tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post3581733371954407227..comments2024-02-29T06:34:59.406-05:00Comments on From The House of Edward: I Wore My Father's WatchPamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-84438017262037791192011-03-10T12:02:04.974-05:002011-03-10T12:02:04.974-05:00How wonderful that you took your father's watc...How wonderful that you took your father's watch with you and had that connection with him as you went exploring. Love the image of that small stylish bubble whispering to you before it floated into Jaeger - as only the finest of bubbles are wont to do. :)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309191526500602452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-68446598236852151932011-03-05T08:27:22.476-05:002011-03-05T08:27:22.476-05:00What a lovely post. I cherish every day that I ha...What a lovely post. I cherish every day that I have with my daddy. I can't even imagine life without him.debbie baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479699000203333679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-4289408417666125672011-03-03T08:58:22.469-05:002011-03-03T08:58:22.469-05:00My daddy has been gone almost 4 years - this July ...My daddy has been gone almost 4 years - this July 18th will mark the day - and I still miss him. I was "his girl".Rocky Creek Scotties and Rocky Creek Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358992951185911832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-21676925747563789912011-03-03T08:47:28.376-05:002011-03-03T08:47:28.376-05:00I think it's lovely that you wore his watch. I...I think it's lovely that you wore his watch. I hope you had a super time here- I could have met you for a cup of tea! maybe next timeRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-9469990281358560752011-03-03T00:54:45.895-05:002011-03-03T00:54:45.895-05:00beautiful Pamela...too bad you missed jackie...you...beautiful Pamela...too bad you missed jackie...you and she would probably hit it off wonderfully. A lovely love poem to your father...cheers.Beatnhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14825208509765183528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-58103479754353747662011-03-02T20:09:54.844-05:002011-03-02T20:09:54.844-05:00Sigh....
Lovely lovely lovely.
My father had the ...Sigh....<br />Lovely lovely lovely.<br /><br />My father had the same words of <br />of advice for me!<br /><br />Such a marvelous time you are having on your adventure, and I am so enjoying being there with you!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-10188003792448491402011-03-02T17:50:47.718-05:002011-03-02T17:50:47.718-05:00I am so pleased that you found your way to my favo...I am so pleased that you found your way to my favourite bookshop!<br /><br />We carry our loved ones with us always, love does not die.Acornmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-17777089782231240132011-03-02T17:42:05.589-05:002011-03-02T17:42:05.589-05:00Oh to be in London! I was last there in 2007 and s...Oh to be in London! I was last there in 2007 and so much want to go back.<br />A beautiful post, and such a nice tribute your father.Frances Tyrrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300498036210195590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-36117130638031355622011-03-02T17:05:09.876-05:002011-03-02T17:05:09.876-05:00Bob (yes, he enjoyed this wonderful post too!) and...Bob (yes, he enjoyed this wonderful post too!) and I were enthralled by these words you shared about your late father, We lost ours long ago but hold beautiful memories of them in our hearts. When they met in person, after I was able to get my mother to literally drag him onto a plane to fly to Boston to visit with us in the sixties, they got along so well. What a marvelous time that was.<br /><br />Your London story is fabulous, so glad you saw places many tourists miss................makes me want another week there, perhaps alone also, doing/seeing just the things I love.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-36790444266729271442011-03-02T14:43:10.436-05:002011-03-02T14:43:10.436-05:00Dear Pamela, another beautiful post. How lovely t...Dear Pamela, another beautiful post. How lovely that you wore your dad's watch and took a piece of him with you on your travels.<br /><br />I'm delighted you went to all those places - I can't wait to hear and see more xxChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-74392650131195011002011-03-02T12:59:17.412-05:002011-03-02T12:59:17.412-05:00Damn, you always make me cry. I wear my father...Damn, you always make me cry. I wear my father's shirts when I paint. They're gigantic, smocklike and perfect for doing our shared activity.Carollynn @ www.designGumbo.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000304157431452815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-1020599306866515702011-03-02T12:36:27.640-05:002011-03-02T12:36:27.640-05:00Pamela,
Oh so beautiful and memorable a post. The...Pamela, <br />Oh so beautiful and memorable a post. The tribute to your father by wearing his watch is very poignant.<br /><br />Do come and enter my Artful Offering!<br /><br />xoxo<br />Karena<br />Art by KarenaKarenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-68834574827651938452011-03-02T12:27:09.293-05:002011-03-02T12:27:09.293-05:00Your words are just what I need to make me feel be...Your words are just what I need to make me feel better Pamela and thanks for calling by today. I love the idea of you wearing your father's watch, I am sure he was with you every step of the way.Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-52053872975630052072011-03-02T11:08:29.492-05:002011-03-02T11:08:29.492-05:00Pamela, such a touching and beautifully written po...Pamela, such a touching and beautifully written post, Pamela. As always, your words are such poetry, deeply thought and felt. So wonderful that you took a part of your dad with you to London. I'm sure he was there with you in sweet spirit.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />PaulaPaulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04355354417513710832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-5459507944149474202011-03-02T10:58:31.024-05:002011-03-02T10:58:31.024-05:00Dear Pamela,
