tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post3499732992705881192..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: HumdrumFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-91385992163287811162012-10-20T23:00:35.076+01:002012-10-20T23:00:35.076+01:00Friko, I was looking at all your wonderful picture...Friko, I was looking at all your wonderful pictures and came inadvertantly came across your AGA. We read so many blogs these days that I couldn't remember where you lived, but seeing your AGA, I thought it probably was England (and it was). We have an AGA here in Texas, but few even know 'what it is' here. We love it! And fell in love with it years ago after seeing it on another Rianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472421271620543536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-26641934195755033972012-10-11T09:08:05.307+01:002012-10-11T09:08:05.307+01:00Hi Friko - had to come back and look ... great aut...Hi Friko - had to come back and look ... great autumnal cheerful colours - just right! Glad the job is done - mess cleared up, and all spick and span for another day ... my mother used to love hearing that people around the world sent her best wishes and hugs via my blog .... I just love the support I get, and have had during her illness. Seems like I'm on a travel journey .. it's fun, Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-49178672568790079482012-10-10T01:40:19.779+01:002012-10-10T01:40:19.779+01:00Everyday occurrences and sights sometimes go unnot...Everyday occurrences and sights sometimes go unnoticed but tend to be what fill our reservoirs of stamina and hope. However, water damage (which I also have) isn't my favorite. I, too, tend to ignore, if possible. I need Kelly here in CO.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-77688405189563495592012-10-09T16:27:50.475+01:002012-10-09T16:27:50.475+01:00House-helps are saviors!
Love the last shot very m...House-helps are saviors!<br />Love the last shot very much.Indranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097788106899971708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-66620222042960407832012-10-09T13:19:47.439+01:002012-10-09T13:19:47.439+01:00Sounds like the story of my life, Friko, though mi...Sounds like the story of my life, Friko, though minus the cleaner as yet. Life is mostly made up of a multitude of these tiny, mundane events, and none the worse for it in my book.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-70093043711008230312012-10-09T11:35:13.633+01:002012-10-09T11:35:13.633+01:00I could do with a Kelly but the rule in this house...I could do with a Kelly but the rule in this house is that we only employ people to do the jobs we can't which is fine in theory . . . but the windows go uncleaned, the house undecorated, the cooker a disaster . . . and so it goes on, or doesn't! jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-30660457198583277952012-10-09T07:50:47.315+01:002012-10-09T07:50:47.315+01:00It's never-ending, isn't it, whether it...It's never-ending, isn't it, whether it's buffing up the kitchen tiles* or fixing leaks and damp patches? Thank goodness I live in a modern flat now, with a professional management company for the big structural issues. Before, I'd always been in Victorian houses: investigating a ceiling damp patch, I poked my head into the loft, only to see the sky where a couple of roof tiles Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-90818515877605583042012-10-09T05:35:52.286+01:002012-10-09T05:35:52.286+01:00This was an interesting chatty blog Friko - DaveThis was an interesting chatty blog Friko - DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851174879441602754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-63081112132597586102012-10-09T04:19:18.829+01:002012-10-09T04:19:18.829+01:00But you deserve to brag a bit. Those clouds give a...But you deserve to brag a bit. Those clouds give an air of October!<br />Nice to have help that enjoys doing a bit more rather than less:)Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-56590211679737377862012-10-09T01:29:14.291+01:002012-10-09T01:29:14.291+01:00What a cool and awesome last picture. Me like fore...What a cool and awesome last picture. Me like foreboding skies. We've started fixing niggly things around the house too, nothing as dramatic as yours. We do it ourselves being stingy folk which means it's going to take forever. Sigh.georgia little peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-35426525683000179192012-10-08T23:43:03.240+01:002012-10-08T23:43:03.240+01:00This was siiiiiiick. You should check out the song...This was siiiiiiick. You should check out the song "Box of Wine" by my band Terminally Ill on my blog about them. You will love it I swear!Terminally Illhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502001869820352698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-32079705018753811142012-10-08T17:19:02.995+01:002012-10-08T17:19:02.995+01:00I have someone who cleans here too.
