Comments on: the house of violets http://bleedingespresso.com/2006/12/the-house-of-violets.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:45:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Shebella http://bleedingespresso.com/2006/12/the-house-of-violets.html/comment-page-1#comment-241514 Shebella Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:41:15 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=20#comment-241514 Wow, your story brought tears to my eyes. It makes me think that your Nonna is watching out for you. What a blessing. You are very inspiring. <strong><em>Aw, thank you, and thanks for reading :)</em></strong> Wow, your story brought tears to my eyes. It makes me think that your Nonna is watching out for you. What a blessing. You are very inspiring.

Aw, thank you, and thanks for reading :)

]]> By: helena http://bleedingespresso.com/2006/12/the-house-of-violets.html/comment-page-1#comment-206170 helena Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:34:52 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=20#comment-206170 When I moved back to NZ for several years, my mother (one of the world's best gardeners) gave me two African violets, one pink, one purple. They survived what I considered to be indifferent nurturing and outright neglect. I'm back in Sydney now, and a month ago I bought a pink one, gorgeous with lots of pink flowers and an abundance of furry leaves, and I promised it I would take really good care of it. It is gorgeous no longer. There are about four leaves left and one flower. Where have I gone wrong? The leaves got yellow patches on them and I had to remove them, and the flowers just, well, died. And brave thing you did, moving to your village. Usually the traffic is the other way! <strong><em>Well the flowers do die off, but there is a trick to water them (should be from the bottom, as from a dish below) and the leaves should never get wet--and they really actually don't need a lot of water. Remember they're from Africa ;) They are *not* easy plants to keep though, so don't feel bad.</em></strong> When I moved back to NZ for several years, my mother (one of the world’s best gardeners) gave me two African violets, one pink, one purple. They survived what I considered to be indifferent nurturing and outright neglect. I’m back in Sydney now, and a month ago I bought a pink one, gorgeous with lots of pink flowers and an abundance of furry leaves, and I promised it I would take really good care of it. It is gorgeous no longer. There are about four leaves left and one flower. Where have I gone wrong? The leaves got yellow patches on them and I had to remove them, and the flowers just, well, died.

And brave thing you did, moving to your village. Usually the traffic is the other way!

Well the flowers do die off, but there is a trick to water them (should be from the bottom, as from a dish below) and the leaves should never get wet–and they really actually don’t need a lot of water. Remember they’re from Africa ;) They are *not* easy plants to keep though, so don’t feel bad.

]]> By: paul of crazy like whoa http://bleedingespresso.com/2006/12/the-house-of-violets.html/comment-page-1#comment-140662 paul of crazy like whoa Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:44:13 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=20#comment-140662 I'm looking forward to your book, too, carina... <em>paul of crazy like whoa's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CrazyLikeWhoa/~3/346676734/soaring.html' rel="nofollow">Soaring</a></em> <strong><em>Heh, me too.... I’m looking forward to your book, too, carina…

paul of crazy like whoa’s last blog post..Soaring

Heh, me too….

]]> By: Cynthia Rae http://bleedingespresso.com/2006/12/the-house-of-violets.html/comment-page-1#comment-171 Cynthia Rae Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:14:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=20#comment-171 What a wonderful story. You brought tears to my eyes this morning. Good for you, for listening to heart, to your soul and to those beautiful purple flowers!<br /><br />Cyn What a wonderful story. You brought tears to my eyes this morning. Good for you, for listening to heart, to your soul and to those beautiful purple flowers!

Cyn

]]> By: Eileen http://bleedingespresso.com/2006/12/the-house-of-violets.html/comment-page-1#comment-143 Eileen Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:18:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=20#comment-143 I loved this story and in all our endless ("I don't feel like working...") conversations regarding Calabria and your move you never once mentioned the signs! You are a bit sneaky. Please keep writing, I really am looking forward to your book. I loved this story and in all our endless (”I don’t feel like working…”) conversations regarding Calabria and your move you never once mentioned the signs! You are a bit sneaky. Please keep writing, I really am looking forward to your book.

]]> By: nyc/caribbean ragazza http://bleedingespresso.com/2006/12/the-house-of-violets.html/comment-page-1#comment-140 nyc/caribbean ragazza Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:45:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=20#comment-140 Fate is an interesting thing. I loved your story.<br /><br />I hope someday you will post on how you went from being a lawyer to moving overseas to write. Fate is an interesting thing. I loved your story.

I hope someday you will post on how you went from being a lawyer to moving overseas to write.

]]> By: guinness girl http://bleedingespresso.com/2006/12/the-house-of-violets.html/comment-page-1#comment-139 guinness girl Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:18:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=20#comment-139 That's an amazing story! :) That’s an amazing story! :)

]]> By: Elle http://bleedingespresso.com/2006/12/the-house-of-violets.html/comment-page-1#comment-136 Elle Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:40:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=20#comment-136 What a super story, thank you for sharing it. What a super story, thank you for sharing it.

]]> By: Judith in Umbria http://bleedingespresso.com/2006/12/the-house-of-violets.html/comment-page-1#comment-134 Judith in Umbria Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:13:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=20#comment-134 I appreciate that you can find maps inside and not depend entirely on the rules of the road. Some things can't be planned, explained or overcome. I appreciate that you can find maps inside and not depend entirely on the rules of the road. Some things can’t be planned, explained or overcome.

]]> By: Shan http://bleedingespresso.com/2006/12/the-house-of-violets.html/comment-page-1#comment-133 Shan Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:11:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=20#comment-133 What an incredible story. What an incredible story.

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