tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post4799514610475321266..comments2024-03-22T17:41:17.625+13:00Comments on Peter's Pottery: A Mouse Ate the Moon!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-67519682252979389422013-08-06T12:23:18.434+12:002013-08-06T12:23:18.434+12:00Hi Peter,
I totally get that. Been a teeny bit tha...Hi Peter,<br />I totally get that. Been a teeny bit that way myself of late.<br /><br />No pressure what-so-ever on you to be posting anything at all!<br /><br />((hugs))<br /><br />SueSuenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-1824144677360920012013-08-05T21:57:15.160+12:002013-08-05T21:57:15.160+12:00Hi Sue,
Just a teeny bit depressed at the moment, ...Hi Sue,<br />Just a teeny bit depressed at the moment, and I have found it really hard to think of things to write! I think a brain scan would show clouds of cotton wool up there!<br />Anyway, it is lovely of you to drop by on the blog. I will try to put another blog post together.. even if it is mostly pictures!<br />P xPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-11240935552547214732013-08-05T18:30:45.584+12:002013-08-05T18:30:45.584+12:00Hey Peter,
Hope things are okay with you at the mo...Hey Peter,<br />Hope things are okay with you at the moment.<br />Thinking of you from time to time.<br />SueSuenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-68131826842983680512013-07-29T09:35:19.745+12:002013-07-29T09:35:19.745+12:00Good Morning Amy,
Thank you for your kind thoughts...Good Morning Amy,<br />Thank you for your kind thoughts and prayers, and for keeping in touch. I am making progress with the back, and am feeling more optomistic about things now. I have a physio therapy session once a week that is encouraging and helpful. I will post again very soon. <br />Best Wishes,<br />P xPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-81621036618074709962013-07-27T15:16:09.813+12:002013-07-27T15:16:09.813+12:00beautiful birds! thanks for this post.
thinking...beautiful birds! thanks for this post. <br /><br />thinking of you, hoping that you're continuing to heal well. sending good thoughts and prayers to your part of the world... hope you'll continue to keep in touch with the blogging world...Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113529511743405120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-69098870985760056082013-07-17T09:15:52.244+12:002013-07-17T09:15:52.244+12:00Hi Armelle,
I am delighted that you did see a diff...Hi Armelle,<br />I am delighted that you did see a difference from where you are. I find that I get very confused when I draw a picture of a moon, as I no longer know for sure which way is "right", I think that comes of having my childhood in the Northern Hemisphere, and my adult life in the South.. I am muddled!<br />Thank you for posting a photo of the moon on your blog, it is lovely to see it.<br />Best Wishes, P Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-14255258336384340082013-07-16T20:44:55.678+12:002013-07-16T20:44:55.678+12:00Hi Peter, I think the trick is in my mind, when I ...Hi Peter, I think the trick is in my mind, when I saw your photos of the moon, I knew it was the new moon, but yesterday I took a shot of the moon ....and I saw the crescent moon in the other side !!!<br />I remember seeing the moon this winter in Thailand, and what a surprise, she looked like a canoe sailing in the dark, the real is quite different than our mind !!! Armelle Léonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02168594267333506636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-14795542706478042082013-07-16T09:38:19.068+12:002013-07-16T09:38:19.068+12:00Dear All,
Goodness, the creativity was flowing! Rh...Dear All,<br />Goodness, the creativity was flowing! Rhonda's "The mouse ate the moon ,the shag got a fish and the ice on the water was making magic." was a great single sentence summing up of the post, and then Smartcat followed with the amusing poem by Christopher Isherwood, which made me laugh (which was most welcome and therapeutic!!). <br /><br />Meredith said "look at those feet on that bird," and look I did as it is always reassuring to see a fellow creature with size 12 feet! It transpired that those yellow feet were a very helpful clue as to the bird's identity. Other members of the shag or cormorant family have black or pink feet, and there were only two contenders this way with yellow.<br /><br />Michèle, we are so lucky with technology, actually being able to photograph the moon. So easy to take cameras for granted these days.<br /><br />Angie, I like taking photos of texture.. I am not quite sure what I will do with them all at this stage, but ripples on water, patterns of light and shadow, are fascinating.<br /><br />Melissa, it is one of the delightful things about the internet that we can see sunshine on one side of the world and snow and ice on the other. A bit confusing sometimes!<br /><br />Ah, the moon... I think it may be playing tricks! Armelle said "I think the moon is not so different from our part of the world", and I was puzzeled at first, because it should be different. Down here we should be seeing it "back to front", but the trick that it is playing is that when the moon is waning in the North, and waxing in the South (getting bigger and getting smaller) they will look the same I think! They are just at opposite ends of their luna cycle. I found a school website that explains it better than I can...