tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post5218158641499979288..comments2023-12-31T08:43:00.853+00:00Comments on Wife in the North: A pirate's life for mewife in the northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15227214647512546906noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-12708132927768081972007-09-12T21:18:00.001+01:002007-09-12T21:18:00.001+01:00oh dear, mean sum up. sorry.oh dear, mean sum up. sorry.anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676372870362051437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-47849643077932114052007-09-12T21:18:00.000+01:002007-09-12T21:18:00.000+01:00You some up so beautifully how it feels to be a Mu...You some up so beautifully how it feels to be a Mum.anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676372870362051437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-5101905929527482042007-09-12T19:15:00.000+01:002007-09-12T19:15:00.000+01:00I am SO full of admiration that you can alter a d...I am SO full of admiration that you can alter a dress and make a pirates fancy dress - the best I could manage was adapting tea towels and dressing gown cords to make wisemen outfits. <BR/><BR/>Oh, I did make a squirrel costume once, although everyone thought it was a rat......<BR/><BR/>Lovely post WITN, right to the soft spot as always.Swearing Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07277450057243928790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-59843329833525826852007-09-12T17:18:00.000+01:002007-09-12T17:18:00.000+01:00Ah, stitching, you are your mother's daughter, of ...Ah, stitching, you are your mother's daughter, of course you are - what about that unfinished tapestry...?merry weatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790847146645006254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-68874732472342663642007-09-12T17:06:00.000+01:002007-09-12T17:06:00.000+01:00You can write and you can sew. That's amazing. I...You can write and you can sew. That's amazing. I'm with @themiollJackie Lubenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04865586154414594682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-37742979257327672332007-09-12T16:57:00.000+01:002007-09-12T16:57:00.000+01:00What a great metaphor for life moving onwards - al...What a great metaphor for life moving onwards - all wrapped up in a gorgeous frock. When your boy is older, perhaps he will go with you to buy a new gorgeous gownMopsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912659592484055741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-56739368379065790212007-09-12T16:06:00.000+01:002007-09-12T16:06:00.000+01:00I love this blog. There, I've said it now. I lov...I love this blog. There, I've said it now. I love the quality of the writing. You do wry and wistful better than anyone I have ever read. You are fab.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for crazed obsessive stalkerish adulation but it did have to be said.Belladonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106791394796087414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-29980393068962343332007-09-12T06:58:00.000+01:002007-09-12T06:58:00.000+01:00Beautifully done, WITN, I bow to you. How lovely t...Beautifully done, WITN, I bow to you. How lovely that he noticed. And he will remember and pass this one on to his children.....Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-35962870743793640072007-09-11T19:33:00.000+01:002007-09-11T19:33:00.000+01:00We take our kids/grandkids into a fantasy world, -...We take our kids/grandkids into a fantasy world, - or do they take us? Its lovely. I take my younger grandchildren for woodland walks and tell them revamped versions of Tolkein's "Hobbit" of LOTR. Then in my long Drizabone mac and wide brimmed hat I become "Grandad Gandalf." Well that's what THEY call me!The Draughtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393632664229091877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-87230005507350292142007-09-11T19:26:00.000+01:002007-09-11T19:26:00.000+01:00It's been a while since you have written something...It's been a while since you have written something that touched me this much, Wifey. My eyes are wet. Lovely.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-86486631718774491692007-09-11T19:07:00.000+01:002007-09-11T19:07:00.000+01:00Crikey - I bow to you. I can't even sew a button o...Crikey - I bow to you. I can't even sew a button on,@themillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644636690850127781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-86101227868888594272007-09-11T18:15:00.000+01:002007-09-11T18:15:00.000+01:00What a wonderful fate for the dress, though. To fu...What a wonderful fate for the dress, though. To fulfil its main function in life by adorning womanly beauty, and then to have a happy retirement turning a small boy into the splendid pirate of his imagination - what more could a dress ask for?Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.com