tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post5790920337419672029..comments2024-03-29T00:11:30.648+00:00Comments on Positive Letters ... inspirational stories ...: K is for Kite – that’s what K is for ...Hilary Melton-Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-32766366222230869602011-04-15T07:07:59.567+01:002011-04-15T07:07:59.567+01:00@ Ella .. good to see you - they look too beautifu...@ Ella .. good to see you - they look too beautiful don't they.<br /><br />@ Susanne .. thank you - ah! you forgot one critical aspect .. the British Countryside .. real birdie kites, .. man-made kites!! The Golden Eagle above has some wonderful other sort of kites on his blog.<br /><br />Many thanks - Mum is fine .. mainly peaceful, just enjoying my quiet company ... appreciate you asking!<br /><br />Thanks Ella and Susanne .. enjoy Friday .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-47228885449480198962011-04-14T22:24:29.329+01:002011-04-14T22:24:29.329+01:00Interesting post. They are fascinating birds.
...Interesting post. They are fascinating birds. <br /><br />Have to admit, from your title, I thought your post was going to be about paper kites. I was wondering what kind of colorful creations you were going to share with us. <br /><br />Have a great day! How is your mother doing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-14450961567077157452011-04-14T14:57:59.280+01:002011-04-14T14:57:59.280+01:00Thanks Hilary, I learned something new! Fascinatin...Thanks Hilary, I learned something new! Fascinating~Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-28065808770363367582011-04-14T10:59:46.637+01:002011-04-14T10:59:46.637+01:00Hello BB .. guds to seez U again!
Robin's vid...Hello BB .. guds to seez U again!<br /><br />Robin's video is grate - wiv all her frinds posting laughing vids for her Naked in Eden blog .. we do get to knows each uver betters via vids .. Jannie and her songs come across so well in her vids.<br /><br />Ya - Susie's idea re the 'cap' type .. knapkin does replacement! We do Middle Ages here too .. lots of fairs coming up .. Susie does them - she sings too ...<br /><br />I'm sorree Jannie keeps you reel buzy .. but Springing kleens needs doing .... and making muffins to help the homelss is a v gud cause - straberrie be the best - I must remembers.<br /><br />Alfabets challenge is giving us all a ride for each letter's life .. ticking along so far... <br /><br />No - I tink I shall revert to my normal posts .. tho .. dey take longer .. maybe shorter ones in between .. who knows!!<br /><br />It's grate to have zo many comments from you all in one morning for me! Seez u at de next .. H me thinks!<br /><br />U toos .. wiv luvs xoxox Hilree xoxoxHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-6046268983736768122011-04-14T10:23:50.147+01:002011-04-14T10:23:50.147+01:00hilree!!!!!
I seen you on the viddeo too at robbi...hilree!!!!!<br /><br />I seen you on the viddeo too at robbins edin, on joy hollands blogg too, and I loved yor smile so mutch! I feel we sutch evin beter frends than evver now!<br /><br />I lieked yor knapkin on yor hedd, very middel-ages indeed. i bin reeding about the middel ages since my jannie taeked me to the rennasanse fair.<br /><br />sorree yoo not seen me so mutch, my jannie haz me bizzee wit spring kleenings. and meaking muffins for the homeliss shellters. teh homeliss loves the straberrie ones the best.<br /><br />i see YOO bin reel reel bizzie, posting mutch tiems for the alfabets challinge. wil yoo taek a vacashin wen yoo finishes the leter z??<br /><br />well, i sees yoo on yor latest post next.<br /><br />wit loves, me BB, that's blue bunny!<br /><br />oxoxoBlue Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293991594659253739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-25829298484551772842011-04-14T09:52:30.779+01:002011-04-14T09:52:30.779+01:00Hi Rosalind .. good to meet you too. I didn't...Hi Rosalind .. good to meet you too. I didn't see the tv last night .. but interesting they showed Kestrels - they seem to like their perches near roads - easy prey = road kill!<br /><br />Cheers for now .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-70793766427979472322011-04-14T09:03:00.605+01:002011-04-14T09:03:00.605+01:00Hi, great to meet you through the A to Z. I've...Hi, great to meet you through the A to Z. I've never seen a Kite (I don't think) but I've seen Kestrels. They ran an article about the Kestrel nesting beside motorways on BBC's The One Show last night.Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-6851031297541344022011-04-14T07:48:26.389+01:002011-04-14T07:48:26.389+01:00@ Golden Eagle .. pleasure - I thought you'd b...@ Golden Eagle .. pleasure - I thought you'd be posting on these birds too .. but your post was on the other variety! I love the learning process .. <br /><br />Pleasure coming over to your blog ..<br /><br />@ Gary .. you've had lots of comments on your K .. that's wonderful!! Kites (not birds) seem to make a few entries, as did Kiss! Used to love flying a kite, but we weren't terribly successful!<br /><br />Serious?! It was a fascinating reminder of how life was .. not so long ago .. when we needed birds to do our scavenging and cleaning.<br /><br />I'd better get on I need to write the 'L'! You too .. glad you're enjoying joining in the fun of the A - Z.<br /><br />@ Linda .. as you say it is a stupendous creature .. that peace just watching them soar the skies above us .. at least they're being reintroduced, so the population can increase.<br /><br />@ Joylene .. I'm sure you have lots of eagles and other birds of prey over the lake - must be glorious to sit and watch.<br /><br />@ Ann.. so pleased Jen got some benefit from the post - that's why I write them .. for Mum and for others to stimulate some discussion - glad it helps!<br /><br />Jen is amazing that she joins in .. it's wonderful to know .. and delighted you enjoy them so much - I'm appreciative of your sentiments.<br /><br />Ann- I'll be across to check the update and find out how things are going ..you've got so much going on. & yet - you still come back and find us and follow us on our journeys.<br /><br />It's a pleasure that's what life is about ... helping and supporting others .. and I love doing it - just seems a natural extension.<br /><br />That's what always surprises me -how we can be on the same wave length .. yet are so different - yet are so alike as we toddle along our paths. Me too - I wouldn't miss you and Jen for the world now .. it's just wonderful being friends amongst friends.<br /><br />@ Raining Acorns .. you are so lucky to have been over to the valleys where the Red Kites flourish .. must have been glorious. Glad I added to the kite's background ... <br /><br />Thanks everyone so much .. always so good to see you all - cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-63337555102150007672011-04-14T03:08:15.560+01:002011-04-14T03:08:15.560+01:00I saw my first kite ever in Wales last summer. Qu...I saw my first kite ever in Wales last summer. Quite a sight! Interesting to learn something of its story. Thanks!Susan Scheid (Raining Acorns)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02827286681242730183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-89050927491936538102011-04-14T02:13:42.044+01:002011-04-14T02:13:42.044+01:00My daughter Jen just said, This is so neat. She sa...My daughter Jen just said, This is so neat. She said she knew there was a kite bird, but she didn't really know why it was called a kite. I didn't know any of this. I just love your posts! They are SO interesting, and the photographs, of course, are awesome.<br /><br />I came back last night from staying with my daughter who had neck surgery. I've just posted an update. <br /><br />Now I can check in to see all of my wonderful blogging friends and thank them for their supports.<br /><br />Your comments while I've been gone have been so uplifting. Thank you SO SO much! <br /><br />We have such different backgrounds and yet we also have much in common with the trials we face. I'm so glad we're friends! <br /><a href="http://annbest-jen.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"><i>Ann Carbine Best’s Long Journey Home</i></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-9062540026265671932011-04-13T23:45:32.616+01:002011-04-13T23:45:32.616+01:00Such a beautiful bird. Thanks for sharing, Hilary....Such a beautiful bird. Thanks for sharing, Hilary. I love birds, and learning something new is always a good thing.Joylene Nowell Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04497637513532136615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-50945449012044178702011-04-13T23:04:21.285+01:002011-04-13T23:04:21.285+01:00An absolutely lovely bird - thanks for introducing...An absolutely lovely bird - thanks for introducing him. I love to watch hawks and other large birds soar. I'm glad they are protected now.Lindahttp://www.roses2rainbows.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-42738742504824633502011-04-13T22:20:00.682+01:002011-04-13T22:20:00.682+01:00Hi Hilary,
