honestly never ever thought I’d still be here blogging away – it’s the camaraderie of friends that keeps us around … <br /><br />So glad you noted the Welsh poet – now I must find out more about him and the others … and the form ‘englyn’ …<br /><br />Thanks for all your birthday wishes and for being here – cheers from a beautiful sunny day in Eastbourne town! Hilary<br />Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-21851874734800458442020-01-18T00:08:30.208+00:002020-01-18T00:08:30.208+00:00So glad you had a nice birthday. Amazing to think ...So glad you had a nice birthday. Amazing to think you have been blogging for so long. I always love reading your posts. <br /><br />Hope you had a lovely lunch with your friends and thanks for the introduction to the Welsh poet. :) <br />~JessDMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-62441665924507187342020-01-17T11:54:54.704+00:002020-01-17T11:54:54.704+00:00Late again! Happy Birthday Hilary.
CLICK HERE for...Late again! Happy Birthday Hilary.<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s ultimately unthinkable Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-41019840713284191292020-01-17T01:41:37.286+00:002020-01-17T01:41:37.286+00:00I hope you had a wonderful day Hilary. Happy 12 ye...I hope you had a wonderful day Hilary. Happy 12 years and here's to many more!!! <3D.G. Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292901895982357952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-18645673815996786142020-01-16T15:33:55.270+00:002020-01-16T15:33:55.270+00:00I hope you enjoyed your birthday! Spending it with...I hope you enjoyed your birthday! Spending it with friends while looking at the water sounds wonderful to me! Have a fantastic weekend!<br /><br /><a href="https://helpingpartnersofsexaddictsheal.org/" rel="nofollow">Elsie </a><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-69077677034909169542020-01-16T14:52:03.832+00:002020-01-16T14:52:03.832+00:00Happy Birthday to you! Lunch with friends overlook...Happy Birthday to you! Lunch with friends overlooking the water sounds like a lovely way to celebrate. Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349143005152545854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-20300751028790294602020-01-16T00:27:15.566+00:002020-01-16T00:27:15.566+00:00Happy birthday, Hilary, and many more to come.
Ke...Happy birthday, Hilary, and many more to come. <br />Keep writing and delighting us with your beautiful posts. <br />Cheers.Silvia Writeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437144517262211712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-35835276032237346572020-01-15T08:25:33.207+00:002020-01-15T08:25:33.207+00:00@ David – oh thank you so much for the recommendat...@ David – oh thank you so much for the recommendations – I’ll get to the library and see if they’ll be able to order me a copy. I’ll also check to see if I can find the interviews with Peter Gzowski … I’ll let you know re both.<br /><br />@ Karen – thanks … a birthday month sounds like a good idea – and yes they do only come once a year. We had a lovely time … but more importantly thank you for being here … <br /><br />@Kelly – many thanks …<br /><br />@ Damyanti – you’ve had an excellent year … thank you for being supportive to me too … <br /><br />@ Jacqui – I’d love to have you join us for lunch; just delighted my posts give us all positivity – it’s kept me going through some challenging times …<br /><br />@ Deborah – many thanks … lovely to see you here – the blogging world continues on … <br /><br />@ Julie – yes … it was a fun time – and I never thought I’d keep blogging for 11 years, let alone keep the posts rolling in – better than waves! I’m not sure I’m wiser, but I am more knowledgeable and hope the health keeps up with the brain. Glad you enjoy the photo … <br /><br />@ Jo-Anne – yes blogging keeps us engaged and energises the brain.<br /><br />@ Nila – if these posts had been ink to my pen you’d have never been able to read them! But I’m glad I learnt to type early on … makes life distinctly easier … <br /><br />@ Sue – oh I’ve worked over my birthday before many a day … bet the kids enjoyed you sharing your birthday with them – it’s the kind of snippet that will stay with them for ever … <br /><br />@ Sandra – cutie at that age probably … now – not so sure?!<br /><br />@ Truedessa – never mind … I’m usually tagging along behind – good to see you here, and lunch was enjoyable.<br /><br />@ Donna – I got in reasonably early, not intentionally wanting to write, but to get to know my way around the net – but I’m still here, to my surprise.<br /><br />@ Marja – it was an ideal birthday … lots of laughter, reasonable food – raging seas to watch. I haven’t been working during this time … doing lots of other things particularly with my mother for those first years. <br /><br />I’d never come across Hedd Wyn before, nor the form ‘englyn’ … I have some homework to do … <br /><br />@ Debbie – no worries … I quite enjoy birthdays trickling along. It’s been a good couple of days so far, and am looking forward to today. I hope 2020 is kind to us all – and more slow blogging to keep me going.