tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post8470388380937593995..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: PinFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-79588290279021562492013-09-13T01:54:31.007+01:002013-09-13T01:54:31.007+01:00Awe. But what a lovely, sensitive poem. Nice pho...Awe. But what a lovely, sensitive poem. Nice photo! (my dog would want to play ball too)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-77271100034087080382013-09-04T03:45:03.890+01:002013-09-04T03:45:03.890+01:00So glad the hedgehog survived. And thank you for s...So glad the hedgehog survived. And thank you for sharing Larkin's poem -- the last line is wonderful.<br /><br />Re your comment on Blue Willow pattern -- we had some (very cheap ) years ago when our boys were young. Eventually it all got broken. Last year my grown up younger son gave us a set of much nicer Blue Willow for Christmas -- he had missed it.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-72740680531410020782013-09-03T16:45:06.137+01:002013-09-03T16:45:06.137+01:00Fascinating photo. Glad all is well for Hedgehog, ...Fascinating photo. Glad all is well for Hedgehog, and that Millie had some fun. Elizabeth Rose Stantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05725663688810441280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-65913777954697552282013-09-03T05:40:59.509+01:002013-09-03T05:40:59.509+01:00They are such cute little critters. I'm glad i...They are such cute little critters. I'm glad it was alright. Good Millie for not doing it harm.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-72405846125862209702013-09-02T21:55:43.653+01:002013-09-02T21:55:43.653+01:00A remarkable picture and I would never have guesse...A remarkable picture and I would never have guessed what it is if you hadn't said!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-80877946818920655932013-09-01T12:41:16.617+01:002013-09-01T12:41:16.617+01:00So pleased the hedgehog was okay. My first thought...So pleased the hedgehog was okay. My first thought on seeing your photo was that the poor thing was more like a pancake than a pin cushion! (A fault of my eyesight I suspect rather than your photography skills.)<br />I haven't seen a live hedgehog for years, but then I don't go snuffling around gardens in the dark, unlike Millie.Linda Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799429286538446158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-8356178155030498932013-08-31T20:56:09.460+01:002013-08-31T20:56:09.460+01:00Love the sad poem. I've never seen a hedgehog...Love the sad poem. I've never seen a hedgehog ball before. I wouldn't have known what it was, tell the truth. Glad yours got away safe and sound. :)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-27086144079535809712013-08-31T18:37:07.174+01:002013-08-31T18:37:07.174+01:00It's so long since I saw a hedgehog in our gar...It's so long since I saw a hedgehog in our garden. I need a Millie. Larkin's acutely observed succinctness is superb here.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-73044874427033935672013-08-31T18:16:57.503+01:002013-08-31T18:16:57.503+01:00'We should be kind while there is still time&#...'We should be kind while there is still time' . . . indeed.<br /><br />I was delighted to discover that our next-door neighbour has a hedgehog in his garden. It's years since I last saw one. jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-86188990881333416682013-08-30T21:16:51.407+01:002013-08-30T21:16:51.407+01:00So glad your pin cushion survived and didn't m...So glad your pin cushion survived and didn't meet the same fate as the one in the poem. Lovely last lines there. Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-19481016753208218722013-08-30T17:00:11.139+01:002013-08-30T17:00:11.139+01:00Dear Friko, this line from the poem--"we shou...Dear Friko, this line from the poem--"we should be kind/While there is still time"--so speaks to me. Thank you.<br /><br />By the way Friko, I left a comment on the posting preceding this one--the one about Gardener. He's quite a character and I enjoyed his opinions and his story. Peace.<br />Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-53177270343014713072013-08-30T14:33:55.344+01:002013-08-30T14:33:55.344+01:00So glad your hedgehog didn't meet the mower......So glad your hedgehog didn't meet the mower... that a sad, sad poem. I have a lovely little hedgehog pin I've had forever. They make me smile.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-7616245936377783122013-08-30T07:20:20.256+01:002013-08-30T07:20:20.256+01:00How perfectly round the hedgehog is. That's a ...How perfectly round the hedgehog is. That's a poignant poem.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-46187456054354533882013-08-29T22:30:45.586+01:002013-08-29T22:30:45.586+01:00Hi Friko, hope things are going good for you all. ...Hi Friko, hope things are going good for you all. We must all be good to each other. Love that poem.<br />PeggyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721708092323894355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-39895603389045079252013-08-29T22:00:29.371+01:002013-08-29T22:00:29.371+01:00Halo Friko,
