tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post5646760675136489804..comments2024-03-29T11:52:29.453+00:00Comments on Positive Letters ... inspirational stories ...: Misalliance ... to veer to the left, or to veer to the right?!Hilary Melton-Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-43881835246730309632012-10-11T09:55:30.190+01:002012-10-11T09:55:30.190+01:00Hi Tina - what a wonderful comment - you're a ...Hi Tina - what a wonderful comment - you're a star. I enjoy what I write - the posts may be longish, but I've been educated in my 'research' and feel certain others will enjoy and be entertained too ... luckily everyone seems to be.<br /><br />Glad you picked up on the sleep apnea - that circular breathing technique is a musical skill ... something worth considering for Mr Engineer?!<br /><br />Delighted you found this entertaining ... thanks - I did post about Fibonacci too - earlier this year:<br /><br />http://positiveletters.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/go-figure.html <br /><br />Great to see you here .. cheers Hilary<br />Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-68263596271533356292012-08-24T21:48:31.247+01:002012-08-24T21:48:31.247+01:00Oh wow. Do you have a gift for teaching through y...Oh wow. Do you have a gift for teaching through your writing. I thought it was history - because I read a history post - but you can take any subject it seems and teach us about it in a spell-binding way.<br />Gotta say, my favorite part was, as I was reading about my beloved sunflower, I was thinking, "Oh, I wonder if she knows what the Fibonacci sequence is." Of course you did.<br />That sleep apnea thing...I think I need to teach The Engineer how to play one of those...of course after 20 years I'm used to it...but still. Quiet would be nice...<br />Another home run, my new-found friend!<br /><a href="http://kmdlifeisgood.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tina @ Life is Good</a>Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925730745204736744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-1478293922141689132010-10-02T13:05:06.811+01:002010-10-02T13:05:06.811+01:00Hi Liara .. yes I will .. I buy flowers each week ...Hi Liara .. yes I will .. I buy flowers each week unfortunately - as I don’t have a garden .. for my mother – but she loves them .. today we have a heather, some yellow gerbera and lilies ... her gardening skills were exceptionally good ... and I’m sure once I get a garden I’ll learn lots .. for now we talk flowers quite often .. and she loves their scents. <br /><br />Certainly we have always had bounty from the earth grown by my mother .. and the plants, shrubs and trees to admire and enjoy. We were lucky .. thanks – I shall communicate properly in due time .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-7095657531710814302010-10-02T09:14:01.338+01:002010-10-02T09:14:01.338+01:00Next time you encounter a flower, listen closely t...Next time you encounter a flower, listen closely to the energy vibration. Each flower communicates with you in subtle ways. One need not be an avid gardener to connect and appreciate what Mother Nature has to offer.Liara Coverthttp://blog.dreambuilders.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-33989410011291881212010-09-21T09:11:03.675+01:002010-09-21T09:11:03.675+01:00Hi Everyone! ..Just to get my 'system right...Hi Everyone! ..Just to get my 'system right' ... I replied to RS Malari .. because I thought he'd commented here .. but no - it's on the plants as metal gatherers .. so off I go to correct that one & reply to him .. he must have thought I'd forgotten him.<br /><br />See you all .. by & have wonderful days .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-46944056385812606452010-09-20T07:54:32.882+01:002010-09-20T07:54:32.882+01:00Hi Liara .. flowers and flowering plants do bring ...Hi Liara .. flowers and flowering plants do bring us back to happiness and thus love – we cannot but be amazed at all their glory.<br /><br />Ahh a recent event .. and quiet stillness in the registration .. I don’t think we do that over here yet – they do cheques .. but as far as I know commemorative birth certificates haven’t crept in – but perhaps under my radar!<br /><br />What a lovely way to celebrate the birth of a new born with something beautiful and native rather than official. I love the way you express the comment .. ‘stillness speaks and so do sheets of quiet paper’.<br /><br />Wonderful seeing you .. sounds as though all is well and you’re enjoying a busy new life .. happy times .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-14646087743952309832010-09-20T03:02:09.502+01:002010-09-20T03:02:09.502+01:00The energy vibration and colorful auras of flowers...The energy vibration and colorful auras of flowers remind one love expresses itself in infinite ways. I am also reminded of commemorative birth certificates available in Australia covered in native birds, fauna, flowers and other native creatures. Stillness speaks and so do sheets of quiet paper.Liara Coverthttp://blog.dreambuilders.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-67745894147080768362010-09-19T07:25:18.717+01:002010-09-19T07:25:18.717+01:00Hi Paige .. you're right they can do - here I ...Hi Paige .. you're right they can do - here I suspect the roots weren't deep enough .. poor plants!<br /><br />Thanks for coming by .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-59139098312496450392010-09-18T21:06:02.007+01:002010-09-18T21:06:02.007+01:00Opposites sometimes wind together more tightlyOpposites sometimes wind together more tightly... Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702664099837224184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-64070548900719244372010-09-18T07:50:26.071+01:002010-09-18T07:50:26.071+01:00Hi Patricia .. wonderful words “blooming grand” .....Hi Patricia .. wonderful words “blooming grand” .. thanks - & yes she can hear .. but she sleeps a lot – perhaps today she’ll be awake more!<br /><br />Thanks for sending the link over to your cousin .. it’ll be interesting to hear her reaction and give us some more knowledge – the snoring reference came from the British Medical Journal 2005- link in Wiki under Didgeridoo!<br /><br />Pete and Betsy were great in letting me use their pictures – any I feel like .. some other thoughts – just getting the posts out too! Did you really know about sunflowers being used for clean up .. interesting ... and the bindweed ..is similar to your morning glory – in South Africa it didn’t appear to be rampant .. but the plants had to be hardier as the climate is harsher.<br /><br />The blackberries are good this year .. and I gather you have deer guzzling your garden produce .. we do have some wild deer still around, also wild pigs .. <br /><br />Lovely seeing you and thanks for your comment – enjoy the weekend .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-41853646466253014302010-09-18T07:49:49.184+01:002010-09-18T07:49:49.184+01:00Hi Vered .. lovely to hear that you’re still waiti...Hi Vered .. lovely to hear that you’re still waiting for autumn – does your Pacific fog disappear then? It’s still warm enough, but the chill is in the air .. and the leaves are starting to turn – today it’s gloriously sunny in a true blue sky .. later on who knows – this land of ours changes so often weather-wise in the course of a day! Enjoy the weekend – HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-25051807578555486612010-09-18T07:00:22.815+01:002010-09-18T07:00:22.815+01:00What a blooming grand post and that your mum can h...What a blooming grand post and that your mum can hear - it is good! Wow thank you for sharing so much information and I have enjoyed reading this before I tuck in for the night - flowers are delightful. My cousin in law works with the aboriginal people in Aussie and I sent her your link to the snoring part...I am sure that working the throat muscles are always helpful - any way we can keep in shape.<br />Nice Pete W. picture....oh all these good connections indeed.<br />Learned a great deal about sunflowers and the rotation - did know about their cleanup qualities and the bind root looks so much like our pesky morning glory that threatens our yard, hedge and is as overwhelming as the blackberry bushes - right in the garden as prolific as the deer.<br /><br />Thank you for your great sharing words...and nice to see your back and keeping us posted.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649391137077220495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-77933865187971837622010-09-18T02:21:15.100+01:002010-09-18T02:21:15.100+01:00"the weather has turned autumnal" - not ..."the weather has turned autumnal" - not here in California! Looking forward to the fall. :)Veredhttp://momgrind.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-59062585555212784802010-09-17T19:24:07.305+01:002010-09-17T19:24:07.305+01:00Hi Chris .. a great comment – a horticultural Rome...Hi Chris .. a great comment – a horticultural Romeo and Juliet .. Flanders and Swann songs are so clever!<br /><br />Amazing how the didgeridoo keeps coming up in the comments – I so nearly left it out! With your musical skills it’d be possible .. mine – oh oh! Interesting to hear you support the fact it would help the singing voice too – if it was learnt.<br /><br />Thanks for the great additional points .. fun to read and think about .. have a good weekend .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-17904843937152500402010-09-17T18:17:02.137+01:002010-09-17T18:17:02.137+01:00Hi Hilary -- a horticultural Romeo and Juliet -- I...Hi Hilary -- a horticultural Romeo and Juliet -- I guess someone had to write it. Beautiful digeridoo pictures as well -- I imagine learning how to play it is helpful for cultivating a singing voice too.Chris Edgarhttp://www.purposepowercoaching.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-79685480225463498932010-09-17T07:48:31.360+01:002010-09-17T07:48:31.360+01:00Hi Betsy .. you’re right .. in South Africa it’s c...Hi Betsy .. you’re right .. in South Africa it’s called a morning glory and isn’t so much a weed, as it definitely is here in the UK.<br /><br />So pleased that Pete’s photo of the honeysuckle came out so well – such a deep coloured variety – and here it is recorded for posterity! Plants are amazing – that we can uproot and replant them & they live on. Interesting that hummingbirds love the nectar .. the bees here in England flock to it.<br /><br />Yes – I’m so happy my mother can hear again .. thanks so much for the thought – enjoy the weekend .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-16474319353476069452010-09-17T07:46:25.608+01:002010-09-17T07:46:25.608+01:00Hi Stephen .. good to see you .. and to know that ...Hi Stephen .. good to see you .. and to know that the didgeridoo might be the answer for your sleeping problems .. or the mechanics of circular breathing, rather than the didgeridoo itself! I’m so pleased I put that bit in the post.<br /><br />I love the Flanders and Swann songs – so beautiful and well crafted, yet so glorious to listen to or sing along too .. I’m delighted you enjoyed it.<br /><br />I did know that some flowers are heliotropic .. but one forgets ‘the fact’ in the scheme of things .. and I hadn’t realised Leonardo was the first to actually note them in his journals.