tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post8839444187994126490..comments2023-10-30T11:13:57.380+01:00Comments on FRENCH FANCY MOVES TO CORNWALL: Yes, it is Henry in the photo - and his mumFrench Fancy...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-38094809202099634362009-10-04T19:08:46.788+02:002009-10-04T19:08:46.788+02:00F. Fancy: I'm trying to stop myself from wonde...F. Fancy: I'm trying to stop myself from wondering how "I read" and just blog for myself. If I get comments it's a bonus.<br /><br />Yes; I feel the same. It's probably the best way to go.Berownehttp://www.savagereflections.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-37895329233902796492009-10-04T13:36:27.158+02:002009-10-04T13:36:27.158+02:00Berowne - hello again. One can get really self-con...Berowne - hello again. One can get really self-conscious about how one is coming across and I'm trying to stop myself from wondering how 'I read' - and just blog for myself - if I get comments it is a bonus. A big bonus<br /><br />CA - how lovely to have a well-behaved dog like that. Ours would follow me from office to office whining for attention.French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-36170617910653677042009-10-03T17:44:47.482+02:002009-10-03T17:44:47.482+02:00Aww, Henry is so cute! Years ago when I was in p...Aww, Henry is so cute! Years ago when I was in private practice there was a partner who spent the morning in one office and the afternoon in another and he always had his dog with him. It used to sleep under his desk waiting for him to finish!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-19924126046513925502009-10-02T14:36:27.964+02:002009-10-02T14:36:27.964+02:00I was glad to see the comments by A Super Dilettan...I was glad to see the comments by A Super Dilettante and yourself about the importace of content, not just social chit-chat, in blogs. Great visuals -- cartoons, photos, sketches -- are fine, but it's even better to have a good read with a good reading blog that has something interesting to say.Berownehttp://www.savagereflections.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-43118787313745882952009-10-02T12:47:31.756+02:002009-10-02T12:47:31.756+02:00Hello Daisy - how nice to see you here. hello.
fl...Hello Daisy - how nice to see you here. hello.<br /><br />flyintheweb - your blog is lovely - it doesn't need anything done to it. In fact there seem to be so many blogs that take ages to load these days because of all the things that some bloggers have put on to jazz it up.French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-33401900967243836532009-10-02T00:04:38.531+02:002009-10-02T00:04:38.531+02:00I sometimes think about doing things to the blog l...I sometimes think about doing things to the blog layout, but then decide that I don't have a spoon long enough to sup with the technology devil...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-76566381235512258812009-10-01T14:21:42.468+02:002009-10-01T14:21:42.468+02:00Dear French Fancy, I just popped in from Earwig Sa...Dear French Fancy, I just popped in from Earwig Sandwich - and so happy to see an old favourite blogger of mine Henry and his Mum - thank you for the update! Also liking your blog and will back to explore more! DaisyDaisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11235077158774802615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-56435814213878403982009-10-01T11:17:21.348+02:002009-10-01T11:17:21.348+02:00Carol - the thing is that these days I more or les...Carol - the thing is that these days I more or less speak my mind only to regret it a few hours later. There then follows a 'chat' about how I didn't mean what I said and 'is everything cool with us'? - you know the sort of thing.<br /><br />Hade - for about three years I didn't explore blogland - I just wrote 'for myself' - and it didn't bother me that nobody French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-38867615920629277302009-10-01T03:41:16.155+02:002009-10-01T03:41:16.155+02:00Lovely, not at all schmaltzy.Lovely, not at all schmaltzy.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085413093222573852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-29212088788878044872009-09-30T22:51:34.173+02:002009-09-30T22:51:34.173+02:00Hi FF/J...I'm trying to be myself on mine. I k...Hi FF/J...I'm trying to be myself on mine. I know I am not there yet but it is slowly happening. Agree with you about black backgrounds and music. I like the correspondence which comes about through blogs. It really is amazing what blogland brings isn't it? HxHadriana's Treasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740533954842010870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-31412792386381841042009-09-30T18:13:29.944+02:002009-09-30T18:13:29.944+02:00I'm definitely getting more balshy as I get ol...I'm definitely getting more balshy as I get older (God help Chris!!). What age do you reckon you have to be before you can say exactly what you want to say and no-body pulls you up about it?<br /><br />I am so with you on the black backgrounds and the music and tend to avoid blogs like that.<br /><br />I love my blog and the people that I have met through it :-)<br /><br />C xCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327016337976942530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-68932121616521099502009-09-30T16:35:41.390+02:002009-09-30T16:35:41.390+02:00Mark - you get sucked into someone's life thro...Mark - you get sucked into someone's life through their blog and if I am alreay sucked in I don't mind if they don't have much to relate - I just like to know they are still around, especially if they have been a bit down about something. I think it is because I do not know many people in France that I truly like, ones that I have sincerely bonded with.