tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post9202226792558386280..comments2024-03-20T01:03:09.526-07:00Comments on phantsythat: misty morning thoughtssusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-77286471832744480612011-05-09T04:51:49.040-07:002011-05-09T04:51:49.040-07:00linda - People are fascinating, aren't we?
st...linda - People are fascinating, aren't we?<br /><br />steve - When young people are first let loose upon the world their exuberance can be a bit tiresome - particularly when they consume large quantities of alcohol. I guess that's always been true.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-56339928607290567522011-05-07T18:55:47.185-07:002011-05-07T18:55:47.185-07:00This was a vivid slice of your new life - thanks f...This was a vivid slice of your new life - thanks for sharing it. Sorry you have to put up with the student rowdiness... it seems students are the same everywhere. This kind of behavior is documented for the brand new institutions of Oxford and Cambridge, back in the late Middle Ages.Steve Emeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628329561652344403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-1872268119308728302011-05-06T13:09:19.817-07:002011-05-06T13:09:19.817-07:00"I should mention most of the other tenants a..."I should mention most of the other tenants are relatively normal, considering I have a wide view of what constitutes normal." For some not-so-odd reason, this made me laugh...loved the first photo! oxoxoL'Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725322054223364858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-3468423555510337212011-04-29T14:19:09.894-07:002011-04-29T14:19:09.894-07:00randal - I understand the Sri Lanka pelt exchange ...randal - I understand the Sri Lanka pelt exchange is rising by leaps and bounds on the Dow.<br /><br />nunly - It actually looked like the second one and has all week. I'm sure better days are coming.<br /><br />I've sprouted some sunflower seeds in little pieces of damp paper towel and kept in a baggy. They're all ready to go on Sunday but I'll be planting dry ones too. It's great your granddaughter had such a wonderful time growing them. Hope it will be just as much fun for her this year.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-55595855792555186532011-04-29T09:47:48.644-07:002011-04-29T09:47:48.644-07:00Great photo's, I loved the first one.
Thanks ...Great photo's, I loved the first one.<br /><br />Thanks for telling us about the International Sunflower Planting Day. My granddaughter planted a couple of sunflowers last summer and kept them in a pot on my patio. I loved seeing her tend to them and watch them grow bigger than her. I have lots of pics of her and told her that we could do it again this year.Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18096051756459933731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-65012103899302532732011-04-29T06:12:51.102-07:002011-04-29T06:12:51.102-07:00Beautifully eerie, but in a non-eerie way, if that...Beautifully eerie, but in a non-eerie way, if that makes any sense. The photos, not the drunken yokels. Have you thought about setting traps for them? I'm sure their pelts fetch a pretty penny in Sri Lanka.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-59717616143584933272011-04-28T08:59:32.190-07:002011-04-28T08:59:32.190-07:00cr - There have been mornings I've woken to se...cr - There have been mornings I've woken to see magical light at dawn but previously it was often too cold for me to step out on the balcony. I am a lazy photographer though and really can't see the viewscreen in bright light so often just point in the chosen direction and click. Thank goodness for auto focus and my sample of photoshop. Thanks to you for such kind words.<br /><br />lydia - I opened it in photoshop because there was too much sky and before I knew it I'd made a couple of other small adjustments with this result. I've often seen it look much this way. One of the funny things that goes on around here is seeing the tourist wagons being drawn by beautiful horses with cars lined up behind as they drive at walking pace.<br /><br />We went through much confusion when the apartment rented from Portland fell through so we know to wait much as we'd like to go. There were even a few times when I considered Vancouver or Victoria during the winter. My bottom lip got so chapped from a mix of the cold outside and the dry heat in here it swelled up for most of four months. More Angelina Jolie than Charles Laughton but I wasn't happy.<br /><br />Possible new US passport rules would make it impossible for many to obtain one.<br /><br />jams - Okay, I'll be happy to look at it that way rather than as cheating. Thank goodness it was never all of them acting out their student mania all at once.<br /><br />gfid - There were lots of good parts too and it certainly doesn't get as cold here as where you are. Halifax really is a very pretty town, most certainly in the south end where the tourists congregate. A lot of the old neighborhoods have been bulldozed but the ones that are left are wonderful. We looked at a little bungalow on a nice street not far away and learned it was for sale for $625,000. Geez.<br /><br />What troubles me about a number of these kids is the heavy drinking. I thought that went out of style when their grandparents generation mostly died of liver cancer and cirrhosis. <br /><br />I'm glad to know you have some spring flowers too. I promise to take a few more pictures for you.<br /><br />spadoman - I'm glad you stopped by. I've been meaning to visit but sometimes I get hung up for weeks at a time with the long walks, general outings, reading and painting, housework and all the rest. It's amazing how the days fly by - must be something about the ageing faster all the time syndrome.<br /><br />The little park across the way was still a beehive of activity on the weekends when we first arrived. It spreads out toward the huge public garden a block or further up the street. The main shopping street is just a block away too so we're very central to what passes for urban culture out this way. Did you notice the eye roll?<br /><br />From what I've read public drunkenness among young people of college age is rampant in the west. I think it's very sad and getting stoned is a better option for us and them.<br /><br />Keep well.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-15944030806913370102011-04-28T08:25:39.168-07:002011-04-28T08:25:39.168-07:00Thanks for that glimpse into your surroundings and...Thanks for that glimpse into your surroundings and your life in Halifax. I haven't stopped by in a while and seems I came just in time. It was like you nwere glad to see me and wanted to talk.m(Let me think of it this way even if it isn't, okay?)