tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post3525692927633102268..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: "As Under The Sea"Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-5779824769818417522014-02-13T19:40:52.575-08:002014-02-13T19:40:52.575-08:00Mr Ashton: it's very nice to hear from you ag...Mr Ashton: it's very nice to hear from you again. I appreciate your stopping by whenever time permits. In the meantime, I hope that things dry out as Spring arrives. As ever, thank you for your thoughts.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-3389923728000244012014-02-12T04:42:02.916-08:002014-02-12T04:42:02.916-08:00Mr Pentz, it's been a very busy term since the...Mr Pentz, it's been a very busy term since the New Year began, so I've had few opportunities to drop by. I'm glad that I did today. The Merdith poem is beautiful, and your own introduction does, I think, capture the quiet and stillness of the woods at this season.<br />As you may have heard, we have been experiencing very heavy and sustained rainfall here in the south of England, and i many other parts of the country too. As a consequence the small area of woodland local to me has been subject to significant flooding. <br />The woods have a strangely empty feeling to them, few birds singing and little sign of any other wildlife, though it has not been cold. The waterfowl have discovered new lakes and ponds to explore in flooded fields nearby.<br />As things begin to quieten down here over the next few weeks I shall hopefully, have a little more leisure to spend time with those things I should prefer to linger over, such as the poetry and paintings to be found on your blog.John Ashtonnoreply@blogger.com