tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post2582079736662759267..comments2024-03-05T20:07:08.232+00:00Comments on The Kitchen Bitch Ponders: Creative ControlErylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-49766711529980922292011-04-30T13:15:14.711+01:002011-04-30T13:15:14.711+01:00Hi Eryl,
Birthday greetings, late to the day. Ho...Hi Eryl,<br /><br />Birthday greetings, late to the day. How fun to see you in your element - love the pictures! I agree totally, a digital camera takes seeing to a whole different place - lots of fun and adventures in store for you! All best wishes!Golden Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590087189810939432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-67901246636587229162011-04-19T21:14:03.665+01:002011-04-19T21:14:03.665+01:00Really sounds like you had the perfect natal day. ...Really sounds like you had the perfect natal day. And Kelburn Castle sure looks coooool. Belated Best Birthday Wishes!Studio Khnoumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540553475420994874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-20399895139720954782011-04-19T19:28:50.287+01:002011-04-19T19:28:50.287+01:00Dear Eryl,
Happy Birthday! Your day WAS fit for a...Dear Eryl,<br />Happy Birthday! Your day WAS fit for a Queen. Oh how I long for a new camera, so I truly share in your new Camera joy!<br /><br />Also, you are such a beautiful woman. I know I've told you before but it's worth repeating. I am intrigued by your beautiful face and exotic looks!<br /><br /><br />xox<br />Constance<br /><br />ps<br />That Ukulele woman that you posted. awhile back just blows my mind. I've watched it over and over. The one you posted was the best.rochambeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02142325813293645555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-1537252117731187502011-04-15T03:12:29.729+01:002011-04-15T03:12:29.729+01:00Happy Belate Birthday Wishes!! xxHappy Belate Birthday Wishes!! xxTess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-6674566753935127662011-04-14T22:28:45.201+01:002011-04-14T22:28:45.201+01:00Denise ~ let's just say I've learnt not to...Denise ~ let's just say I've learnt not to leave room for interpretation. No nagging is necessary though.<br /><br />A kindle wasn't on, or even near, my wish-list but I am now totally sold. Goodness knows what my walls look like behind the bookcases!<br /><br />Catherine ~ you're welcome, thanks for stopping by.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-43856556254852060602011-04-14T09:39:25.079+01:002011-04-14T09:39:25.079+01:00This looks absolutely fantastic! Thanks for sharin...This looks absolutely fantastic! Thanks for sharing!Catherinehttp://yoursmartkitchen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-72543211137698731902011-04-13T23:57:27.183+01:002011-04-13T23:57:27.183+01:00It sounds like your loved one really do know you, ...It sounds like your loved one really do know you, either that or you've nagged them into these great gifts.<br /><br />For me it's the audio book, I just cant gt into the kindle thing.<br /><br />Acres of wall sound good though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-21945665895876046252011-04-13T18:52:36.198+01:002011-04-13T18:52:36.198+01:00Carole ~ I suspect there will be lots more photos ...Carole ~ I suspect there will be lots more photos on here once I know what I'm doing with the camera.<br /><br />Red ~ next year I will want nothing as I now have it all. Cake is the one thing the boys can't do, this year's plasti-coated, supermarket offering was so vile I couldn't even eat a whole slice.<br /><br />Kim ~ that would be a very dull day for you: I don't even know enough to ask questions, yet.<br /><br />Pat ~ so, so much easier for reading in bed, and you can vary the print size and make your reading glasses redundant. <br /><br />One day I'll tell the story of the spiked rubber back pack that Stevie bought me for Christmas: I really thought our days as a couple were numbered! <br /><br />Jim ~ I agree, digital has made it possible to record everything, and it's also taken the fear out of photography. I used to take my SLR everywhere when I was in my twenties but couldn't afford to use it enough to become proficient. Now, once the camera and its accoutrements have been purchased the cost of practising is next to nothing, so only one good shot in thirty is no longer disheartening. Be interesting if you do get out with your camera, but I guess you have to want to photograph something to do so. I think I document everything because I'm greedy, and afraid of missing something, it's a compulsion.<br /><br />I hadn't even considered looking at books with tables, how does it fare with unconventional poems I wonder? One of the problems I have found is page numbers: I never know what page I'm on, so citation could be a problem. The thing I really love about it, though, is not having to hold the pages open with my arthritic thumbs. Reading books for long periods of time had become a painful business, and I'd pretty much stopped. Now I can read for hours again.<br /><br />UB ~ such a non-idiotic question: it looks intended, and I'll have to ask S. who took the shot. If it was, he's surpassed himself! <br /><br />Glad you approve of the haircut, it's really the same as it was minus about three inches.