tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post4977810027634313493..comments2024-03-27T20:59:17.874-04:00Comments on Vicki Lane Mysteries: The Footfall of the LionVicki Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-32307145542515475612010-03-05T11:08:25.189-05:002010-03-05T11:08:25.189-05:00Ah, but today we have sun and blue sky and a stead...Ah, but today we have sun and blue sky and a steady dripping about the eaves!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-42816122797557426152010-03-05T10:54:03.470-05:002010-03-05T10:54:03.470-05:00Images all too familiar here.
Although I continue ...Images all too familiar here.<br />Although I continue to try and see the beauty...<br />I sigh for I do long for spring.<br /><br />Your images are card worthy!The Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698847569200418376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-76346439448003425812010-03-04T11:19:38.513-05:002010-03-04T11:19:38.513-05:00I think so, Victoria -- maybe I should let the Aud...I think so, Victoria -- maybe I should let the Audubon Society know.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-24439649750254718092010-03-03T23:47:32.581-05:002010-03-03T23:47:32.581-05:00'Rosy Finches'...now there's a perfect...'Rosy Finches'...now there's a perfect name for them!Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851516387194415387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-7750248073293815352010-03-03T19:46:50.782-05:002010-03-03T19:46:50.782-05:00Thanks, Bach! Thanks, Pearl!
I'm a sucker for...Thanks, Bach! Thanks, Pearl!<br /><br />I'm a sucker for romantic words like footfall -- so much more evocative than footstep.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-75242662709123548602010-03-03T19:30:39.203-05:002010-03-03T19:30:39.203-05:00Loved the pictures, but even more I was grabbed by...Loved the pictures, but even more I was grabbed by the title. Awesome!<br /><br />PearlPearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-38617427109814612752010-03-03T19:04:59.242-05:002010-03-03T19:04:59.242-05:00wow... some great snow scenes with fine captions! ...wow... some great snow scenes with fine captions! :) The BachAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-63919607980798984392010-03-03T17:32:29.380-05:002010-03-03T17:32:29.380-05:00Hi, Goddess -- lots of white -- very little green....Hi, Goddess -- lots of white -- very little green.<br /><br />Barry -- You mean we're having worse weather in North Carolina than in Canada?!?Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-26926948878384538322010-03-03T17:15:37.653-05:002010-03-03T17:15:37.653-05:00Snow certainly makes for beautiful photographs!
W...Snow certainly makes for beautiful photographs!<br /><br />We've had above average temperatures all winter and are heading for beautiful spring weather on the weekend.<br /><br />No lions for us.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824632356834631279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-76971197674475930832010-03-03T16:26:59.794-05:002010-03-03T16:26:59.794-05:00Wow ~ that's a whopper March snow storm!Wow ~ that's a whopper March snow storm!Everyday Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486528297252417282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-75980060590253817712010-03-03T12:49:43.552-05:002010-03-03T12:49:43.552-05:00Yes, Tammy, I'm expecting some spectacular gre...Yes, Tammy, I'm expecting some spectacular green ... someday.<br /><br />Mountainwoman, Pat in East TN tells me it the third snowiest winter on record over there. I can well believe it! <br /><br />White mess, indeed, Merisi. The color on the finches is muted as I was shooting through a not very clean window -- they explode into flight if I set foot out the door and it's too cold to sit quietly outside and wait for them to return.<br /><br />Just around freezing, jennyfreckles. Not awful but not pleasant either.<br /><br />The birds here are going through 50 pound bags of sunflower seed at an alarming pace, Vagabonde.<br /><br />Ah, just a wee bit, Friko (she said through clenched teeth.) Could be worse!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-15472393598215582792010-03-03T12:24:05.026-05:002010-03-03T12:24:05.026-05:00Well' it is still beautiful to look at. . . . ...Well' it is still beautiful to look at. . . . . .<br />Are you getting just a mite tired of it?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-12858281754964030522010-03-03T12:08:39.202-05:002010-03-03T12:08:39.202-05:00Your snow pictures are really pretty. We did get ...Your snow pictures are really pretty. We did get snow too, and it came down quite heavily for a time – covered everything. We replenished the bird feeders and there must have been 50 or more birds which came to have a seed snack. I took a picture through the window but I don’t have small posts for my pictures – you know I go for the weekly long boring stuff in my posts! As I look out now the snow is just on top of the pick-up truck and a couple of places on the grass and that is all. I remember one year though we had a snow fall on April 1st – and I had a flat tire, so I remember it well.