Comments on elderwomanblog: The Words for Honeysuckle

Greetings Marian--I found your blog via a dear fri...

2008-07-15T16:38:00.000+01:00

Greetings Marian--I found your blog via a dear friend of mine. I feel deeply connected to your wise woman words and am most grateful to have found you.
Many blessings--Rue

Hello Marianyes, how true that we forget the power...

2008-07-12T07:43:00.000+01:00

Hello Marian

yes, how true that we forget the power of non-verbal communication. I've had to remember this frequently here as I struggle to find the Spanish words when talking with neighbours. Hilarious at times and I've learned so much.

Language through gesture is quite fascinating, I t...

2008-07-10T02:59:00.000+01:00

Language through gesture is quite fascinating, I think. We should all spend a set time period during which we communicate only non-verbally, just for the experience. Then, there is that game, Charades. Lovely photos.

I grew up in a farmhouse with honeysuckle outside ...

2008-07-01T18:19:00.000+01:00

I grew up in a farmhouse with honeysuckle outside the utility room door. I bought one to plant here at this farmhouse as soon as i could and it's appreciated every year when it starts to bloom. There is something so sweet about it between the beauty of the blooms and the fragrance.

We used to have honeysuckle in the garden but sadl...

2008-06-29T08:25:00.000+01:00

We used to have honeysuckle in the garden but sadly it died. Next door have some though that's flowering its socks off at the moment and looks absoloutely stunning. I really must get some more.

I have honeysuckly all over my garden....climbing ...

2008-06-22T21:27:00.000+01:00

I have honeysuckly all over my garden....climbing arches, scrambling up trees, growing through the hedges. Its fragrance draws the moths into the garden at night.....and on a warm summers evening mixed with the scent of roses, it is wonderful.

Honeysuckle, it was one of the first plants I plan...

2008-06-21T17:07:00.000+01:00

Honeysuckle, it was one of the first plants I planted in my new garden.
Placed it at the base of a wooden
pole. Thoughts of it climbing and covering it.
Their aroma is delightful.
What interesting bloggers have commented on this post.
I have visited each one.

I am so very pleased to have stumbled upon your bl...

2008-06-18T18:05:00.000+01:00

I am so very pleased to have stumbled upon your blog. honeysuckle, mountains, slowing down. like music, the words, the way you string them together, I love surprises like this! I searched for "don't do something, just sit there" because of a friend's email, and there you were, much to my delight.

what a wonderful post! i often think about words ...

2008-06-17T08:15:00.000+01:00

what a wonderful post! i often think about words myself. language. translation. conveying meaning and whether it's truly ever possible... perhaps we should just all drink the scents of the world and not worry about words. however, i'm glad you shared yours.

I love honeysuckle, Elderwoman. I don't see much ...

2008-06-17T04:20:00.000+01:00

I love honeysuckle, Elderwoman. I don't see much of it here on the island but I'm sure there's some out there somewhere. How nice for you to devote a blog post to something so wonderful. I remember sucking the nectar out of the flowers as a child. Doesn't everyone do that?

Beautiful photograph, I can almost smell it myself...

2008-06-16T22:50:00.000+01:00

Beautiful photograph, I can almost smell it myself.
Perhaps the couple did realise, after your words had sunk in. Perhaps after their trip the only non-standard English word they will have learned is 'honeysuckle'.