tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post3038829757735306869..comments2024-03-03T23:11:46.016-05:00Comments on hibernian homme: Miss Rumphius and her lupins...DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-1455209400124657122010-10-07T13:41:08.983-04:002010-10-07T13:41:08.983-04:00Garsh Carrick and Victoria, your comments are so s...Garsh Carrick and Victoria, your comments are so sweet...I'm gushing. Just when I was thinking no one reads this anymore! Thank you so so much, you made my day!DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-34549813579604337422010-10-07T13:30:01.693-04:002010-10-07T13:30:01.693-04:00Dan, all I can say is Prince Edward Island and lup...Dan, all I can say is Prince Edward Island and lupins. Late June into July I think is the season. And Victoria Thorne's first comment, second paragraph, second and third sentence.Carricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-27908798473457292502010-10-06T23:58:58.609-04:002010-10-06T23:58:58.609-04:00sweetie, i think we missed her by ten years.
she...sweetie, i think we missed her by ten years. <br /><br />she actually came to the children's bookstore (a.k.a. heaven on earth: hicklebees) that i worked at in the early 90's. well, she visited before the early 90's. how i would have loved to have met her (but she would've been one i couldn't talk in front of: that happened with Julie Andrews. can you imagine? mary poppins signing books right in front of me. i was verklempt and hanging off of cloud 9)<br /><br />anyway, an illustration from Island Boy (the kids jumping on the beds, surrounded by "walls" made of sails; girls plaiting hair, climbing stairs with candle...) hangs right where i can see it first thing in the morning. because few things make me happier.<br /><br />(whew, that was a long one ;)Victoria Thornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14464329551302212978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-38057802584013579122010-10-06T21:48:49.934-04:002010-10-06T21:48:49.934-04:00Thanks all...and Miss Rumphius!
Victoria, I had t...Thanks all...and Miss Rumphius!<br /><br />Victoria, I had the same reaction...I recognized it, got a chill, then realized where I recognized it from. I should right a letter to Barbara Cooney.DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-12828625347204914852010-10-06T21:46:35.267-04:002010-10-06T21:46:35.267-04:00Miss Rumphius was who I wanted to be. I read the b...Miss Rumphius was who I wanted to be. I read the book over and over to my children. It gives me shivers, just looking at her here. <br /><br />She belongs here. You have that in your life, and you share it with all of us. How can we be so lucky?<br /><br />Thank you. This is such joy to see.Victoria Thornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14464329551302212978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-60776315393208343432010-10-06T20:22:27.547-04:002010-10-06T20:22:27.547-04:00Few sights are more stirring in early summer than ...Few sights are more stirring in early summer than a field of lupine by the sea. From now on, I'll thank Miss Rumphius for the annual June displaysThe Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-50384772819599884822010-10-06T18:32:45.517-04:002010-10-06T18:32:45.517-04:00she's like the johnny appleseed of lupins!she's like the johnny appleseed of lupins!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com