Yes, I've just flown over from anot...Hi Hilary,<br />Yes, I've just flown over from another blog that was doing a posting on the letter 'K' in this thrilling 'Alphabet challenge'. And they were doing a posting on 'Kites' and I expected they meant this kind of Kite. But no, it was 'kite' as in 'go fly a kite' :)<br />Anyway, on a serious note, yes, I can be serious, once again you have provided fascinating info and accompanying pictorials. I appreciate your information on that majestic bird, that is the kite.<br />And soon you will reveal what the 'L' is next :)<br />Take care Hilary and thank you.klahaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613505424843475639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-20134983615547509682011-04-13T22:19:17.472+01:002011-04-13T22:19:17.472+01:00Very interesting post! It was great to learn more ...Very interesting post! It was great to learn more about kites--I hadn't known much about the history of the bird.<br /><br />Thank you for commenting on my blog! :)Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-50300188601613642942011-04-13T22:09:54.553+01:002011-04-13T22:09:54.553+01:00@ Marvin ... Linnaeus first described the species ...@ Marvin ... Linnaeus first described the species in his Systema Naturae in 1758 .. as a Falco milvus .. falcon. I'm not sure why a Kite is called a kite - Milvus is a genus of medium-sized birds of prey. An Old World Group consisting of three kites ...<br /><br />Kites seem to have interbred and are a 'mixed' species - but they are as you say very fine looking. Glad you enjoyed the 'K' post. <br /><br />@ Ann .. me too it seems near the Centre that Morning AJ above describes there's a farmer who is also protecting them and feeding them .. so Wales has a good population. <br /><br />They are an incredible site as they soar in the skies.<br /><br />Thanks to you both for coming over - cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-45633367214299783232011-04-13T20:19:48.388+01:002011-04-13T20:19:48.388+01:00I am glad they are being protected. And though th...I am glad they are being protected. And though they acquired a bad rep in the past, they are still a beautiful bird to watch as they glide across the sky.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524878248746427258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-43641071405856887402011-04-13T17:26:21.426+01:002011-04-13T17:26:21.426+01:00Interesting. I never knew where the work 'kite...Interesting. I never knew where the work 'kite' came from or why. And the bird itself is a <i>fine looking</i>, majestic creature. Thanks for this 'K' tidbit!<br /><br /><a href="http://theoldsilly.com" rel="nofollow"><b>Marvin D Wilson</b></a>The Old Sillyhttp://theoldsilly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-60294813359053016852011-04-13T17:07:58.269+01:002011-04-13T17:07:58.269+01:00@ Kathy .. that's great and a bonus to know th...@ Kathy .. that's great and a bonus to know that you're enjoying the posts.<br /><br />Memoirs are always special - it will make an interesting read. So much happens in life that we don't seem to know about .. mother and baby stowing away to be reunited with their loved one. You can make it so personal with those extra touches, yet it is fiction.<br /><br />Please do use the Red Kite .. an interesting addition .. have a look at the site Morning AJ highlights above ... <br /><br />@ Mandy .. good to see you here .. and that you can see Red Kites in Norfolk/Suffolk .. as you say a very good sign with numbers growing.<br /><br />Thank you re the series .. just seemed a little different .. and you've been away again - lucky you!! Still we all need breaks in our working lives and Summer's here with lots of work ahead.<br /><br />Thanks Mandy we are .. and glad to hear all's well your end .. that's good news.<br /><br />Thanks Kathy and Mandy good to see you both .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-55695104084795051002011-04-13T16:46:26.374+01:002011-04-13T16:46:26.374+01:00I adore Red Kites, Hilary. I have watched them fo...I adore Red Kites, Hilary. I have watched them for a few years now, seen their numbers grow in the areas I visit and, as an RSPB member, been delighted with this change. <br /><br />I love your series, just read all the other posts as I've been away again since mid March. Back to work now though.