Igel treibe sich auch regelmäßig in un...Halo Friko,<br />Igel treibe sich auch regelmäßig in unserem Garten herum. Wir wissen, wo sie sind, daher lassen wir sie in Ruhe. Auf Straßen finde ich es schade, wenn ab und zu zermatschte und überfahrene Igel zu sehen sind.<br /><br />Gruß Dieterrheinland-bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531150233517521024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-14664522345448563152013-08-29T19:45:17.925+01:002013-08-29T19:45:17.925+01:00Love the Larkin poem. Was thinking about you yeste...Love the Larkin poem. Was thinking about you yesterday as I had a CBC at the hospital. Dianne<br /><br />CBC= Complete blood count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-20978699288160424672013-08-29T18:05:47.077+01:002013-08-29T18:05:47.077+01:00Friko, I love this poem! You took a nice photo, al...Friko, I love this poem! You took a nice photo, although Millie didn't get her new spiny ball.Nadezdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159291982383302922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-17770205951954346222013-08-29T18:03:20.943+01:002013-08-29T18:03:20.943+01:00A beautiful, succinct poem, Friko.A beautiful, succinct poem, Friko.Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-84032733816439815522013-08-29T15:42:30.609+01:002013-08-29T15:42:30.609+01:00Well, Millie's insistence on ball tossing cert...Well, Millie's insistence on ball tossing certainly saved this little hedgehog. What a sad little poem. <br /><br />We don't have hedgehogs in these parts, but, we do have lots of frogs, though, this year, they are not hopping about. Unfortunately, during times when they were hopping about, they would, unbeknownst to us, hop under the car while it was moving. I've found more than Penny O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665025558373015362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-45401558444165624632013-08-29T13:32:15.714+01:002013-08-29T13:32:15.714+01:00hij heeft zich mooi opgerold.hij heeft zich mooi opgerold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-4305941747425667802013-08-29T13:12:40.821+01:002013-08-29T13:12:40.821+01:00I'm very glad that your hedgehog had a happy e...I'm very glad that your hedgehog had a happy ending. I have never seen a hedgehog in the wild and I've always wanted to. Have a wonderful Thursday Friko :)Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-37992480847507309672013-08-29T12:56:24.103+01:002013-08-29T12:56:24.103+01:00I haven't seen a hedgehog in ages - and we liv...I haven't seen a hedgehog in ages - and we live in a very rural area. Worrying. Glad your chap is OK Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588437065757203375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-11982908336154693812013-08-29T09:34:23.331+01:002013-08-29T09:34:23.331+01:00Hi Friko - how lovely to see a live hedgehog - Mil...Hi Friko - how lovely to see a live hedgehog - Millie is definitely very clever. So pleased it didn't suffer the same fate as Larkin's ... <br /><br />I haven't seen one in years .. on the other hand I live in a town ... albeit with green around - the boundaries are closed, til the foxes make plans!<br /><br />Lovely weather for them at the moment, plenty of grubs and insects about .Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-15406713668762712162013-08-29T09:06:09.624+01:002013-08-29T09:06:09.624+01:00So glad your little pincushion survived.
In the b...So glad your little pincushion survived.<br /><br />In the backyard/garden where I work there is a family (maybe more) of hedgehogs and to me, a perfect night is seeing them scurrying and grubbing about, perfectly fearless and perfectly delightful.<br /><br />Anna :o]<br /><br />hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-84084281199835351582013-08-29T06:01:05.824+01:002013-08-29T06:01:05.824+01:00Probably not Millie's first sighting of a hedg...Probably not Millie's first sighting of a hedgehog, but your first time seeing her with one. I'm glad it protected itself from Millie, who might have killed it just by stepping on it in her excitement, but those spiky bits hurt. I hope it is happy under a hedge somewhere.<br />Luv, KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.com