tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post2714478338268507969..comments2024-03-26T00:10:40.751-04:00Comments on Reggie Darling: Happy MD DayReggie Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-90846104867087763552012-05-16T02:06:51.368-04:002012-05-16T02:06:51.368-04:00Hello Liz, I did read your post about Reynolda. E...Hello Liz, I did read your post about Reynolda. Excellent, thank you!Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-44410975227122460102012-05-16T02:05:56.657-04:002012-05-16T02:05:56.657-04:00Not to worry, I took your comment in the good spir...Not to worry, I took your comment in the good spirit that it was intended. Thank you!Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-62443912479397433022012-05-15T16:56:48.658-04:002012-05-15T16:56:48.658-04:00I hope you didn't take my comment amiss Reggie...I hope you didn't take my comment amiss Reggie, I didn't mean it to sound so harsh after your heartfelt comments about your cousin Joannasmrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-1069014461852436302012-05-14T21:41:16.535-04:002012-05-14T21:41:16.535-04:00A very poignant photo, Reggie, the love of your mo...A very poignant photo, Reggie, the love of your mother for her dog.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-33085509065214104532012-05-14T19:59:51.269-04:002012-05-14T19:59:51.269-04:00Oh lovely post...I like her...she looks a lot like...Oh lovely post...I like her...she looks a lot like me...Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-83652262409447699312012-05-14T15:49:45.892-04:002012-05-14T15:49:45.892-04:00Hi RD, I enjoyed reading about your chic Mother de...Hi RD, I enjoyed reading about your chic Mother despite the tragic shift to Danish Modern. Well, in Winston Salem, we're still smokin, so you might enjoy a spin around my post on the Reynolda Estate. Come say hello! <br />Best, <br />LizDovecote Decorhttp://dovecotedecor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-48301105631123153302012-05-14T07:35:09.302-04:002012-05-14T07:35:09.302-04:00Another Sally spaniel? How lovely! And yes, the ...Another Sally spaniel? How lovely! And yes, the smell of cigarettes was everpresent in our household growing up. The contrast between then -- when statistically over 40% of adult Americans smoked-- versus today -- when less than 25% do -- is quite remarkable. More striking is among people with college educations, where the percentage of adult smokers is much less, probably around 15%. Although I and my friends once smoked, most of us were merely social smokers, and most of us have long since given it up.Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-34717029983832817162012-05-14T03:18:52.102-04:002012-05-14T03:18:52.102-04:00I love the chair , the dress , the ash tray and Sa...I love the chair , the dress , the ash tray and Sal especially as we have a Sally Spaniel of our own. Now to come to the dreaded cigarettes........how many of us grew up with that familiar sight and smell, not that I minded but nor did I ever smoke.Bumble at homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06373365757370344752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-18441576628185471722012-05-13T18:49:30.131-04:002012-05-13T18:49:30.131-04:00you're not my long lost cousin Reggie are you ...you're not my long lost cousin Reggie are you ? that would be a hootsmrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-29164553662478788142012-05-13T09:59:05.926-04:002012-05-13T09:59:05.926-04:00Thank you SMR. One of the great influences on my ...Thank you SMR. One of the great influences on my life was my cousin Joanna, of the same generation as your mother. It is a name that I will always love, as I loved her dearly. ReggieReggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-86189842014666238042012-05-13T09:55:45.915-04:002012-05-13T09:55:45.915-04:00Hello Kerry, While the greeting card industry has ...Hello Kerry, While the greeting card industry has coopted Mother's Day (along with every other holida it seems), cinically reducing it to its basest, mercantile possibility--a spending opportunity--there is still much to recommend the annual observance of celebration of one's mother, I believe.Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-29208780695122708042012-05-13T09:52:00.878-04:002012-05-13T09:52:00.878-04:00Parnassas, You are most correct that physical obje...Parnassas, You are most correct that physical objects take on a special and sometimes strange significance. I will always be partial to glass ashtrays of the sort MD favored, and the packaging of the Lucky Strike cigarettes she smoked most of her life, despite the decidedly unhealthful impact they had on her, particularly in her later years. The silver frame, which is now over 100 years old, is also a favorite of mine, for the reasons you perceptively note. Thank you. ReggieReggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-72835534247078634402012-05-13T09:47:13.041-04:002012-05-13T09:47:13.041-04:00Hello J&LH: MD agreed with you, she snorted co...Hello J&LH: MD agreed with you, she snorted contemtuously at the very thought of Mother's Day, which she considered a trumped up, sacharine greeting card day. Both my sister Camilla and I would send her cards anyway, usually of the most tasteless variety we could find, covered with ribbons and glitter and cute bunnies and such, and containing poetry of the basest sort. Most amusing! ReggieReggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-79632904960677351392012-05-13T09:43:51.516-04:002012-05-13T09:43:51.516-04:00Camilla, I am glad you like it, it is--as I write-...Camilla, I am glad you like it, it is--as I write--a favorite of mine. ReggieReggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-48377094768685821632012-05-13T07:49:02.369-04:002012-05-13T07:49:02.369-04:00An affecting tribute to your mother on Mother'...An affecting tribute to your mother on Mother's day.<br /><br />It is interesting how physical objects can represent human emotions and relationships. The ash tray, table and even the cigarettes remind you (and by extension, us) of that place and time, and of your happy memories of your mother.<br /><br />I especially like the idea that the silver frame was given to your grandmother as an engagement present. Although the participants are gone, the frame still connotes the excitement of that romance, and the pleasure in giving and receiving this gift.<br />--Road to ParnassusParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-52231830025697929842012-05-13T03:52:02.745-04:002012-05-13T03:52:02.745-04:00Hello Reggie:
We rather tend to avoid anything con...Hello Reggie:<br />We rather tend to avoid anything connected with Mother's Day or Mothering Sunday, some Sundays back, as it is known in the United Kingdom, but were drawn here to this very appealing photograph of your mother in a beautiful antique silver frame. What a lovely item to have on the bedside chest-of-drawers.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-50808546765997365202012-05-13T00:12:15.195-04:002012-05-13T00:12:15.195-04:00Love this picture which I have never seen until no...Love this picture which I have never seen until now.<br />xox <br />CamillaCate Fitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835720513248934609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-64550409364564602682012-05-12T22:16:27.541-04:002012-05-12T22:16:27.541-04:00Charming and bittersweet, the picture and that it ...Charming and bittersweet, the picture and that it is a memory.<br />We all have our mums around in my clan but are sadly bereft of living fathers, except me, an only child. I only imagine the feeling that cheery cards must bring when one's intended recipient is not present and I may just be insulted by the holiday instead.Kerry Steele- Design du Mondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13066816712379181399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-32435597010562662232012-05-12T21:25:37.883-04:002012-05-12T21:25:37.883-04:00Reggie, wonderful thoughts about your Mother...
x...Reggie, wonderful thoughts about your Mother...<br /><br />xoxo<br />Karena<br />Art by KarenaKarenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-89693942756960199642012-05-12T19:59:47.106-04:002012-05-12T19:59:47.106-04:00Again you have you touched my heart. It's alre...Again you have you touched my heart. It's already Mothers Day here and I too am thinking of my mother Joanna (1924-2003).<br /><br />I have a photograph of her from the early 1940s in her Royal Canadian Airforce Uniform.smrnoreply@blogger.com