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-86158421123417604592010-03-03T12:08:06.630-05:002010-03-03T12:08:06.630-05:00Brr. It looks unbelieveably cold. But the finch-f...Brr. It looks unbelieveably cold. But the finch-filled tree is delightful.jennyfreckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221511824958069710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-88963369232058327302010-03-03T12:07:30.511-05:002010-03-03T12:07:30.511-05:00I can understand why you had to capture these gorg...I can understand why you had to capture these gorgeous scenes even though you are pretty tired of the whole white mess, er, beauty! :-)<br /><br />Remember that Venetian palace with the magenta poodle by Jeff Koons? That was also a pretty grey Venice February day, and I imagine those finches in the tree must have looked just as colorful. ;-)Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-73209638530771944282010-03-03T11:45:23.264-05:002010-03-03T11:45:23.264-05:00I love seeing the snow when it is elsewhere. Unfo...I love seeing the snow when it is elsewhere. Unfortunately, we are looking upon the same scene. Unbelievable.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-11964108360789839212010-03-03T10:36:14.468-05:002010-03-03T10:36:14.468-05:00Good grief. You really have had your 'fair sh...Good grief. You really have had your 'fair share' of snow this winter. It looks like maybe it will melt quickly though, and those March snows are just 'free fertilizer'--your grass should be an amazing green this year WHEN it shows up.<br />TammyTammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02131066591477169851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-47618349414641557242010-03-03T08:58:54.240-05:002010-03-03T08:58:54.240-05:00Why they don't call them 'rosy finches'...Why they don't call them 'rosy finches' I don't know because they're certainly not purple, Victoria. <br /><br />This is an unusually snowy winter for us, Martin. Or it may be that we're returning to a previous pattern -- the 'old folks' used to talk about winters like this and we had several back in the 70's. We had a real blizzard in early March back in '93 (dang if I don't sound like the old folks myself -- possible I've become one) and it's not unusual to get light snows in April. First frost free date (ie, set out tomatoes and such) is May 15.<br /><br />Well, I wish I could read this third comment. But I can't.<br /><br />Thanks, Miss Yves -- yes, I'm happy to be warm inside.<br /><br />Hey Pat, I had just about decided to quit taking snow pictures and I saw that hog wire fence and thought I had to get that -- and then there were other things I couldn't resist. Do you think I;m just encouraging the snow -- like laughing at a naughty child's antics? <br /><br />Thanks, Jean -- no hyacinths blooming here just yet, alas!<br /><br />Hey Carol the Incorrigible! This was a particularly beautiful fluffy snow -- it melted some in the afternoon but this morning it's at it again!<br /><br />Good morning, Willow! Our snows keep melting but then doing it all over again.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-91549853545762969352010-03-03T08:39:17.591-05:002010-03-03T08:39:17.591-05:00Gorgeous! Ours still hasn't melted. It's t...Gorgeous! Ours still hasn't melted. It's the longest snow cover I can remember in these parts.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-55286385165079809722010-03-03T08:09:54.492-05:002010-03-03T08:09:54.492-05:00It seems Mother Nature has turned your farm into h...It seems Mother Nature has turned your farm into her art studio!!<br />The pictures are sooooooo gorgeous!Carol Murdockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749285023748227382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-8634622039201769422010-03-03T07:28:46.579-05:002010-03-03T07:28:46.579-05:00I love your photos and your words. March does loo...I love your photos and your words. March does look like quite the lion in your neck of the woods. I imagine you're ready for spring, so I'll send a wee bit of sympathy along as well....Jean Baardsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05434387984631853462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-20685629017523516232010-03-03T06:16:36.246-05:002010-03-03T06:16:36.246-05:00This seems to be never ending, but your pictures a...This seems to be never ending, but your pictures are beautiful and make it seem not that bad.Pat in east TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654095647835294718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-6056717615198698102010-03-03T06:04:02.370-05:002010-03-03T06:04:02.370-05:00Beautiful words which match very well with your b...Beautiful words which match very well with your beauttiful pictures ;<br />Fortunatately, you aren't mute, nor too cold to speak !Miss_Yveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11558587966129386283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-12922625919231250342010-03-03T03:25:30.748-05:002010-03-03T03:25:30.748-05:00I'm guessing that this weather pattern is fair...I'm guessing that this weather pattern is fairly normal in your neck of the woods? When do you usually see the back of the snow?<br /><br />Daytime temperatures reached 11c here a couple of days ago and people were actually wearing t-shirts! That's how desperate they are for sun.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-24097789497095517352010-03-03T03:06:49.324-05:002010-03-03T03:06:49.324-05:00I really liked the mental image that your sentence...I really liked the mental image that your sentence "the crab apple bloomed with purple finches" gave me. I liked the actual picture, too, but when I read the sentence the image that popped into my mind was a tree thickly covered with fluffy, completely purple (not red and brown like the real ones) finches against a bright blue sky. <br /><br />Winter still has us in a firm grip here; we're supposed to get more snow this weekend.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851516387194415387noreply@blogger.com