Your castle ...I have someone who cleans here too. <br /><br />Your castle shot is wonderful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-800674866191440112012-10-08T13:49:13.255+01:002012-10-08T13:49:13.255+01:00I love the "color" in your kitchen. Now ...I love the "color" in your kitchen. Now days so many of the same drab kitchens are everywhere. Beige homes that are so boring. Give me color.<br />BalishaBalishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298193443371503407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-29895335731493611082012-10-08T08:36:19.438+01:002012-10-08T08:36:19.438+01:00i really like your castle - would love to come and...i really like your castle - would love to come and see it and take some pictures, maybe do a painting one of these daysDon't Feed The Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-53669026800691798172012-10-08T07:33:57.004+01:002012-10-08T07:33:57.004+01:00Never mind about the castle ( which , lets face it...Never mind about the castle ( which , lets face it , looks a bit leaky ) , what I really envy are the kitchen tiles . We inherited Avocado Green from the last owner .... though we did get rid of the shag pile carpet . Way too cool !SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-69810289113191290682012-10-08T05:27:34.394+01:002012-10-08T05:27:34.394+01:00How lovely your kitchen is! (I refrained from usi...How lovely your kitchen is! (I refrained from using “cool”.) The tiles are pleasantly colorful. I wish I could give the original sparkles again to my kitchen and utensils. They are not dirty but have stains due to long-term neglect. My husband is kind of a gardener, so helpful in the garden, but not in the kitchen. He seems to think kitchen is my territory.<br /><br />I have nice autumn stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-14601085353585318702012-10-07T23:09:22.119+01:002012-10-07T23:09:22.119+01:00I'm only teaching part-time now and loving the...I'm only teaching part-time now and loving the chance to be humdrum some of the time. Yay!Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-18786885182054434302012-10-07T20:54:24.148+01:002012-10-07T20:54:24.148+01:00Yes you and your Kelly and me and my Emma and I ch...Yes you and your Kelly and me and my Emma and I chuckle to see that you also miss the little extras they do. It is rarely I notice a cobweb or plaster falling, I am so much of what in the old days would be called the "absent-minded professor."<br /><br />Everywhere I visit is safe from any notation of dust on my part. I would never see it.<br /><br />And Oh I do love your stove....want.Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-84375658296004626762012-10-07T17:27:04.912+01:002012-10-07T17:27:04.912+01:00ein wirklich schönes post und wie eigenartig es do...ein wirklich schönes post und wie eigenartig es doch ist, dass ich in dieser hinsicht genauso bin wie du. schliesslich, nach 3 sturmschäden, habe ich mein dach erneuern lassen. heute war ein freund meiner mutter hier, der mir, wenn er zeit hat, im hause helfen wird, aber was so besonders an dieser begegnung war, ist, dass er mir mut machte und sagte, es sei gemütlich bei mir und man könne hier renéehttp://gotrabhu.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-10251460634770488762012-10-07T17:03:01.418+01:002012-10-07T17:03:01.418+01:00I still say cool. Not as often as I used to, thoug...I still say cool. Not as often as I used to, though. I drink my cup of coffee in Kelly's honor, this morning. Anyone who moves things to scrub until it sparkles is my kind of people.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-62833092533638145632012-10-07T12:05:59.791+01:002012-10-07T12:05:59.791+01:00That's why I live in filth. I hate to clean a...That's why I live in filth. I hate to clean and am too embarrassed to have someone I pay to clean to see how bad it is. Plus I'm really cheap.marciamayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185069576683872041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-88944740616152148142012-10-07T10:19:10.620+01:002012-10-07T10:19:10.620+01:00I would love a Kelly but would feel guilty about i...I would love a Kelly but would feel guilty about it too.<br /><br />My friend used to employ an 'ironing lady' but was so embarrased about it she did most of the ironing herself before her 'lady' came...<br /><br />And your castle is cool!<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-56102423755214272632012-10-07T09:27:13.843+01:002012-10-07T09:27:13.843+01:00Lovely post Friko.
I like your tiles and have cast...Lovely post Friko.<br />I like your tiles and have castle envy big time.......Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12566662983323481932012-10-07T05:02:05.527+01:002012-10-07T05:02:05.527+01:00my pleasure, too, does not wane. . . . lovely post...my pleasure, too, does not wane. . . . lovely post of contentment<br /><br /><br />Aloha from Waikiki,<br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> =^..^= <br /> <br /> > < } } ( ° >Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-17305108393582838722012-10-07T02:31:52.198+01:002012-10-07T02:31:52.198+01:00Laughed at this, particularly: "they managed ...Laughed at this, particularly: "they managed to work all day without a radio blaring pop music." Mind sending them my way, please?Susan Scheidhttp://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com