tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post450285184848501033..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: A book from my past - Sue PurkissUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-66239915616265560632020-05-28T09:28:22.990+01:002020-05-28T09:28:22.990+01:00Thanks so much Paul. Afraid it's been downhill...Thanks so much Paul. Afraid it's been downhill ever since!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-24529537601011726992020-05-27T18:35:56.069+01:002020-05-27T18:35:56.069+01:00A bit late but I love this, Sue! Your piece about ...A bit late but I love this, Sue! Your piece about the moon landing is so vivid and atmospheric!Paul Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499442738041701791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-83153939923436985852020-05-24T08:36:42.805+01:002020-05-24T08:36:42.805+01:00Thanks, Anne!Thanks, Anne!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-45336440980615958322020-05-23T22:04:06.561+01:002020-05-23T22:04:06.561+01:00I love the 1969 writing too. And one of my childre...I love the 1969 writing too. And one of my children is studying at Birmingham (when she isn't on lockdown with me) so going to that gallery is a post lockdown aspiration for me too!Anne Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160915179685300264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-58117535149154472812020-05-23T15:32:14.948+01:002020-05-23T15:32:14.948+01:00Thank you, everyone! Penny - no worries at all - I...Thank you, everyone! Penny - no worries at all - I don't usually do these things, but as you see, this one appealed. Sue B - I have Gombrich too, and that was easier because it was in English! (But Cent Tableaux came first...)<br /><br />I doubt Maggie did get over to Birmingham. Another place to put on my places-to-go-when-this-is-all-over list!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-27353125397722796472020-05-23T13:19:39.393+01:002020-05-23T13:19:39.393+01:00That's a lovely bit of writing, Sue.That's a lovely bit of writing, Sue. Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-14533270277656970872020-05-23T11:46:30.984+01:002020-05-23T11:46:30.984+01:00Thanks for the photo! It makes me think of a book ...Thanks for the photo! It makes me think of a book very special in my own life. Gombrich’s The Story Of Art, now a classic, was my Year 12 art textbook. I remember so many famous works shown in it, and my first visit to the National Gallery in London. I suddenly saw Constable’s The Haywain” a painting I had only ever seen in Gombrich, and got terribly excited, much to the amusement of a nearby gallery guard. <br /><br />I still love art, and that book helped! Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60791446723184264682020-05-23T10:45:42.656+01:002020-05-23T10:45:42.656+01:00I love your 1969 description of two spidery bits o...I love your 1969 description of two spidery bits of earth-metal trying to meet! Thanks for this post, Sue.Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-78119489627496669692020-05-23T10:40:25.461+01:002020-05-23T10:40:25.461+01:00Reading this with guilt as one of those who did no...Reading this with guilt as one of those who did not reply to your title offer, Sue.<br />Wasn't sure who to ask that hadn't responded to the FB challenge already - and then the days slipped by . . ..<br /><br />The books that matter do often have long personal stories attached to them, apart from the look and period of the book cover etc, so I'm really happy to read a fuller story here today, as well as your evocative inscription. <br /><br /><br />Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-65270635913002264782020-05-23T10:30:13.195+01:002020-05-23T10:30:13.195+01:00I feel the same way about books of photographs. Lo...I feel the same way about books of photographs. Lovely post.Nick Garlicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-27873165567759383182020-05-23T10:11:14.032+01:002020-05-23T10:11:14.032+01:00If your sister was at Warwick, I wonder if she eve...If your sister was at Warwick, I wonder if she ever made her way over to the Barber Art Gallery at the University of Birmingham? If you love paintings it’s an absolute gem and well worth a visit when all this is over, if you can get there. They don’t have a Leonardo but everywhere you turn you will see names that you will know and some of the paintings are very fine indeed.Ann Darntonhttp://cafesociety956.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-34824533334426661022020-05-23T09:52:48.177+01:002020-05-23T09:52:48.177+01:00And your desire for awfully big adventures came ab...And your desire for awfully big adventures came about very early.<br /><br />Perhaps through the Apollo missions?<br /><br />Adelaide Duponthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490123934889071074noreply@blogger.com