tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post4367857464611893284..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: TimelinessHobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-58038144906879656762009-02-12T14:04:00.000+00:002009-02-12T14:04:00.000+00:00The XZH is really very good, and I'm drinking it f...The XZH is really very good, and I'm drinking it for a 2nd day in a row; after abstaining from caffeine for almost a year, I'm finding that tea keeps me from sleeping well if I have more than a few cups - and only before lunch. So tea will last me a lot longer than it used to!<BR/><BR/>Ah, so it's the nuclear-family structure that makes the snowmen German. I can see that. I thought perhaps it hadspeakfreelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13757071341180546490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-35336061361711799522009-02-11T22:40:00.000+00:002009-02-11T22:40:00.000+00:00P.s. Glad to hear that Xizihao is going down well ...P.s. Glad to hear that Xizihao is going down well :)Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-43965079071769389312009-02-11T22:39:00.000+00:002009-02-11T22:39:00.000+00:00Dear Carla, I've been replying to your e-mail for...Dear Carla,<BR/><BR/> I've been replying to your e-mail for the past 6 days! I've noticed that I'm slower to respond to friends' e-mails because I want to give them some proper time, but invariably this means I look like a slouch. Forgive me!<BR/><BR/> Those snowmen are really very German. They were made with German hands, and they are made to represent the father, mother, and kleine Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-26214580103748547542009-02-11T13:56:00.000+00:002009-02-11T13:56:00.000+00:00I'm just curious what makes those snowmen "German"...I'm just curious what makes those snowmen "German". They look like the ones we find in the states...;-)<BR/><BR/>Drinking your gift of '07 XZH YiWu Cha Hwang, and liking it a lot!<BR/>-CBspeakfreelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13757071341180546490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-29000557252391845832009-02-10T21:33:00.000+00:002009-02-10T21:33:00.000+00:00Lovely. Thank you for sharing.IsraelLovely. Thank you for sharing.<BR/><BR/>IsraelIsraelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09815074098217048456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-70002209754206830602009-02-10T18:32:00.000+00:002009-02-10T18:32:00.000+00:00Oh, I didn't realise the Byrds did a song on that ...Oh, I didn't realise the Byrds did a song on that - but it's a very famous one, isn't it! Thanks. :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toodlepip,<BR/><BR/>HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-34476402260576131262009-02-10T16:06:00.000+00:002009-02-10T16:06:00.000+00:00Now I know where the Byrds got the lyrics for Turn...Now I know where the Byrds got the lyrics for Turn, Turn, Turn from! I agree with Hobbes, the tea photos always look great on here, very nicely lit. Snow is definitely tricky though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-1140554868295875712009-02-09T20:20:00.000+00:002009-02-09T20:20:00.000+00:00Good knowledge, thank'ee.Running water and drainag...Good knowledge, thank'ee.<BR/><BR/>Running water and drainage we have in abundance, this city being largely flood-plains. :)<BR/><BR/>It makes it an easy city to defend against Parliamentarians!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toodlepip,<BR/><BR/>HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-63352159229091029642009-02-09T17:37:00.000+00:002009-02-09T17:37:00.000+00:00I develop my own b&w film of course. Colour (w...I develop my own b&w film of course. Colour (well E6 film, C41 is difficult to scan) is another matter, I don't shoot enough to warrant doing it myself since the chemicals go off quickly (and its not really fun, very strict timing required). <BR/><BR/>A darkroom is certainly fun. A few years ago you could get the equipment second hand for almost free, now the prices have sort of Vladimir Lukiyanovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09327122660708261128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-89420978076178967732009-02-09T16:33:00.000+00:002009-02-09T16:33:00.000+00:00Glad to hear everything's OK up there. Oddly enou...Glad to hear everything's OK up there. <BR/><BR/>Oddly enough, when the snow was at its heaviest, the Emergency Dept. here was almost empty. Now, with the snow turning to slush, it's absolutely packed full with customers. It's as if it was previously too cold to get into an emergency medical situation, but now it's warmer, the local population are making up for lost time... there's not a Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-13006063712641049242009-02-09T16:30:00.000+00:002009-02-09T16:30:00.000+00:00There is no particular Russian vodka which is drun...There is no particular Russian vodka which is drunk in the winter. Except, well, if you dare make your own! Recipes can be found easily, and the apparatus is, to say the least, quite <A HREF="http://www.livemind.co.uk/still0001a.jpg" REL="nofollow">rudimentary</A>. If you ever do a favour for someone in Russia who is a samogon maker (which is some % of the population, don't make me guess) you Vladimir Lukiyanovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09327122660708261128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-82536737298248693102009-02-09T16:10:00.000+00:002009-02-09T16:10:00.000+00:00G'day, Big Man!I know the feeling, shooting snow. ...G'day, Big Man!<BR/><BR/>I know the feeling, shooting snow. The lighting, the depth, it's all extraordinarily tricky for me when everything is dazzling white.<BR/><BR/>I've been enjoying your images on your blog, so it looks like you're having a very decent success rate!<BR/><BR/>Baozhong in winter: I drink a lot of warming tea, but very little baozhong as a matter of habit, no matter what the Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-46783690321848984092009-02-09T16:05:00.000+00:002009-02-09T16:05:00.000+00:00Interesting thought. I gave up trying to take pict...Interesting thought. I gave up trying to take pictures of snow with my digital camera after I took a couple of hundred of photos all which will probably go bin sometime (I always keep photos for at least a couple of months before deleting them, one cannot decide straight away). More precisely I just dump things onto a DVD and forget :p Snow is impossibly difficult to take pictures of, for some Vladimir Lukiyanovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09327122660708261128noreply@blogger.com