tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4900327991923594908..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: The Lynx of Happiness by Karen MaitlandMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62620932249620139342016-08-09T11:46:57.200+01:002016-08-09T11:46:57.200+01:00Thank you for telling me how the melancholy thistl...Thank you for telling me how the melancholy thistle got its name! It's so interesting to see the remnants of the past conserved in language, like that. Very interesting to read about lynx, too. The fact that the escaped lynx killed a lamb (wasn't it?) demonstrates the problems conservationists face in reintroducing these beautiful animals (as also with wolves), that they come up against farmers, as you have shown they did in the past, and the legitimate concerns of farmers need to be addressed by conservationists (it does happen with wolf conservation bodies, who fund guard dogs and wolf deterrent measures). As a child, I was told about lynx by my mother and grandmother as an animal they were aware of in the forests in my mother's childhood. I was wondering whether that was in Silesia (now Poland) or Graz, which is close to Slovenia, where I believe lynx are still found. It fascinated me, because the animal seemed so exotic to me, so un-European, somehow. Even odder to think of them living in Britain. Lovely photo of the bugloss - I do love that plant.Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-35668358444769410702016-08-09T11:29:24.142+01:002016-08-09T11:29:24.142+01:00I love every bit of this blog post, Karen! Thanks!...I love every bit of this blog post, Karen! Thanks!!Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.com