tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post4346887084543908024..comments2024-01-03T01:06:58.771-05:00Comments on A Tidewater Gardener: Merry Christmas and Happy HolidaysLeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-69391057729524986102013-01-03T22:52:56.422-05:002013-01-03T22:52:56.422-05:00Great photo Les. Happy Festivus. Great photo Les. Happy Festivus. Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-39780950994145429362012-12-29T16:17:23.580-05:002012-12-29T16:17:23.580-05:00Great post! The Happy Holidays greeting has been ...Great post! The Happy Holidays greeting has been around for a long time as a shorthand way of saying Happy four weeks of Advent, merry Christmas day,boxing day, and the remaining eleven days of Christmas, may you have an enlightening epiphany and a gracious and prosperous new year. I know that language is fluid and now people think that the H.H. greeting is some sort of inclusive greeting (solstice, from which the church borrowed the celebration in the first place, hanukkah, a minor Jewish celebration, Kwanzaa, etc.) but it was originally shorthand for all of the holy days that Christendom packed into such a small space. And while I'm ranting, certainly the inclusion and welcoming of all is much more Christ like than insisting on a particular greeting. Personally I'm sticking with my traditional greeting of "Bah Humbug!" Beautiful in its simplicity. <br /><br />outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-63069596044730002322012-12-28T23:04:51.688-05:002012-12-28T23:04:51.688-05:00I love this shot. I do hope your Christmas was per...I love this shot. I do hope your Christmas was perfect.Layaneehttp://ledgeandgardens.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-74217804878376133262012-12-26T13:09:53.169-05:002012-12-26T13:09:53.169-05:00Happy holidays Les. I'm in on the Top 10. Wi...Happy holidays Les. I'm in on the Top 10. Will have something up before New Year's -- maybe even tonight. Maybe you should be the center, like May Dreams on the GBBD?Craig @ Ellis Hollowhttp://ellishollow.remarc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-1682314728563142902012-12-25T19:12:09.083-05:002012-12-25T19:12:09.083-05:00Thanks for this. I just declared it my 2013 motto ...Thanks for this. I just declared it my 2013 motto & challenge to "Wag more; Bark less"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-23169443574976623352012-12-24T13:23:05.030-05:002012-12-24T13:23:05.030-05:00Delightful photo!
Look forward to your top ten.
...Delightful photo!<br /><br />Look forward to your top ten.<br /><br />Merry Christmas!Shirleyhttp://rockoakdeer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-71625629746634738832012-12-23T18:25:33.966-05:002012-12-23T18:25:33.966-05:00I am no priest of crooks nor creeds,
For human wan...I am no priest of crooks nor creeds,<br />For human wants and human needs<br />Are more to me than prophets’ deeds;<br />And human tears and human cares<br />Affect me more than human prayers.<br /><br />Go, cease your wail, lugubrious saint!<br />You fret high Heaven with your plaint.<br />Is this the “Christian’s joy” you paint?<br />Is this the Christian’s boasted bliss?<br />Avails your faith no more than this?<br /><br />Take up your arms, come out with me,<br />Let Heav’n alone; humanity<br />Needs more and Heaven less from thee.<br />With pity for mankind look ‘round;<br />Help them to rise—and Heaven is found. <br /><br />-- Paul Laurence Dunbar<br /><br />Hoover Boohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03083294821646284424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-29005128935362502412012-12-23T17:41:16.693-05:002012-12-23T17:41:16.693-05:00I enjoyed your blog and love the photo.
Merry Chr...I enjoyed your blog and love the photo. <br />Merry Christmas!<br />~Kimberly<br />Garden of Secrets<br />http://fleur-de-li.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861111534423602979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-23163612930094605492012-12-23T17:04:35.837-05:002012-12-23T17:04:35.837-05:00Merry Christmas Les. The photo is adorable, even t...Merry Christmas Les. The photo is adorable, even though I am not one for dressing the canine. Cats, well maybe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-84085230918679880662012-12-23T10:24:14.309-05:002012-12-23T10:24:14.309-05:00Merry Christmas and happy holidays- it is all good...Merry Christmas and happy holidays- it is all good as far as I am concerned too! All the best for 2013! I look forward to seeing that top 10 in the new year.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00116583212813729057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-19628561857448737892012-12-23T10:12:30.373-05:002012-12-23T10:12:30.373-05:00I agree, a great holiday photo! Thanks for your b...I agree, a great holiday photo! Thanks for your blog - I look forward to it continuing in the new year!pamithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605982455002622554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-15498754878776442142012-12-23T01:04:55.251-05:002012-12-23T01:04:55.251-05:00Great photo, Les and seasons greetings.Great photo, Les and seasons greetings.Marisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07414496377660313372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-29709624979131310092012-12-22T23:46:43.778-05:002012-12-22T23:46:43.778-05:00I consider finding you & your blog one of the ...I consider finding you & your blog one of the best gifts of the year. Love the picture. Reminds me of the bumper sticker: Wag More, Bark Less. God bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-16585800105868917682012-12-22T21:11:24.483-05:002012-12-22T21:11:24.483-05:00And Happy Holidays to you and yours.And Happy Holidays to you and yours.Jasonhttp://gardeninacity.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-71789673009681926412012-12-22T21:00:36.543-05:002012-12-22T21:00:36.543-05:00Merry Christmas, Les. I agree that it's best t...Merry Christmas, Les. I agree that it's best to graciously receive good wishes, even if they don't conform exactly to one's situation.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106962533729909868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-72144794982807936312012-12-22T20:33:03.798-05:002012-12-22T20:33:03.798-05:00Well said.
I look forward to the top 10 post.
...Well said. <br /><br />I look forward to the top 10 post.<br /><br />Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !Sybilhttp://crittersnus.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-52150271358727730562012-12-22T16:16:00.079-05:002012-12-22T16:16:00.079-05:00Albert Einstein would agree with you:
"The m...Albert Einstein would agree with you:<br /><br />"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science."<br /><br />Few things are more mysterious than the doings of Santa!<br /><br />Merry Christmas! sandy lawrencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-64055836747517531422012-12-22T13:08:32.864-05:002012-12-22T13:08:32.864-05:00It startled me the other day when a shopkeeper wis...It startled me the other day when a shopkeeper wished me "Merry Christmas" I laughed and thanked her saying it was the first time I'd heard those words in a store all season. <br /><br />As for the no Santa household I have a friend who was raised that way, and no trick or treating on Halloween either because her father didn't want his kids out "begging for candy"...<br /><br />Merry Chirstmas Les!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-44608102003577842002012-12-22T10:51:30.602-05:002012-12-22T10:51:30.602-05:00Merry Christmas Les!Merry Christmas Les!greggohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490422976382424491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765612855992884633.post-79044617627174340472012-12-22T09:03:51.308-05:002012-12-22T09:03:51.308-05:00Merry Christmas to you too! No Santa sounds like ...Merry Christmas to you too! No Santa sounds like a bummer to me!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021681734078075329noreply@blogger.com