tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post6455189616274095753..comments2023-12-30T03:21:15.151-05:00Comments on Emily Evans Eerdmans: Visit to Sissinghurst… More London DiaryEmily Evans Eerdmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12434821015450147843noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-27437306857780332632014-07-11T16:55:33.202-04:002014-07-11T16:55:33.202-04:00Sissinghurst is high on my must see list so thank ...Sissinghurst is high on my must see list so thank you for the tour! I just heard Brent Heath speak about heirloom bulbs this week and he extolled the virtues of the funeral flowers in the garden! I am like you however, the gladioli are not must-haves for me!marsha cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241159562998431912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-74522735043159388902014-07-10T09:59:44.431-04:002014-07-10T09:59:44.431-04:00What V S-W had to say about gladioli was spot on.
...What V S-W had to say about gladioli was spot on.<br />When young and foolish, I equated them with glamorous films of the 1930s, which led to towering stalks of gladioli atop the piano or, worse, the dining room table. Funereal, not glamorous, is what they were.<br /><br />Thanks for this brief excursion to Sissinghurst, EEE. Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-76328362849284684592014-07-09T23:00:49.103-04:002014-07-09T23:00:49.103-04:00Pamela, The bluebells sound glorious - another rea...Pamela, The bluebells sound glorious - another reason to return!<br /><br />Karena, Vita's tower must have been what Virginia Woolf was envisioning…<br /><br />Ann, Just put the Wendy Hiller film in my netflix queue!<br /><br />xx, EEEEmily Evans Eerdmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434821015450147843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-77745588198830740182014-07-09T22:46:38.712-04:002014-07-09T22:46:38.712-04:00Love this post. I just finished reading Adam Nicho...Love this post. I just finished reading Adam Nicholson's Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History and loved it!<br /><br />Also loved the film of Portrait of a Marriage with the brilliant Janet McTeer as Vita and David Haig as Hadji.<br /><br />Also the film of All Passion Spent with Wendy Hiller.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br /><br />AnnAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09390522688788784395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-90256502211926006612014-07-09T17:16:20.275-04:002014-07-09T17:16:20.275-04:00Emily I loved following along on this ramble so fa...Emily I loved following along on this ramble so fascinating. Ah if only I could write from a tower such as that at Sissinghurst Castle, gazing at that wondrous view.<br /><br />xoxo<br />Karena<br />The Arts by Karena<br />Karenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-66464702956813189012014-07-09T12:59:48.153-04:002014-07-09T12:59:48.153-04:00The most blissful place. I was there in May, and ...The most blissful place. I was there in May, and followed the back pathway behind the lake and into the woodland where a carpet of bluebells greeted me. Merchant-Ivory, eat your hearts out!<br />xoPamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com