<br /><br />Cheers and thank you all so much for being here to send me happily on my way in 2020 … I’m off for another birthday lunch today – should be very interesting and delicious … take care all of you and with happy thoughts - Hilary<br />Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-80218340920391185042020-01-15T07:47:02.949+00:002020-01-15T07:47:02.949+00:00Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hilary! 🥂🌹 I hope you ...Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hilary! 🥂🌹 I hope you had a lovely day. Best wishes for a fabulous 2020 and beyond. And hearty congratulations on 12 successful years of blogging! That is quite a feat. 👏👏👏<br /><br />Debbie D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/13153118405565035071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-12794869308108837512020-01-15T05:00:08.625+00:002020-01-15T05:00:08.625+00:00Happy birthday Hope you had a fantastic day on you...Happy birthday Hope you had a fantastic day on your birthday and wow 1005 posts and 12 years well done Wow you posted a lot I had about the same time but posted only 1/3 of what you did <br />Good to share your birthday with a poet :)Marjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458942200244031009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-73580335625384178322020-01-15T02:48:55.840+00:002020-01-15T02:48:55.840+00:00Happy Birthday, Hilary! And happy 12th blogiversar...Happy Birthday, Hilary! And happy 12th blogiversary!! I'm not even sure that I was aware of blogging 12 years ago! :) Wishing you a fabulous year ahead!retirementreflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256842249783275416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-83938405560021612792020-01-15T01:14:34.911+00:002020-01-15T01:14:34.911+00:00Happy Belated Birthday as it seems I am a day late...Happy Belated Birthday as it seems I am a day late. I hope you enjoyed your lunch. Oh, and that is a lot of blogging and posts. <br /><br />Cheers to you!Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-12166773804913441612020-01-14T23:15:42.396+00:002020-01-14T23:15:42.396+00:00You were such a little cutie and of course still a...You were such a little cutie and of course still are:)Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-90916576721824774662020-01-14T23:01:06.426+00:002020-01-14T23:01:06.426+00:00Hi Hilary! What a wonderful way to spend your birt...Hi Hilary! What a wonderful way to spend your birthday! I spent mine volunteering at a primary school last year, and when the class birthdays were announced, I told them it was mine too! Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-78260269484539667222020-01-14T22:50:38.194+00:002020-01-14T22:50:38.194+00:00Happy birthday, Hilary! and more ink to your pen -...Happy birthday, Hilary! and more ink to your pen - 1005 needs some serious blogging mojo! Wishing you many wonderful years ahead and here's to the next thousand. Stay well and happy.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-73793405274031373992020-01-14T21:31:12.316+00:002020-01-14T21:31:12.316+00:001005 posts is awesome the more we blog the more mo...1005 posts is awesome the more we blog the more most of us love isJo-Anne's Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418152399382818709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-77755045616170290992020-01-14T20:42:55.779+00:002020-01-14T20:42:55.779+00:00Hi Hilary, Sounds like you had a lovely birthday l...Hi Hilary, Sounds like you had a lovely birthday lunching by the sea with close friends! 11 years and 1005 blog posts is quite an accomplishment! I’ve learned so much from you over the years and truly appreciate your friendship. You grow wiser every year, and I wish you many more years of good health and happiness. Oh, and what an adorable photo of you!<br /><br />JulieEmpty Nest Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10074223969046687064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-40519360531764742882020-01-14T16:50:01.844+00:002020-01-14T16:50:01.844+00:00So much to celebrate here Hilary! Birthday wishes ...So much to celebrate here Hilary! Birthday wishes and blogging kudos. I look forward to much more to continue to delight about from your presence. Deborah Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971869506007671786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-89366955632140584572020-01-14T15:09:54.180+00:002020-01-14T15:09:54.180+00:00I want to join you for lunch! I always come away f...I want to join you for lunch! I always come away from your posts feeling good about the way things go. Thank you.Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10666529326328156695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-429611157910435642020-01-14T14:32:18.355+00:002020-01-14T14:32:18.355+00:00A very Happy Birthday!A very Happy Birthday!Damyanti Biswashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101150230749343025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-42212821462010208502020-01-14T14:10:04.170+00:002020-01-14T14:10:04.170+00:00Happy birthday!Happy birthday!Kelly Hashwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936313159809041986noreply@blogger.com