tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2976412226324416153..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: A MERRY CHRISTMAS, ONE AND ALL!Mary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-79502892186823093362013-01-05T17:51:08.140+00:002013-01-05T17:51:08.140+00:00Dear Essie I'm very late in responding to this...Dear Essie I'm very late in responding to this wonderful blog because I was away and saved it for my return. I spent time with my own virtual Victorians up in Massachusetts right through the New Year...where a traditional, if rag worn parlor still exists, and Victorian flourishes are everywhere, long liberated from the emotional constraints of the period by the descendant generations (my friends). There were cats in every corner, and much traditional feasting (but no flaming pudding). I want to wish you a fine New Year and thank you for this cheery post.Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-38795652063016624072012-12-28T18:40:38.013+00:002012-12-28T18:40:38.013+00:00Happy Christmas to you all too! Such talent and su...Happy Christmas to you all too! Such talent and such a merry face and twinkly eye on your Santa. <br /><br />During the last year I did a simple adaptation of A Christmas Carol and particulary noticed that Dicken's Father Christmas has those green robes.<br /><br />Such a cheerful post. Thanks!Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62972524241765160972012-12-26T18:46:18.652+00:002012-12-26T18:46:18.652+00:00Thank you for the lovely comments. I'm sorry I...Thank you for the lovely comments. I'm sorry I'm so late with this, but have been in the internet-free wilds of Herefordshire. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.Essie Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611324005960689918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-8040001232312567112012-12-24T20:30:25.227+00:002012-12-24T20:30:25.227+00:00What a wonderful Santa, Essie! I love that wink an...What a wonderful Santa, Essie! I love that wink and the twinkle.in the other eye. It's a fascinating background story, too.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62187816878392065292012-12-24T14:02:29.059+00:002012-12-24T14:02:29.059+00:00Wonderful post Essie. And as Adele says... What ta...Wonderful post Essie. And as Adele says... What talent! <br />Your card reminded me of favourite ones my mother-in-law saved and hung up each year. Some going as far back as the first year of her marriage. I looked for them after reading your post and they have somehow disappeared. Maybe to turn up somewhere unexpected. Who knows? I hope they weren't turfed out after she died. I expect al my 'treasures' will land up in the bin too. I long for a set of architect's drawers to store all the paper and bits and pieces and images I collect. It seems you're a collector too.<br />A Happy festive season to all. Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-57918728888489879362012-12-24T11:12:03.967+00:002012-12-24T11:12:03.967+00:00How wonderful to have such a talent! Thanks for sh...How wonderful to have such a talent! Thanks for sharing it and please post lots more of your own drawings/paintings/illustrations here in the New Year. Merry Christmas to you and everyone who visits today!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-48260656130616144352012-12-24T10:34:57.360+00:002012-12-24T10:34:57.360+00:00Essie Fox, you talented thing! I love your Santa! ...Essie Fox, you talented thing! I love your Santa! <br /><br />And we used Leech's illustration for our Christmas cards this year, inspired by Simon Callow's superb one man Christmas Carol at the Arts Theatre just around the corner from Orion House. <br /><br />Have a very Merry Christmas and a best-selling New Year! Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.com