<br />http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/moon/hemispheres.html<br />In the Northern Hemisphere the sunlit part of the moon moves from right to left, and in the Southern Hemisphere it is left to right!<br /><br />Patti, I suspect that if the two of us stood side by side with our cameras, we would be talking too much to remember to take photos! It is a lovely thought.<br /><br />Sue, thank you for the title "A spotted shag goes fishing", and for the encouragement. With you all cheering me on, I just might manage to actually write a children's book. <br /><br />Kind Thoughts,<br />P.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-25637596705792239512013-07-15T20:11:50.737+12:002013-07-15T20:11:50.737+12:00I think the moon is not so different from our part...I think the moon is not so different from our part of the world. Wonderful photos, the birds are really beautiful. Here cormorants are black and so, the juvenile. They use to dry their wings in the same way.<br />Very pleased to know that you will be able to go back to the clay, best wishes for your recovery.Armelle Léonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02168594267333506636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-7928056576914520832013-07-15T14:14:28.660+12:002013-07-15T14:14:28.660+12:00Hi Peter,
How I enjoy reading your blog, and this ...Hi Peter,<br />How I enjoy reading your blog, and this one was delightful. Your photographs are brilliantly clear and you obviously have an artistic eye. I love all the shots you posted. <br />The attention to light, texture and pattern is exquisite. <br />The story of the juvenile spotted shag could make a children's picture book. How very clever. Seriously though, I can see it as a reader or a non-fiction book about "A spotted shag goes fishing." Wonderful.<br />Is there no end to your talent Mr Gregory?<br />So pleased your back is improving.<br />Thank you for entertaining us less arty ones with your talents.<br />SueSuenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-92091380330372372942013-07-15T10:54:48.050+12:002013-07-15T10:54:48.050+12:00What wonderful shots Peter. You do have a marvelou...What wonderful shots Peter. You do have a marvelous eye for photography. I could stand next to you with a similar camera and my shots of the same subject would be junk. <br />I am so glad you are making progress with your back. It must be miserable not to be able to work. Keep up the good progress. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-8499607790448804942013-07-15T05:41:48.167+12:002013-07-15T05:41:48.167+12:00Ice...hard for me to imagine right now.
Glad the...Ice...hard for me to imagine right now. <br />Glad there's some progress with your backMelissa Rohrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483066813883556359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-45735310453893630222013-07-15T03:16:18.018+12:002013-07-15T03:16:18.018+12:00Wow ...so many amazing shots . I love the moon ......Wow ...so many amazing shots . I love the moon ...but then the texture shots are so interesting ...and then the bird ...just poised like a diver.<br /><br />So glad you are on the mend ...take it very slowly though. xxAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177505346903016669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-32872715343355393312013-07-15T01:07:13.735+12:002013-07-15T01:07:13.735+12:00Great shots of the moon!
Good to hear that your b...Great shots of the moon! <br />Good to hear that your back is improving.Michèle Hastingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346907762804197879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-22511506905000521902013-07-15T00:45:53.495+12:002013-07-15T00:45:53.495+12:00Look at those feet on that bird. I love the pictur...Look at those feet on that bird. I love the pictures. Get better soon.<br />Mcookingwithgashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-64914955997697047282013-07-15T00:45:23.976+12:002013-07-15T00:45:23.976+12:00The common cormorant or shag
Lays eggs inside a pa...The common cormorant or shag<br />Lays eggs inside a paper bag.<br />The reason you will see, no doubt,<br />It is to keep the lightening out.<br />But what these unobservant birds<br />Have never noticed is that herds<br />Of wandering bears many come with buns,<br />And steal the bags to hold the crumbs.<br /><br />Christopher Isherwood<br /><i>Poems Past and Present</i><br /><br />So pleased that you are having continual back improvement!smartcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430370214403895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-47235397118008303922013-07-14T23:11:54.877+12:002013-07-14T23:11:54.877+12:00The shag got an eel ,now that was clever.The shag got an eel ,now that was clever.Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14633242746650059679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-82217173038437278892013-07-14T23:00:09.045+12:002013-07-14T23:00:09.045+12:00What an enjoyable blog to read Peter,The mouse ate...What an enjoyable blog to read Peter,The mouse ate the moon ,the shag got a fish and the ice on the water was making magic. It is very good to see, you are able to be creative in natures world.Yes our natural world is a healer too. All is good. Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14633242746650059679noreply@blogger.com