tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post5305966120868976214..comments2024-03-28T06:43:54.730+00:00Comments on Tales from Parsonage Cottage: Things That Go Bump in the NightElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-25170862114262045572019-08-11T00:35:37.670+01:002019-08-11T00:35:37.670+01:00What a delight to come home from vacation and see ...What a delight to come home from vacation and see you've started posting again.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992626996077874832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-23224639756129163352019-08-08T13:37:49.475+01:002019-08-08T13:37:49.475+01:00You are right about the animals, they just lifted ...You are right about the animals, they just lifted their heads and blinked at me, no anxiety or distress. This is what helped to convince me that I had dreamt the sound. I'm glad you can 'hear' the sound! I used to have a rainstick, played with it for hours - but ended up giving it to one of the grandchildren, never to be seen again.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-79950710993196583222019-08-08T13:34:10.476+01:002019-08-08T13:34:10.476+01:00Apparently we are supposed to be in for a very wet...Apparently we are supposed to be in for a very wet and windy weekend - always potentially dangerous at this time of year with the leaves being in full leaf. Fingers crossed that there is no further damage.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-11178123410461505032019-08-08T13:32:43.641+01:002019-08-08T13:32:43.641+01:00Luckily the trees in Owl Wood don't have that ...Luckily the trees in Owl Wood don't have that problem, my husband hates ivy with a passion - so much so that our daughter wrote a poem about it, a couple of decades ago! Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-37896184614124456562019-08-08T09:29:53.624+01:002019-08-08T09:29:53.624+01:00indeedindeedgzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-65745852698201365642019-08-08T08:33:56.426+01:002019-08-08T08:33:56.426+01:00A sad end to a magnificent tree. Interesting the ...A sad end to a magnificent tree. Interesting the animals seemed unconcerned. Love the idea of the tree spirit setting off on a journey. Your rain stick interpretation instantly allowed me to hear the noise, a gentle sound of an ancient oak giving up the ghost in the night.<br /><br />LX<br />Letticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251998081386015052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-6634419218193931892019-08-08T00:34:25.501+01:002019-08-08T00:34:25.501+01:00We had such a wet and stormy spring we lost many t...We had such a wet and stormy spring we lost many trees. Our road crews were kept busy clearing the roads.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-88436621873291211382019-08-07T22:04:09.759+01:002019-08-07T22:04:09.759+01:00Ivy chokes a lot of trees, there is one two doors ...Ivy chokes a lot of trees, there is one two doors up which is well choked and I wait fo rit to fall, lucky it's only a fir tree and not an oakBilly Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12053172567806569702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-21663915888268248282019-08-07T18:44:47.668+01:002019-08-07T18:44:47.668+01:00A tree spirit set free. A tree spirit set free. Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-55575451171323246642019-08-07T18:43:48.717+01:002019-08-07T18:43:48.717+01:00It was very strange, Chrissie. I am very relieve...It was very strange, Chrissie. I am very relieved that it fell the way it did and that no one was hurt, had it happened twelve hours earlier it could have been a different story. Sorry to hear about your almond trees. :(Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-6427693943380103632019-08-07T18:41:20.664+01:002019-08-07T18:41:20.664+01:00I like to think it was the sound of the tree spiri...I like to think it was the sound of the tree spirit setting off on an adventure..Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-3021411713693238492019-08-07T17:39:34.725+01:002019-08-07T17:39:34.725+01:00so you heard the real noise of a tree dying..so you heard the real noise of a tree dying..gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-42566974563092800782019-08-07T17:25:27.215+01:002019-08-07T17:25:27.215+01:00A more magical sound, to the 3 of you. Yes! That...A more magical sound, to the 3 of you. Yes! That's what I am getting at. -smile-<br /><br />🍑💛🍑wisps of wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995057494013633705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-45677483272786121952019-08-07T16:34:09.169+01:002019-08-07T16:34:09.169+01:00Very disconcerting to be awoken with such a strang...Very disconcerting to be awoken with such a strange noise. Such a shame for the majestic oak. Quite a few of our almond trees have died and when you chainsaw them up we find they have been eaten inside out by the ants. xcxChrissiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13613570629230619992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-73309739738160934292019-08-07T16:16:21.507+01:002019-08-07T16:16:21.507+01:00Oh, I did hear the tree fall - that was the noise ...Oh, I did hear the tree fall - that was the noise I heard as a 'rainstick' and which my daughter heard as a firework - same sound, two interpretations. The bit I slept through was the chainsawing and clearance work. Neither of us heard a big thud as the tree fell, it was a much more magical sound...Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-89951239274247772872019-08-07T16:10:31.702+01:002019-08-07T16:10:31.702+01:00I know exactly what you mean, Deb. I have had to...I know exactly what you mean, Deb. I have had to point out a sick ash tree in Owl Wood, it will have to come down this autumn, for the sake of the other healthy ash trees - I felt very guilty though. We always have a stock of young saplings ready, so that we can try to redress the balance. Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-58249347487010956752019-08-07T15:18:08.785+01:002019-08-07T15:18:08.785+01:00But couldn't _you_ have heard the tree coming ...But couldn't _you_ have heard the tree coming down, in "your own way"? <br /><br />And if I wanted to go further... Could you have heard, it's _true_ sound? When coming to its End? Know what I am trying to say....?<br /><br />🍑💛🍑 wisps of wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995057494013633705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200368268339522483.post-34630843854597892962019-08-07T14:39:02.680+01:002019-08-07T14:39:02.680+01:00It's always sad to see a tree down. Imagine it...It's always sad to see a tree down. Imagine it being that old. Wow! We had an ash fall recently along our old stone wall and had to have a maple taken down recently that had rotted from the centre. :-( It did leave room for two new maples to grow that were stunted from it's grandness. Life goes on.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817710263282488135noreply@blogger.com