<br /><br />If this was my French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-35371837418551278422009-09-30T16:30:48.366+02:002009-09-30T16:30:48.366+02:00reasons - I do try and think before I speak irl th...reasons - I do try and think before I speak irl though. However my natural tendency is to speak first and think later. You could never call me a bashful type and sometimes even whilst telling someone something my little inner voice is wishing I would just shut up<br /><br />Lane - no, people's photos are lovely - it's all the endless images that people stick on from wiki or similar that French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-51467937825532661522009-09-30T13:52:26.909+02:002009-09-30T13:52:26.909+02:00I am with you on the music. I prefer peace and qui...I am with you on the music. I prefer peace and quiet so that I can concentrate. It is inevitable that as we get older we become more opinionated. I am trying to morph into my father rather than my mother!cheshire wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944869219641386387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-55014163735304973452009-09-30T13:32:47.919+02:002009-09-30T13:32:47.919+02:00White type out of black background is notoriously ...White type out of black background is notoriously difficult to read - that is why advertisers seldom use it. Though I did once see an advert like this for reading glasses - in six point type as well! I doubt it got much response.<br /><br />I am a big fan of blogs but if I have a bugbear it that some of them have so little to say and in fact are little more than social networking - though The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-53999566861064728932009-09-30T10:05:00.599+02:002009-09-30T10:05:00.599+02:00Please God don't let me turn into my mother!
...Please God don't let me turn into my mother!<br /><br />GGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-47153660687243136032009-09-30T01:38:28.094+02:002009-09-30T01:38:28.094+02:00You are sweet. Next time you're in London, we ...You are sweet. Next time you're in London, we are going to have a cheesy ceramic cafe session.Clarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05705409395605833495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-40471272344833135782009-09-29T20:56:45.924+02:002009-09-29T20:56:45.924+02:00Discernment is always, always a good thing and the...Discernment is always, always a good thing and the appearance of a person's blog and their use of pictures says a lot about them. I always feel honoured when you drop round mine I must say.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-8523540451514432122009-09-29T18:49:23.610+02:002009-09-29T18:49:23.610+02:00Yokki, our French neghbour's dog doesn't s...Yokki, our French neghbour's dog doesn't speak English but still we communicate well. He knocks me over with sheer excitement every time he sees me, and I, well I try and calm him down.<br /><br />Thanks for the tips FF.Ken Devinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01659672111856249878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-37580972821281978942009-09-29T18:11:50.056+02:002009-09-29T18:11:50.056+02:00You have such a lovely, soft heart!
And how lovel...You have such a lovely, soft heart!<br /><br />And how lovely to hear from Henry the Dog's mum... I still miss her + his blogs! Glad to hear they are fighting on and will win the battle!LadyFihttp://ladyfi.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-56823058646999918552009-09-29T17:37:14.761+02:002009-09-29T17:37:14.761+02:00Yup, with you on the sudden music thing, it also t...Yup, with you on the sudden music thing, it also tend to blow my cover when there's other people nearby and I want them to think I'm working on something terribly important.<br /><br />I hope the drugs are still working<br />xxLulu LaBonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546286547273386382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-57963386517102309902009-09-29T17:17:30.596+02:002009-09-29T17:17:30.596+02:00Hey, I took the splurge and retired the black back...Hey, I took the splurge and retired the black background! I loved the dramatic way photos looked, but I agree about it being hard to read. Hope the new color is a bit more soothing.<br /><br />I keep my mute button on while blog hopping.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-26348111934379139432009-09-29T16:50:54.338+02:002009-09-29T16:50:54.338+02:00What am I on? You may well ask...here I am blither...What am I on? You may well ask...here I am blithering on about Harry, when it was Henry all the time. DOH!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-40315752210246937302009-09-29T16:49:25.889+02:002009-09-29T16:49:25.889+02:00Ah! Harry! Strange that I chose that name for an a...Ah! Harry! Strange that I chose that name for an alias for my stepfather as I couldn't bring myself to actually write down his name...now I see it everywhere and my son and DIL even named their new puppy [a Yorkie] Harry, so now it has sweeter connotations for me.<br /><br />I don't like white on black, it blurs, and music is a turn off for me too, but the worst of all is when those rainAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-16318224464485390522009-09-29T14:53:03.782+02:002009-09-29T14:53:03.782+02:00My dear, Henry is a charmer. I want to have a dog ...My dear, Henry is a charmer. I want to have a dog (small enough to carry in my Breton bag to work). How civilised he has his own basket!! It's good that some work allows pets. One of my young professors at the university used to bring a golden labrador. That dog licks almost every female students and growls and barks when male students go into the office...esp. male students who want to ask A Super Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640893790909916004noreply@blogger.com