tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post8665246696021667970..comments2024-02-19T10:16:13.581+00:00Comments on Past Imperfect: Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-87214532661154013832013-07-18T15:43:50.166+01:002013-07-18T15:43:50.166+01:00GG: I suspect one is always hoping to convert the...GG: I suspect one is always hoping to convert them. Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-74503396100184834812013-07-16T12:17:04.313+01:002013-07-16T12:17:04.313+01:00I agree with Kim about the camera editing truth, i...I agree with Kim about the camera editing truth, it's what I've always said.<br /><br />Long live William Morris!<br /><br />As for Rossetti, here's the eternal question - why do some women like bad guys?<br /><br />neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-56272002994027641252013-07-15T17:18:10.934+01:002013-07-15T17:18:10.934+01:00Mage: my pleasure:)Mage: my pleasure:)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-41897166821890394352013-07-15T07:42:08.726+01:002013-07-15T07:42:08.726+01:00Gadjo: it seems to me we have to do that with many...Gadjo: it seems to me we have to do that with many artists. Genius and great talent seldom go hand in hand with being a 'nice' person. IMO.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-15101825493688463902013-07-15T06:47:30.728+01:002013-07-15T06:47:30.728+01:00Scarley, do please give her my best regards if you...Scarley, do please give her my best regards if you talk to her. I rarely use Facebook so I'm unlikely to meet her there. <br /><br />(Re: D. G. Rossetti, in my opinion he became a very interesting painter, so I maybe I should cut him some slack...)Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-91475539506462709572013-07-14T00:05:12.933+01:002013-07-14T00:05:12.933+01:00What a fascinating loo, and what a marvelous talen...What a fascinating loo, and what a marvelous talent. Thanks for sharing this journey.Magehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333086721654817750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-34889708205230365212013-07-13T11:31:47.521+01:002013-07-13T11:31:47.521+01:00She is still gadding about on FB, Gadjo... a brill...She is still gadding about on FB, Gadjo... a brilliant smudge of wit amongst the nice pictures of cats.<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-37563924784046064392013-07-13T10:34:56.469+01:002013-07-13T10:34:56.469+01:00Gadjo: I see what you mean.
Quite chilling -I'...Gadjo: I see what you mean.<br />Quite chilling -I'd run a mile.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-65382276355393231782013-07-13T08:43:18.180+01:002013-07-13T08:43:18.180+01:00Scarley, Mrs Pouncer, good heavens, what is she do...Scarley, Mrs Pouncer, good heavens, what is she doing now?? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti_by_George_Frederic_Watts.jpg" rel="nofollow">This</a> is the picture I had in mind. One could applaud him for painting himself in this rather dark and candid way, but then that's just another typical bounder's trick.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-69669968128376879382013-07-12T12:25:39.522+01:002013-07-12T12:25:39.522+01:00Exile: yes - should one be daft enough to envy any...Exile: yes - should one be daft enough to envy anyone you have to accept you take the whole package.<br /><br />Re vulgarities - as with Naomi I'm no delicate flower but appreciate your sensitivity.<br /><br />Kim tells of how when he had an extra blog which had all sorts of vulgarities. I - guilelessly -started commenting and he declares they all cleaned up their act.<br />Unwittingly I think I spoilt everybody's fun:( Hey ho!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-12627795740711452042013-07-12T11:44:15.999+01:002013-07-12T11:44:15.999+01:00When I started this post, I marveled at the charme...When I started this post, I marveled at the charmed life that some people are bequeathed with. Not a care in the world it seems, with time to garden and frolic. Then the boating accident. None of us escape unscathed, do we?<br /><br />One wonders how the hangings made their way to a dog basket! It must have been a twisted route.<br /><br />I apologize for the vulgarities in my previous post. I cringed when I thought of you reading them. I should have fired a warning shot across your bow.Exile on Pain Streethttp://exileonpainstreet.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-25299145329181672322013-07-12T11:32:03.080+01:002013-07-12T11:32:03.080+01:00Yep, I suppose that's true!
SxYep, I suppose that's true!<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-44187634132371990372013-07-12T10:31:38.646+01:002013-07-12T10:31:38.646+01:00Scarlet: one might say 'Who didn't?' ...Scarlet: one might say 'Who didn't?' but I wouldn't be so crass.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-75255354696320395532013-07-12T09:29:44.448+01:002013-07-12T09:29:44.448+01:00Naomi: quite dreadful things went on with regard ...Naomi: quite dreadful things went on with regard to the mentally ill, girls who got pregnant outside of wedlock and the disadvantaged in general- and in our life time too.<br /><br />Gadjo: he has a kindly face - like my Granddad Williams.<br />There was a photograph of Rossetti in the house - lounging on a chair and looking every inch an amiable rotter but I can't find a reproduction of it.<br />Keith Allen always had an air of menace about him which I found interesting without being attracted. Now - poor dear he's just a grumpy old man.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-2137667132077949852013-07-12T08:50:20.733+01:002013-07-12T08:50:20.733+01:00Ssshh, Gadjo, Mrs Pouncer had a 'thing' wi...Ssshh, Gadjo, Mrs Pouncer had a 'thing' with Keith Allen, didn't she?<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-23943886049626929692013-07-12T06:10:27.093+01:002013-07-12T06:10:27.093+01:00Yes, that comment about Morris refusing to send hi...Yes, that comment about Morris refusing to send his daughter to an asylum has increased my respect for the man even further. Rossetti was one of those bounders with direct, dead-looking, eyes, <i>a la</i> Keith Allen.... amazing (to me) how some women go those types.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-69314893744814941922013-07-11T17:11:42.986+01:002013-07-11T17:11:42.986+01:00I particularly loved Morris having a care giver fo...I particularly loved Morris having a care giver for his daughter----it is almost unimaginable that someone would be "put away" in some horrible institution, at the time....OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-52630981276727690942013-07-11T16:17:04.629+01:002013-07-11T16:17:04.629+01:00Mary: it isn't as if they were short of a few ...Mary: it isn't as if they were short of a few bob:)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-45781664803536840822013-07-11T15:37:40.561+01:002013-07-11T15:37:40.561+01:00A three-seater loo? My imagination is boggling awa...A three-seater loo? My imagination is boggling away!MaryWitzlhttp://witzl.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-13165964795727348062013-07-11T14:51:14.856+01:002013-07-11T14:51:14.856+01:00Kim: I knew you'd say that:)
Scarlet: OOOH ...Kim: I knew you'd say that:)<br /><br />Scarlet: OOOH ! Who will you take?Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-88909549776649234702013-07-11T13:10:01.829+01:002013-07-11T13:10:01.829+01:00I will have to visit, just to do a review of that ...I will have to visit, just to do a review of that three seater loo!<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-39460908370139722862013-07-11T12:19:59.727+01:002013-07-11T12:19:59.727+01:00You are right to know I would challenge that state...You are right to know I would challenge that statement, Pat :)<br /><br />"The camera never tells the truth" would be a far more accurate statement about photography. <br /><br />Even when not manipulated in the developing or editing stage - the lighting, camera angle, setting, expression, pose, and composition can all conspire to tell one story while eradicating many others.<br /><br />The camera is a tool used to create a carefully constructed story. "Truth" is an entirely separate issue that may or may not overlap... ;)<br /><br />Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com