<br />I love the park. I coiuld see me during The Season, sitting on a bench, pulling smoke from a stogie, watching the world go by. (I'm one step from one of those old folks homes you know, I wonder if they'll let me smoke). I live in a college town. The University of Wisconsin River Falls is reight bejind my home. In fact, my yard is attached to the experimental farm, (UWRF has a large agricultural college with fruit trees and a horse/livestock program). Town is filled with students until May, then it's Summer, but we have no 'Season' as the Mall of America is 40 miles away in Minneapolis. The students here seem to be exactly the same as where you are, rowdy drunks.<br />I can go on forever. Good to visit here. I've missed you.<br /><br />PeaceSpadomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17781369901345409341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-20271341221865245812011-04-28T07:18:28.676-07:002011-04-28T07:18:28.676-07:00it's been a long and trying winter for you.......it's been a long and trying winter for you.... oi! you're living where the wild things are. quite likely the parents of the rowdies are blissfully unaware. i'm sure i was sheltered from the worst of my kids' animal stage, but i thought they all seemed to center their parties around gaming or ourdoor adventures or some other shared interest with friends - not blind, destructive drunkenness. <br /><br />Halifax looks like a gorgeous city - especially in comparison to our northern Alberta location where almost nothing is more than 50 years old, and most buildings are made of sheet metal. <br /><br />so, hopefully, many of the wild things will be elsewhere for the summer. enjoy the street cafes and pubs, the trips by ferry to explore .... i'll be following vicariously. happy spring! i saw my first crocus last week!gfidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452490194253665370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-68771702717813911212011-04-28T05:44:36.328-07:002011-04-28T05:44:36.328-07:00I love the photoshop effect. It mimics a grd filte...I love the photoshop effect. It mimics a grd filter nicely. I daresay being a student is much more fun than listening to them being student!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-8445120727764363772011-04-28T01:38:17.887-07:002011-04-28T01:38:17.887-07:00Fantastic post! More, more! I loved the first pict...Fantastic post! More, more! I loved the first picture and am so glad you did the whizzamagingy photo thing to it because it shows the buildings you pointed out in the tour much better than the one that is pure fog. Nice job.<br /><br />It sounds wise and reasonable to stick with that address until all paperwork is finalized. And maybe next winter's term of animals will be a bit tamer! And this is a classic line: <em>...I should mention most of the other tenants are relatively normal, considering I have a wide view of what constitutes normal.</em>!!<br /><br />Suppose I should follow the link to read up on passports, not that I expect to be needing one anytime soon...Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-41534250530106869692011-04-27T19:29:32.874-07:002011-04-27T19:29:32.874-07:00Nice job on the fog photo. I also find that the c...Nice job on the fog photo. I also find that the camera misses much of the eye's impression, and a little tweaking can render a photograph truer to the experience of the observer/photographer.<br /><br />And please, don't sell yourself short as a photographer - you have marvelous eyes, both inner and outer, and that's far more than many others will ever have!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-13652779759637763872011-04-27T18:34:30.568-07:002011-04-27T18:34:30.568-07:00marja-leena - You're too kind about the photos...marja-leena - You're too kind about the photos. I'm really a very lazy and impatient photographer. The place is more like one third dorm but it can be a raucous third. Happily, they don't all go crazy at once.<br /><br />liberality - I must admit I was imagining an apartment somewhat more unique and elegant than this one - quieter too. The thing that troubles me about some of these kids is knowing they come from good homes and their parents would be shocked. Summer should be very nice. Glad you like the pic.<br /><br />pagan sphinx - We were here for the end of tourist season and since it's a relatively short walk from our place I'm sure we'll catch some of the Festival. Nevertheless, it's been really nice to walk along the empty boardwalks on fine days this spring and past winter. <br /><br />I'm not surprised you've had enough of NS for a year or two but I'll either post or send you more pictures just to keep you interested enough for another visit. We're planning a trip to Cape Breton and then to Newfoundland by ferry this summer. There'll be other trips too.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-2957206251275113392011-04-27T16:26:50.711-07:002011-04-27T16:26:50.711-07:00From a visitor's point of view, Halifax is qui...From a visitor's point of view, Halifax is quite pleasant in the summer. The Buskers Festival was great fun but it changed the city in a way that I'd like to avoid seeing next time, in an effort to see the real life of the city. I'm sure there are plenty of interesting nooks to explore. <br /><br />We won't be going to Nova Scotia this summer in favor of a different destination that is still in the planning stages. But I know we won't want too many summers to pass before we return.<br /><br />I've been wanting photos and you have not disappointed, my friend.<br /><br />Best,<br />GinaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-69969878604931066462011-04-27T15:04:42.308-07:002011-04-27T15:04:42.308-07:00no wonder you aren't as happy as you can be! r...no wonder you aren't as happy as you can be! rowdy students who don't care about anyone but themselves are very poor neighbors indeed. the summer months do sound more promising. love the top photo :)Life As I Know It Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733963455243806298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-31383075821794320322011-04-27T12:44:27.993-07:002011-04-27T12:44:27.993-07:00Your photos are lovely, especially that top one! N...Your photos are lovely, especially that top one! Nice view too. Sorry to hear your apartment building is a student dorm! At least hopefully it will be quieter in the summer and you will also enjoy the outdoors more.marja-leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634791656471132347noreply@blogger.com