tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post6111292601068254895..comments2023-10-10T12:38:41.200+01:00Comments on Musings from a muddy island: The great penguin pencil drawer pencil drawJuliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-46578674740871338542008-06-11T07:38:00.000+01:002008-06-11T07:38:00.000+01:00So nice of you to offer those adorable pencils. Th...So nice of you to offer those adorable pencils. Thank you very much. I enjoy your blog very much by the way.roxanestonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669649420562775607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-77738158947457560812008-06-10T18:16:00.000+01:002008-06-10T18:16:00.000+01:00I'm probably not eligible for those delicious penc...I'm probably not eligible for those delicious pencils since postage would be rather high, but I would love love love those pencils!teabirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789062795176641187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-42539629835037927152008-06-04T23:33:00.000+01:002008-06-04T23:33:00.000+01:00It is so, so cool that you are doing this.... :)Pl...It is so, so cool that you are doing this.... :)<BR/><BR/>Please enter my name, too!Barb McMahon and Alan Maillouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05395936716793077391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-19510974227881507872008-06-03T22:35:00.000+01:002008-06-03T22:35:00.000+01:00Very swish! May I join in too please Juliet.Very swish! May I join in too please Juliet.Juxtabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102279698993288454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-46545319753723058342008-06-03T21:15:00.000+01:002008-06-03T21:15:00.000+01:00Alison, Sue, Margaret, Becca, Sherry and Claire - ...Alison, Sue, Margaret, Becca, Sherry and Claire - you're all in. (If I've missed anyone out please shout!)Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-69746026385062714892008-06-03T20:53:00.000+01:002008-06-03T20:53:00.000+01:00wow they are divine. I love a set to adorn my draw...wow they are divine. I love a set to adorn my drawers. Please put me in the draw(er)!dougalfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10322144426681391257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-26193401037736721852008-06-03T16:09:00.000+01:002008-06-03T16:09:00.000+01:00J- that was My Little Joke, too. You didn't think ...J- that was My Little Joke, too. You didn't think I meant it? And no, you can't take my name out of the draw drawer!monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-35627208824685606002008-06-03T13:08:00.000+01:002008-06-03T13:08:00.000+01:00I have been drawn to your blog by the similarity o...I have been drawn to your blog by the similarity of our interests and tastes.<BR/>sherryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-3252915309629773542008-06-03T10:42:00.000+01:002008-06-03T10:42:00.000+01:00Hello! Pencils of a literary perusasion are fab! C...Hello! Pencils of a literary perusasion are fab! Can you put my name in please?GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-43133868361340611122008-06-03T10:09:00.000+01:002008-06-03T10:09:00.000+01:00I am coming to the end of my one-and-only Penguin ...I am coming to the end of my one-and-only Penguin pencil, a pink and white Oscar Wilde (who else?) given to me by a friend several Christmases ago. I should love a whole box of these! Please count me in your draw, Drawer!<BR/>Margaret Powlinggalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-29872717772033507882008-06-03T09:45:00.000+01:002008-06-03T09:45:00.000+01:00Oh yes please (as long as it is ok entering from N...Oh yes please (as long as it is ok entering from NZ.) I have never seen them here - they're gorgeous.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072784352006451968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-83345477884579575342008-06-03T09:36:00.000+01:002008-06-03T09:36:00.000+01:00Count me in. Ideal way to adorn my writing desk (a...Count me in. Ideal way to adorn my writing desk (agree, def not to be used!)<BR/>AlisonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-16001628213376162572008-06-03T09:13:00.000+01:002008-06-03T09:13:00.000+01:00Lizzie - you'll end up with a set one way or anoth...Lizzie - you'll end up with a set one way or another, then!<BR/><BR/>D - your name's in the drawer already.<BR/><BR/>Sam - a most appropriate passage - thanks for the reminder. And does that constitute a 'yes please enter me in the draw'?<BR/><BR/>Cath - of course (and the sycophancy wasn't a requirement for entering the draw, just an optional extra!!)<BR/><BR/>Jane - you're in.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-32175558475632355482008-06-03T08:52:00.000+01:002008-06-03T08:52:00.000+01:00Have never seen them before - gorgeous, as are you...Have never seen them before - gorgeous, as are your pictures: and of course very generous too...Jane Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-38298968698855414472008-06-03T07:56:00.000+01:002008-06-03T07:56:00.000+01:00I think you're marvellous and generous and fantast...I think you're marvellous and generous and fantastic too so can you include me please? (Me? A creep? How can you say such a thing...)Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-80964049807747087452008-06-03T07:50:00.000+01:002008-06-03T07:50:00.000+01:00On the importance of pencils, and the significance...On the importance of pencils, and the significance of lead, something you might recognise:<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Here," resumed Harriet, turning to her box again, "here is something still more valuable, I mean that <I>has been</I> more valuable, because this is what did really once belong to him, which the court-plaister never did."<BR/><BR/>Emma was quite eager to see this superior treasure. It was the end of an old pencil,--the part without any lead.<BR/><BR/>"This was really his," said Harriet.--"Do not you remember one morning?--no, I dare say you do not. But one morning--I forget exactly the day--but perhaps it was the Tuesday or Wednesday before _that_ _evening_, he wanted to make a memorandum in his pocket-book; it was about spruce-beer. Mr. Knightley had been telling him something about brewing spruce-beer, and he wanted to put it down; but when he took out his pencil, there was so little lead that he soon cut it all away, and it would not do, so you lent him another, and this was left upon the table as good for nothing. But I kept my eye on it; and, as soon as I dared, caught it up, and never parted with it again from that moment."<BR/><BR/>"I do remember it," cried Emma; "I perfectly remember it.-- Talking about spruce-beer.--Oh! yes--Mr. Knightley and I both saying we liked it, and Mr. Elton's seeming resolved to learn to like it too. I perfectly remember it.--Stop; Mr. Knightley was standing just here, was not he? I have an idea he was standing just here."<BR/><BR/>"Ah! I do not know. I cannot recollect.--It is very odd, but I cannot recollect.--Mr. Elton was sitting here, I remember, much about where I am now."--<BR/><BR/>"Well, go on."<BR/><BR/>"Oh! that's all. I have nothing more to shew you, or to say-- except that I am now going to throw them both behind the fire, and I wish you to see me do it."<BR/><BR/>"My poor dear Harriet! and have you actually found happiness in treasuring up these things?"<BR/><BR/>"Yes, simpleton as I was!--but I am quite ashamed of it now, and wish I could forget as easily as I can burn them. It was very wrong of me, you know, to keep any remembrances, after he was married. I knew it was--but had not resolution enough to part with them."<BR/><BR/>"But, Harriet, is it necessary to burn the court-plaister?--I have not a word to say for the bit of old pencil, but the court-plaister might be useful."<BR/><BR/>"I shall be happier to burn it," replied Harriet. "It has a disagreeable look to me. I must get rid of every thing. - There it goes, and there is an end, thank Heaven! of Mr. Elton."<BR/><BR/>"And when," thought Emma, "will there be a beginning of Mr. Churchill?"Sam Charles Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-68103204648385358602008-06-03T07:49:00.000+01:002008-06-03T07:49:00.000+01:00Irresistible - yes please, J!Irresistible - yes please, J!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-86609773646118907872008-06-03T07:46:00.000+01:002008-06-03T07:46:00.000+01:00Juliet, how very kind of you to offer something I ...Juliet, how very kind of you to offer something I saw myself in the shop, and lusted after, but didn't buy!!<BR/>Please put my name in the pencil draw. If I don't win, I'll just have to buy myself some!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-87298468964744504922008-06-03T07:28:00.000+01:002008-06-03T07:28:00.000+01:00M - that bit was My Little Joke (but thank you for...M - that bit was My Little Joke (but thank you for saying it, anyway!). Your name is in.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-34578134302380412602008-06-03T07:16:00.000+01:002008-06-03T07:16:00.000+01:00I'm filled with awe and wonder at your incredible ...I'm filled with awe and wonder at your incredible generosity and niceness, so please include me in the pencil drawer pencil draw.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-50763026754870663162008-06-03T07:08:00.000+01:002008-06-03T07:08:00.000+01:00Kim - bad news about your camera - hope it turns u...Kim - bad news about your camera - hope it turns up soon. Mine is a pathetic little Canon PowerShot 3.2 mega-pixel pocket camera with two main functions, 'point' and 'click'. There are several considerably more grown-up cameras at my disposal but I'd rather just carry something discreet in my pocket!Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-88375315420461764552008-06-03T01:54:00.000+01:002008-06-03T01:54:00.000+01:00Will you put my name in the hat? I would be excit...Will you put my name in the hat? I would be excited to win. I could explain to visitors about how these came into the Last House. Beautiful pictures again. What kind of camera do you use? I have concluded that, in fact, someone has made off with my better camera (!!*##). Love the garden shots. Your mother has a beautiful garden.Kim Velkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729808121762572706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-32093046886051151242008-06-03T01:23:00.000+01:002008-06-03T01:23:00.000+01:00Oh, yes please!She of the tea cups***Oh, yes please!<BR/><BR/>She of the tea cups***Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912163929816619485noreply@blogger.com