<br /><br />Hope you and mum are well. We are!<br /><br />Enjoy the journey.<br /><br />MandyMandy Allenhttp://mandyallen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-18408337056081718262011-04-13T16:35:50.584+01:002011-04-13T16:35:50.584+01:00@ Susan .. great to meet you .. and a birder too ....@ Susan .. great to meet you .. and a birder too .. it's something I like to get into .. but never quite seem to get hooked .. did somewhat in the Okavango .. but it's warm there!<br /><br />Seeing your first Kite must have been brilliant .. and the fact you were sharing it with your hubbie and friends, even more special.<br /><br />@ Lee .. yes I was going to bring a bit more of this in - but remembered about a short(ish) post!<br /><br />You're so right .. the balance in nature and keeping it thus.<br /><br />@ Stephen .. they must be fun to watch from the house - if you've got a good vantage point. As you say just watching them hover, then drop to catch something is very special.<br /><br />@ Bossy Betty .. pleasure - they are certainly impressive.<br /><br />Many thanks for coming by .. good to see you all .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-34168438773473309252011-04-13T16:29:18.781+01:002011-04-13T16:29:18.781+01:00I, too, love to learn especially about the English...I, too, love to learn especially about the English countryside. <br /><br />My mum was born and raised in Birkenhead. She married my dad and birthed my brother during WW2. After the war she stowed away on a cargo ship with her newborn baby to be reunited with my dad. I'm writing my first YA historical fiction based on her life. <br /><br />i may just use a red kite bird in my book. Thanks for the info.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02286437269354482883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-856006037258534952011-04-13T16:09:22.829+01:002011-04-13T16:09:22.829+01:00Thanks for giving us more information about these ...Thanks for giving us more information about these impressive birds!Bossy Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12568355839499622409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-58730994099974312352011-04-13T15:45:49.616+01:002011-04-13T15:45:49.616+01:00Kites, like other birds of prey, are spectacular t...Kites, like other birds of prey, are spectacular to watch in action, swooping down, and pulling up a critter from the grasses. We have a lot of hawks behind our house. Buzzards too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-53860285180819237902011-04-13T15:06:28.528+01:002011-04-13T15:06:28.528+01:00@ Morning AJ .. I see I got carried away and never...@ Morning AJ .. I see I got carried away and never properly answered your comment - sorry!<br /><br />Your visit to the Red Kite centre must have been very enlightening .. Wales is stunningly beautiful too.<br /><br />Thanks for the link - I will definitely visit when I get back to travelling.<br /><br />@ Jannie .. they do don't they .. or crash into the river!! We had a few sessions with home made kites .. hard-work getting them to fly. These new ones are pretty amazing.<br /><br />The thing on my head - I blame Susie .. is a knapkin so I had a cap on "similar" to those worn in Medieval times .. hence the dress etc .. and you were meant to laugh ... it sounds as though you did!!<br /><br />Isn't the mandolin beautiful .. I love wood like that .. just wish I could make music like you and Susie do .. oxoxox<br /><br />@ Joanne .. now that would be branding in a big way .. beautiful though - I always admire kite flyers .. they just look so beautiful. Very glad to read that the Red Kite is coming back and is being protected.<br /><br />Many thanks for commenting .. lovely having you here .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6401528799218373095.post-62025357269901077422011-04-13T15:05:35.704+01:002011-04-13T15:05:35.704+01:00Just another reminder about the amazing balance in...Just another reminder about the amazing balance in nature and the importance of keeping that balance.<br /><br /><br />Lee<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a>Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com