<br /><br />If you get an electronic reader you'll have more space for your beautiful first editions. Once I get rid of all my scabby paperbacks I'll get some of those shelves they have for journals in libraries that show the whole cover. A bit like old fashioned plate racks. My collection of lovlies isn't anywhere near as great as yours but they do deserve not to be squashed on Ikea white laminate. <br /><br />Jane and Lance ~ hello, nice to meet you. I do do quite a lot of kitchening here, recently I went into a bit of a bottling frenzy, and if you scroll down you'll see pictures of what look like specimens in kilner jars. I also have a bit of a cake obsession, but I do get out too so I hope to keep you captivated! <br /><br />Nick ~ interesting that you and Jenny have been together for such a long time, but still keep each other guessing. I'm afraid I am all too predictable.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-53920553305038358912011-04-13T14:37:12.849+01:002011-04-13T14:37:12.849+01:00That's great that people know you so well they...That's great that people know you so well they can give you exactly what you want rather than yet another embarrassing no-no! Jenny and I still have difficulty buying each other presents because our tastes are just so individual and unpredictable.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-64538169045765311452011-04-13T13:37:17.027+01:002011-04-13T13:37:17.027+01:00Hello:
You are so right. Gifts from others which s...Hello:<br />You are so right. Gifts from others which show a real resonance with one's own thoughts and ideas are so very pleasing and satisfying. We are sure that you shall have great fun getting to know your new camera and recording the incidents in life that take your fancy.<br />We nearly passed your blog by as it contained the word 'kitchen' ...absolutely not a favourite place for either of us. However, we are so pleased that we read on and have been captivated by your lively and eclectic writing. We are signed up!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-90478272056243993592011-04-13T12:32:57.261+01:002011-04-13T12:32:57.261+01:00Belated happy birthday wishes from Manhattan! Ther...Belated happy birthday wishes from Manhattan! There, as long last, is the pic of the new haircut I've been waiting for. I approve!<br /><br />I have to ask an idiot question but since you don't actually <i>know</i> me I guess it's okay. Were you intentionally positioned next to the bird so that it seems he is perched on the headrest and whispering in your ear (or pecking at your head)?<br /><br />I'll never buy an electronic reader. NEVER! DO you hear me!! (Am trying to convince myself more than you.)The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-36973178783901085082011-04-13T10:50:13.073+01:002011-04-13T10:50:13.073+01:00I think that’s the great thing about the advent of...I think that’s the great thing about the advent of digital photography the fact that we can record everything. When I was young and had my first SLRs I was canny to say the least. Photos cost money and so I took time over every one, framed it properly and watched my exposure. Now I can fire off a dozen and fiddle with the picture in Photoshop and yet I still find old habits die hard. I'm not that kind of a writer and I’m not that kind of a photographer. My wife’s bought me a new camera bag for my birthday. She got me a new DSLR for last birthday but so far I’ve only photographed myself so I could put pictures up on my blog and I really do need to get out and about with it. For months it’s been sat on a shelf serving as a bookend.<br /><br />Carrie also bought me a Kindle. In essence I have no problems with e-readers – she bought me my first one about ten years ago so I’m an old hand – but I’ll never prefer them to books. I’m afraid I always want to push the boundaries and so when I got my Kindle I started uploading PDFs and books with tables and hanging indents and it really copes very badly with all of these. But for a straight straightforward novel, words on a page and nothing clever, it’s fine. But give me a paper book any day of the week.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-51719266913036483582011-04-13T10:32:29.424+01:002011-04-13T10:32:29.424+01:00Lucky lucky you! I shall probably be influenced b...Lucky lucky you! I shall probably be influenced by you - not for the first time and - eventually get a kindle - so much easier in bed.<br />I'm ashamed to say that in the not too distant past I have looked appalled at a gift horse in the mouth, and thought 'How could they know me and give me that?'<br />And yes I am ashamed of myself but dissembling is not my forte.<br />Your presents are all exactly right and well deserved.<br />You don't look a day over thirty:)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-11715194017494596792011-04-13T09:34:13.658+01:002011-04-13T09:34:13.658+01:00We'll have to have a photographic day and swap...We'll have to have a photographic day and swap tips and tricks :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-22226967803987488502011-04-13T01:34:40.712+01:002011-04-13T01:34:40.712+01:00Nice! I've reached some kind of birthday nadir...Nice! I've reached some kind of birthday nadir, and look forward to the day when I just get a cake.red-handedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484549762594608774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-34647333744401974772011-04-12T23:34:50.773+01:002011-04-12T23:34:50.773+01:00Now those are super nice presents. I can't wa...Now those are super nice presents. I can't wait to see more pictures. You find the funnest things to record. Kuddos to your family for the great gifts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828426520214270655noreply@blogger.com