This is a hauntingly lovely post.My ...Dear Pamela,<br /><br />This is a hauntingly lovely post.My heart listened to it at least as attentively as my mind. Thank you for sharing it, for sharing your trip, and little of your very dear Father with us.<br /><br />I feel my Father is with me at times... In May, he will be gone 2 years. At times tears will threaten, but I must just smile and blow a kiss.<br /><br />Blessings to youMelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14419796338370322835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-53866898972359513662011-03-02T09:51:37.989-05:002011-03-02T09:51:37.989-05:00I'm lucky to have both of my maternal grandmot...I'm lucky to have both of my maternal grandmothers' and my mothers' wedding bands. They all are unadorned, worn, thin bands of gold that sometimes I wear just to take 'the ladies' out with me.<br />I find it poignant that I have their rings...I wear very little jewellry (just not my thing) and my hands are not my most attractive feature, so the rings make me feel more custodian than bejeweled.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-60319203968441161272011-03-02T08:51:04.347-05:002011-03-02T08:51:04.347-05:00Beautiful beautiful word-pictures, I love your won...Beautiful beautiful word-pictures, I love your wondrous writing and descriptions....just magical!!<br /><br />I believe your Dad would have been smiling alongside of you all the way. My Dad died over 38 years ago now yet it seems like only yesterday. Alas I don't have his watch..my brother has that, but I do have his signet ring and it fits me. Our hands were very similar and although a tall man he had very long slim fingers.Half-heard in the Stillnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01840301617199033576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-27112738150648805702011-03-02T07:19:18.645-05:002011-03-02T07:19:18.645-05:00"the veil of what is and what was is threadba..."the veil of what is and what was is threadbare"<br /><br />pamela that single line your wrote spoke to my soul. as i too am in england i stare at the smallest details and imagine all the souls that have been here before me.<br /><br />what a beautiful and no doubt comforting, gesture, no doubt your father is smiling as he looks down and journeys with you<br />cheersdebra @ 5th and statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18039580956294327582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-45538187258683273942011-03-02T04:28:00.695-05:002011-03-02T04:28:00.695-05:00What a joy it is to read your writing...thank you....What a joy it is to read your writing...thank you...Chrisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954004833710064612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-67517763004126298232011-03-02T03:50:59.738-05:002011-03-02T03:50:59.738-05:00Oh Pamela... I am so sorry for the loss of this wo...Oh Pamela... I am so sorry for the loss of this wonderful man in your life. There is nothing like a daddy, is there?Angie Muresanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830360358541367259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-5599804357198548432011-03-01T22:48:10.334-05:002011-03-01T22:48:10.334-05:00Lovely, poignant post, Pamela. I sometimes wear m...Lovely, poignant post, Pamela. I sometimes wear my father's blackstone ring in which is embedded my mother's engagement diamond It keeps them close.Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-47926679358700445762011-03-01T17:18:51.419-05:002011-03-01T17:18:51.419-05:00Yours must be the one blog it is impossible to rea...Yours must be the one blog it is impossible to read diagonally Pamela, you just get us at the first line and we read on mesmerised, hanging onto each word.<br />Yours sweet tale brought tears to my eyes.<br />Sharonsharon santoni at my french country homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17475608374691177747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-78263433197718392482011-03-01T17:09:01.526-05:002011-03-01T17:09:01.526-05:00Beautiful Pamela...I love the journey your father&...Beautiful Pamela...I love the journey your father's watch took you on. Sounds like he was with you in spirit every step of the way :)<br /><br />Guess what I have....yes, in my bedside table, my father's watch, which is too big..but now, I am thinking, it is time. I will take it out tonight, before I go to sleep, slide it on and think of the places we will go...Oh, the places we will go :)<br /><br />Thank you!<br /><br />Jeanne xxxJeanne Henriqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986759909478180763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-28088840204006954512011-03-01T16:23:34.642-05:002011-03-01T16:23:34.642-05:00What a touching, poignant post, Pamela. I'm su...What a touching, poignant post, Pamela. I'm sure your father's spirit was right there with you at every stop in London. Extraordinary.<br /><br />I carry my father's pocket knife with me at all times. You might find the story of why I do interesting: http://fiveplaces.blogspot.com/2011/01/blizzard-babyfilled-with-sunshine.html<br /><br />Thanks for sharing such a tender telling with us.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-26005085846291662232011-03-01T16:18:29.779-05:002011-03-01T16:18:29.779-05:00A very lovely post, my father died when I was 3yrs...A very lovely post, my father died when I was 3yrs so I never knew him, and have no memories...you are lucky, and I'm so pleased for you that you have yours xxxxx<br />Hugs Lynn xxxxSea Angelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465151079231928631noreply@blogger.com