tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post8820791620426644041..comments2023-10-17T22:38:03.481+11:00Comments on My Pear Tree House: Forget them notJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475155333546477042noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-43137154589054831202009-11-12T09:23:12.786+11:002009-11-12T09:23:12.786+11:00Such a nice posting to remember our veterans! Than...Such a nice posting to remember our veterans! Thank you for being so thoughtful.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038190964528332030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-48320091346224454832009-11-12T02:38:26.654+11:002009-11-12T02:38:26.654+11:00This is a beautiful post. The picture of the popp...This is a beautiful post. The picture of the poppies is gorgeous and vivid and contrasts so distictly with the black & white photo of them men fightin. That alone says it all. The thought of war makes me shudder. I have immense respect for the people who go out and fight for their country. I don't have children, Jane, so I can only imagine howyou must feel at the even remote possibility that youe cchild could end up fighting in a war. My prayers for this never to happen.<br /><br />Thank you for talking about Remembrance Day. I didn't know about it. It's really great that you have a day to remember the people who have fought for Australia. <br />A truly lovely post, Jane.<br /><br />~AmyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09866342436745173619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-74788373864350760592009-11-11T21:54:47.357+11:002009-11-11T21:54:47.357+11:00Well said, Jane. Seeing the monuments reminds me o...Well said, Jane. Seeing the monuments reminds me of something Julian Barnes wrote (I think of WW1) that stayed with me: that it seems incongruous that the soldiers should be remembered with such pomp and grandeur when they had been let go so lightly.Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-55595077407903332352009-11-11T19:46:14.431+11:002009-11-11T19:46:14.431+11:00I really do think that we must remember what our s...I really do think that we must remember what our soldiers go through for us, in the past and in the present.<br />There is always a ceremony on the saturday before at The Albert Hall in London. The part that is so poignant is when millions of poppy petals fall from the ceiling while there is a minutes silence. It is a petal for every serviceman who died. <br />I had also never thought about the people in countries far away who can't visit the graves and memorials in Europe. Thanks for the interesting and informative post, Jane, and for remembering. XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-61715803286970416412009-11-11T16:48:32.620+11:002009-11-11T16:48:32.620+11:00A truly moving post, I studied WWI at highschool a...A truly moving post, I studied WWI at highschool and of course the war poets. I vividly remember how as a 16 year old I cried when my teacher read us their poems. I have 2 little boys and everytime I see news items of the fighting in Iraq and Afgahnistan, I pray that my boys will never have to put their lives on the line like many brave soldiers do. Lest we forget.<br />EngraciaEngraciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17091993412893932424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-32709890178557094912009-11-11T16:47:53.116+11:002009-11-11T16:47:53.116+11:00Good post for today. I found that an interesting q...Good post for today. I found that an interesting quote from A.E.<br /><br />xxx<br />re your comment, made me laugh.debra@dustjackethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397055465607649038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-83637593220003846262009-11-11T11:19:53.135+11:002009-11-11T11:19:53.135+11:00A lovely post on this day to remember...A lovely post on this day to remember...brismodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169335258762403261noreply@blogger.com