tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post487379691056397176..comments2023-12-03T20:07:04.781+11:00Comments on Lexicon Harlot: DadAlexis, Baron von Harlothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-51434718880399337942011-02-24T22:22:03.332+11:002011-02-24T22:22:03.332+11:00Thanks, you good people. You're so, so kind.
...Thanks, you good people. You're so, so kind.<br /><br />Katrina - hullo! Thanks for popping by. (And how nice to see you the other week. I hope the imminent migration is looking rosy.)<br /><br />Sister, I do that all the time. Love you.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-37063272152201925242011-02-24T19:10:17.680+11:002011-02-24T19:10:17.680+11:00Alexis, I'm so sorry for your loss. I feel pri...Alexis, I'm so sorry for your loss. I feel privileged to know even this much about your wonderful dad.Katrina Znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-81568545866809193582011-02-22T00:39:04.878+11:002011-02-22T00:39:04.878+11:00I swear I can almost feel his presence after readi...I swear I can almost feel his presence after reading this, as though I now have a crystal clear image of him in my head. And to think I never had the privilege of meeting the old chap. I feel for you and your family, I really do, after reading this it is obvious that your sorrow would be impossible to measure.Rachynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-72989390363719880852011-02-21T21:53:58.423+11:002011-02-21T21:53:58.423+11:00Oh lexicon love, I've just seen this beautiful...Oh lexicon love, I've just seen this beautiful post and the tears are spilling down my cheeks. I saw a tallie during the week and was jolted by myself thinking "he'll be a tall fellow when he grows up". xxCistern Harlotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-16972167177641402962011-02-19T14:39:25.735+11:002011-02-19T14:39:25.735+11:00You've done such a great sketch of him, he liv...You've done such a great sketch of him, he lives on in you! What a great Dad.Helenhttp://castironbalcony.media2.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-20984992206250716692011-02-16T08:51:06.738+11:002011-02-16T08:51:06.738+11:00Thanks, Mitzi. What a good garden that was. So ram...Thanks, Mitzi. What a good garden that was. So rambunctious. I realised recently, while planting rhubarb crowns, that my family never ate any of the fantastically prolific rhubarb we grew there. Dad called it bloodshot celery, which might have spoilt people's appetite a little.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-54988340940006546562011-02-16T08:49:18.797+11:002011-02-16T08:49:18.797+11:00Oh, Duck, that's a very kind thing to say. He ...Oh, Duck, that's a very kind thing to say. He also wanted a <a href="http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Morgan</a> and a holiday house in Buderim, but I think he did feel filled up by his family.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-79363730508618405352011-02-16T08:44:04.142+11:002011-02-16T08:44:04.142+11:00Thanks, Livebird. "Corker" - ! He'd ...Thanks, Livebird. "Corker" - ! He'd be chuffed to hear it.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-1872076316333149882011-02-16T08:43:15.257+11:002011-02-16T08:43:15.257+11:00Ann O'D: that's hard. I've had (and st...Ann O'D: that's hard. I've had (and still have, in my generous, loving, sensible, funny Mum) beautiful parents, and whatever flourishing I've done, it's been with their encouragement and example and protection. Life would have been a lot more complicated if I'd grown up without them, or with the knowledge that that's what parents are meant to be but that mine fell bitterly short. I hope there's a peace to be found between you and your father, and that you can see how you've flourished despite him being not good enough. (And I hope you don't mind me saying such personal things when we know each other only bloggily.)Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-73675476899347273522011-02-16T08:35:46.594+11:002011-02-16T08:35:46.594+11:00Oh, Elephant's Child, twenty years is a long t...Oh, Elephant's Child, twenty years is a long time not to see someone you love. I hope there are lots of good things for you to be reminded of.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-50183910799801173312011-02-16T08:35:06.699+11:002011-02-16T08:35:06.699+11:00And thanks, G. The potato sexing was always a litt...And thanks, G. The potato sexing was always a little scientifically dubious. He'd dangle an iron nail by a string above each potato: if the nail orbited around the potato, the potato was "female", i.e., good for planting, and if the nail swung back and forth, the potato was "male" and should be eaten. The ones we ate certainly tasted edible and the ones he planted sprouted, so maybe there was something to it.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-23639029605527557252011-02-16T08:34:55.156+11:002011-02-16T08:34:55.156+11:00Thanks, Tim. I'm really touched that you'd...Thanks, Tim. I'm really touched that you'd be touched. He had a lot of fun being alive.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-16649679064592831992011-02-15T19:49:24.173+11:002011-02-15T19:49:24.173+11:00...and twenty more blessings for each of those mem......and twenty more blessings for each of those memories counted. Team Bloginboots wishes you and your fam long and healthy lives. It is so wonderful to read about your father. Seeing his garden way back at your place in The Horner provided early sparks to my nascent green-thumbery.M L Jassyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13918911547104202603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-3401876468434244182011-02-15T19:15:12.090+11:002011-02-15T19:15:12.090+11:00*sob*
You are everything he'd ever wanted, al...*sob* <br />You are everything he'd ever wanted, along with your nice siblings. <br /><br />It's a bonza list.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-12266051332894100182011-02-15T10:38:52.082+11:002011-02-15T10:38:52.082+11:00Sounds like you had a corker of a dad. Thanks for ...Sounds like you had a corker of a dad. Thanks for sharing him with us, sketching him out with his own words and actions. I love the idea of the week leeching into the sea. Vale.livebirdhttp://livebird.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-73797930146521298392011-02-15T10:22:45.150+11:002011-02-15T10:22:45.150+11:00I would have loved him too.
I would love to have a...I would have loved him too.<br />I would love to have a Father I could honour.<br />Envy and sympathy to you in equal buckets.<br /><br />(the word 'lexicon' has never passed my father's lips or mind in 87 years)Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-33042130016611134722011-02-15T06:00:52.513+11:002011-02-15T06:00:52.513+11:00My heart hurts with you and for you. It is now ov...My heart hurts with you and for you. It is now over twenty years since my dad died and sometimes it still sneaks up an bites me. Thank you a zillion for reminding me of the good things.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-90016548278767767862011-02-14T23:01:17.446+11:002011-02-14T23:01:17.446+11:00Alexis, this is as beautiful as the last one. Pota...Alexis, this is as beautiful as the last one. Potato sexing!!! what a guy.<br />Thank you for telling us more about him.genevievehttp://mulberryroad.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-8595487139405265302011-02-14T22:45:08.625+11:002011-02-14T22:45:08.625+11:00Beautiful post. I have tears. Your dad sounds neat...Beautiful post. I have tears. Your dad sounds neat.Timhttp://thismachinekillspurists.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com