tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653301517528949264.post8255858302859149511..comments2023-09-08T03:33:44.677-07:00Comments on Notes from The Rookery: A May Day WeekendDanielle Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00570796614148198253noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653301517528949264.post-30572153072854004972011-06-13T13:10:34.163-07:002011-06-13T13:10:34.163-07:00What a beautiful post! There certainly are some be...What a beautiful post! There certainly are some beautiful places to ride there. Loved the pictures, though it makes me miss having a horse of my own.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17664824920459341153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653301517528949264.post-70331764117680837192011-05-23T20:55:23.007-07:002011-05-23T20:55:23.007-07:00A lovely haunting post... hope all is well with yo...A lovely haunting post... hope all is well with you...congratulations on your exhibition, Your works looked wonderful !!!Blackfeatherfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546615932272805349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653301517528949264.post-66908615671159819362011-05-10T07:49:22.208-07:002011-05-10T07:49:22.208-07:00A lovely post Danielle. You are an artist with wor...A lovely post Danielle. You are an artist with words as well as watercolors!<br /><br />Wishing you peace as well as a very belated Beltane~Gail H. Ragsdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491594160247541113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653301517528949264.post-81739730331728891892011-05-04T13:27:20.406-07:002011-05-04T13:27:20.406-07:00Hi Danielle,
It looks like the children had a wond...Hi Danielle,<br />It looks like the children had a wonderful Easter holidays, glad you all made the most of it.<br />I too loved your decription of the gathering atmosphere of the thunder, I just love the elemental drama of nature.<br />The Beacon must have felt amazing to be near, a real link to the ancestral past to think of how many had stood there before in another age, in another heartbeat..<br />Wishing you peace and a swift passing of troubles...<br />Carrie :)Windsongs and Wordhoardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211375575810428500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653301517528949264.post-59062620093288602412011-05-04T05:35:45.507-07:002011-05-04T05:35:45.507-07:00Valerianna - Thankyou :) I'm sure the ancestor...Valerianna - Thankyou :) I'm sure the ancestors were there - I am half convinced they were there on the hill earlier, waiting for the fire.<br /><br />Christina - I'm glad your parents made it! Maybe the links are still lingering there - I have just finished reading Neil Gaimans 'American Gods', and I love the idea that every immigrant took their own gods with them when they crossed the ocean, carried in their ancestral conciousness, and these lost and abandoned Gods are still to be found there.<br /><br />Thankyou Virginia - peace is slowly finding it's way back :)<br /><br />Bovey Belle - Aaah, these moors, they have such a strong pull :)<br /><br />Freyalyn and Kath - I'm glad it gave you goosebumps, and that I managed to capture that feeling - that is exactly how it made me feel. We have had only a teaser of rain so far - the springs are exceptionally low on the farm .Danielle Barlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00570796614148198253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653301517528949264.post-46399303722980109512011-05-04T05:07:56.628-07:002011-05-04T05:07:56.628-07:00Such atmosphere in this post, at times it sent pri...Such atmosphere in this post, at times it sent prickles up my spine. Happy belated Beltane.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653301517528949264.post-61771043005643510782011-05-04T02:45:33.751-07:002011-05-04T02:45:33.751-07:00I have actually come out in goosebumps when you de...I have actually come out in goosebumps when you described how the beacon burned. (Robert Graves described it so well as the touch of the goddess). Have you had rain yet?Freyalynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911845535682123517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653301517528949264.post-78025189131808675032011-05-04T00:29:15.917-07:002011-05-04T00:29:15.917-07:00How magical. I didn't want your post to stop....How magical. I didn't want your post to stop. I have been down to Dorset and Hampshire, so had my share of wonderful moorland, but Dartmoor still calls. The bonfire sounds like it gave a real echo of the past . . .<br /><br />I hope your worries and tangled emotions are soon resolved.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653301517528949264.post-2342698903328067562011-05-03T22:29:27.812-07:002011-05-03T22:29:27.812-07:00I'm sorry you're coping with such deep and...I'm sorry you're coping with such deep and dark emotions - I hope there's resolution, or better still peace, for you soon. Glad the children have had a good holiday, and they all seems so confident on their ponies.<br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />VirginiaVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864657381173674455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653301517528949264.post-25111745028031575632011-05-03T18:22:54.161-07:002011-05-03T18:22:54.161-07:00Wonderful Danielle. I love the Bonfire, and the f...Wonderful Danielle. I love the Bonfire, and the fact that it was lit in time for Beltaine. I wish we had such links to our ancestral past here, but I think when people cross oceans to new countries, they leave much more than friends and relatives behind. We have nothing that begins to compare with the May Day celebrations I've been reading about over the last few days, and it tugs deeply at me, as if it's a missing part I didn't even know was missing. I hope whatever is causing you pain resolves soon. And I just wanted to add that Mum and Dad did get to Chagford, briefly after all the worry of dad being sick. They couldn't stop long, but they had lunch in the courtyard cafe and Mum loved your animal paintings!A mermaid in the attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01139858546037879539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653301517528949264.post-27892334895512681222011-05-03T15:56:18.531-07:002011-05-03T15:56:18.531-07:00A beautiful post, Danielle. I was feeling scattere...A beautiful post, Danielle. I was feeling scattered with much on my plate this week, but, truly, your writing has helped to ground me tonight, thanks. I could hear the leather and metal bridals creaking and the sound of hoofs on stony paths... Cool to hear that there was a bonfire, I wonder if the ancestors joined the revelry? Happy May!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.com