<br /><br />Thanks for being here – HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-43411373936092428802010-09-17T04:21:38.205+01:002010-09-17T04:21:38.205+01:00Hi Hilary - The bindweed resembles what we call th...Hi Hilary - The bindweed resembles what we call the morning glory here, which is a lovely twine-r as well. The little rhyme is just delightful. Such a wonderfully bright post. Thank you so much for including Pete's photo. It's of a honeysuckle I lifted from my former house before we were married and I moved in here. The hummingbirds love it.<br /><br />And so happy to hear about your mother's hearing. How nice it must be for you and her both!Betsy Wuebkerhttp://passingthru.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-90438007102709888172010-09-17T03:15:55.992+01:002010-09-17T03:15:55.992+01:00You have so much interesting stuff in your blogs. ...You have so much interesting stuff in your blogs. Love the honeysuckle poem. Did not know that about heliotropic flowers tracking the sun's journey across the sky. And thanks for the tip to help sleep apnea, which I have. Time to take up an instruemnt anyway.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.stephentremp.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Stephen Tremp</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-27860096940957199382010-09-16T08:09:48.092+01:002010-09-16T08:09:48.092+01:00Hi Arlee .. they do stagger one don’t they .. just...Hi Arlee .. they do stagger one don’t they .. just to put a little apparently dried bit into the soil & hey presto it bursts forth to the sky, or twists and turns its way through the undergrowth. Honeysuckle in the warm evening air, as you’d get in Tennessee, fragrances its surroundings .. I expect it grows all over the States .. – is Tennessee where you’re originally from?<br /><br />& no I didn’t – but there was so much else to mention – the booze got left out! .. Weber blue agave plant gives the 100% blue tequila its specific name. There are other beneficial aspects of tequila .. one word of warning is it needs to be handled with care .. the sap can cause a major irritation. I didn’t look into the quantity of agave grown! .. but it’s mainly in Mexico.<br /><br />Thanks for adding in Tequila .. good to have the information in the comment section – enjoy today .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-90503187599612226642010-09-16T08:07:16.419+01:002010-09-16T08:07:16.419+01:00Hi Sharon .. thank you – glad you enjoyed it. No ...Hi Sharon .. thank you – glad you enjoyed it. No – not an odd question .. but we don’t – hummingbirds are only found in the Americas .. Tierra del Fuego north to southern Alaska and the Caribbean in the middle!<br /><br />They are incredible birds and to be able to see them hover to drink the nectar as seen on tv – is extraordinary .. wonderful little creatures. They’re nectarivores .. and have other amazing attributes .. – thanks for asking: it’s taught me a thing or two .. perhaps to share one day?!<br /><br />Thank you .. yes .. as Mum said "I'm back!" It’s good to be able to talk to her .. thanks Sharon – it does make such a huge difference .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-43477526937492982642010-09-16T07:41:33.304+01:002010-09-16T07:41:33.304+01:00Hi RS .. great to see you .. and you’re right I ha...Hi RS .. great to see you .. and you’re right I hadn’t realised until last year that plants can absorb metals .. and are being used in clean up operations .. mine dumps etc .. and now at Chernobyl – the beautiful sunflower.<br /><br />Again – if we could just help Mother Earth a little, we’d all be living in a healthier cleaner world .. and in due time living in a paradise state – but that is very forward thinking!<br /><br />Really good to see you .. have a lovely day .. Hilary<br /><br />PS I’m answering your comment – it’s got lost in the web workings somewhere since I hit the publish button – it will appear sometime .. I hope & think!Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-37809643342296308082010-09-16T03:40:28.969+01:002010-09-16T03:40:28.969+01:00Plants amaze me. To think you can just put a seed ...Plants amaze me. To think you can just put a seed in the dirt and it can eventually turn into an intricate plant is as baffling as it is amazing.<br />Honeysuckle has been a favorite frangrance since I first notice them in Tennessee.<br /><br />Muatn't forget one major use of the blue agave plant--- Tequila!<br />They must have to grow an awful lot of agaves to make as much Tequila as they do.<br /><br />Lee<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a>Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-70942253714090169032010-09-16T01:35:45.401+01:002010-09-16T01:35:45.401+01:00Beautiful post, Hilary! This might seem like an o...Beautiful post, Hilary! This might seem like an odd question, but do you have Hummingbirds in England? Our humming birds really like flowers that are trumpet shapes.<br /><br />I'm so glad to hear about your Mum! :-)Sharon K. Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799235347319851345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-26855280571224398172010-09-15T18:17:37.882+01:002010-09-15T18:17:37.882+01:00Hi Sara .. thank you! The mix eventually came tog...Hi Sara .. thank you! The mix eventually came together .. & I’m pleased I put the bit in about the snoring and sleep apnea .. it seems to be ringing bells – for those ladies’ with snoring partners!<br /><br />Well if I hadn’t been to the concert/performance this would have passed me by and I do so love Flanders and Swann’s songs .. they‘re just lovely: and they teach us so much.<br /><br />& yes – she can hear again .. and is setting the pace from her bed .. it’s fun trying to keep up with her – she has some wonderful ideas! Thanks – great to see you here .. good luck with the snoring?! - HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com