tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post3695593607378377228..comments2023-10-24T13:19:52.915+01:00Comments on Marigold Jam: Doing the Right ThingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-80696628158123537242010-12-21T15:31:00.588+00:002010-12-21T15:31:00.588+00:00Hi Jane,
Love the painting and thanks for your su...Hi Jane,<br /><br />Love the painting and thanks for your support of Centrepoint.<br /><br />Have you thought about buying a gift from Centrepoint Gifts?<br /><br />Instead of buying a gift that will end up on a landfill, as you say above, you can buy a gift that could change a homeless young person's life this Christmas - everything from hot meals to a bed for the night.<br /><br />You can see the gifts available at http://www.centrepointgifts.org.uk/<br /><br />Many thanks and have a great Christmas,<br />The Centrepoint TeamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-64297027536483002962010-12-21T15:10:22.264+00:002010-12-21T15:10:22.264+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-50408586493690569052010-12-13T18:36:42.414+00:002010-12-13T18:36:42.414+00:00I LOVE your painting and I'm not being polite,...I LOVE your painting and I'm not being polite, it's really good! How satisfying it must have been for you to create. You have painted it in a style that I like. <br />I look forward to seeing more of your work :-)<br />Isabelle xSuzy's Vintage Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355297827117557882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-3161546440526089022010-12-09T14:47:54.986+00:002010-12-09T14:47:54.986+00:00Lots of food for thought, it is difficult know wha...Lots of food for thought, it is difficult know what the right thing is Jane. Beautiful watercolour xYvonne Moxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13140473611443854165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-21597390016581591132010-12-08T07:14:07.235+00:002010-12-08T07:14:07.235+00:00Seems I'm not the only one who tohught that wa...Seems I'm not the only one who tohught that watercolour was pretty damn good for a first attempt! Hope you're thinking about doing more? Another pensive post Jane. It seems the season this year is a thought provoking one for many of us. I love Jill's reference to Sir Toby. Not a bad way of looking at things perhaps. Lesley xLAC EMP 2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/01999825212820503519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-74764711840350501822010-12-07T21:30:52.317+00:002010-12-07T21:30:52.317+00:00Really like your watercolour Jane. As for doing th...Really like your watercolour Jane. As for doing the right thing...I think this is subjective. You must do what feels right for you personally. It's a moral maze out there!walter and mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654023053222721637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-34732324570431271352010-12-07T17:14:46.104+00:002010-12-07T17:14:46.104+00:00I think 'doing the right thing' is doing w...I think 'doing the right thing' is doing what YOU feel is right yourself - never mind what other people feel the right thing is!!! Your first attempt at watercolour painting is fantastic. Keep it up! xSimonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766240849932971541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-59154229545161365122010-12-07T11:13:41.849+00:002010-12-07T11:13:41.849+00:00Wow Jane ! This is your first go at water colour? ...Wow Jane ! This is your first go at water colour? It is lovely. Wow! Wow! Wow! I'm soooo impressed. I bet you can sing too?<br />I read with interest your debate about "doing the right thing" and I understand the dilema. I think all you can do is consider these things carefully, choose your path and act. It seems there's no easy answer so all we can do is try to be true to ourselves.<br />Cheers<br />HelenHelsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-17911800322954241752010-12-07T10:29:28.829+00:002010-12-07T10:29:28.829+00:00Lovely painting, Jane. Watercolour is difficult t...Lovely painting, Jane. Watercolour is difficult to get right, well done. You raise so many isssues here that we constantly debate. Husband refuses to use supermarkets - but that can entail using petrol to drive to farm shops etc. The local shop has closed so now we have to travel 3 miles to get decent bread. We can only take each decision as it arises and live with it - gosh life gets difficult, doesn't it.Jeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553005051612551946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-34067627963716568192010-12-07T09:34:08.760+00:002010-12-07T09:34:08.760+00:00Well done with that tricky water-colour.
Thanks fo...Well done with that tricky water-colour.<br />Thanks for including me in your moral maze. I was helped my a comment on that post from http://pohanginapete.blogspot.com/. <br />Not even the highest level experts can agree in so many areas.Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-33040671193908295762010-12-07T07:47:55.427+00:002010-12-07T07:47:55.427+00:00That's a beautiful picture yopu painted for yo...That's a beautiful picture yopu painted for your first attempt, well done. Lucey xxlemonade kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592140013936271397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-1672644304933385672010-12-07T07:25:00.575+00:002010-12-07T07:25:00.575+00:00Thank you for your blog comment yesterday. I am wi...Thank you for your blog comment yesterday. I am with you on the above, it certainly is a moral maze and it is so hard to do the "right thing" all the time. Perhaps we just have to aim to strike a sensible balance? Lizzie xBusyLizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13496858697767552628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-91159842786888585532010-12-07T07:13:03.910+00:002010-12-07T07:13:03.910+00:00Jane you are so talented.....love the watercolour....Jane you are so talented.....love the watercolour.<br /><br />I think we all have to answer to ourselves. I try so very hard to do the right thing.....and if my intentions are good and honourable I do not question myself. If I make mistakes, and we all do, I learn from it and move onto the next chapter.<br />I sometimes think, we as woman, think much too deeply and therefore get confused about which way to go with something.<br /><br />I like to think I make a difference...in my heart I know I do.<br />I also know that your intentions are honourable and you also are helping with regard to the issues you care about......Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802468583972118464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-39681742136017533892010-12-06T23:57:26.634+00:002010-12-06T23:57:26.634+00:00phew, i think half of the world must be in a dilem...phew, i think half of the world must be in a dilemma about christmas now, its so commercial, so i guess we just be reasonable with ourselves, and buy ehtically as much as possible. I must say here in the antipodeas its becoming impossible to do this, we are inundated with products from china, its rare to find anything made locally. I have already bought most of my things from our big chain store Myers, they have everything and its all aircon- too hot and humid here!<br />That watercolour is fabulous, you deserve a big bag of gold coin chocs!Mrs Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03109885833512528798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-2753653801688602992010-12-06T22:54:16.867+00:002010-12-06T22:54:16.867+00:00Jane, the watercolor is very soft and pretty. I li...Jane, the watercolor is very soft and pretty. I like your questions and it is difficult to know what to do. I think of this myself, when I decide I should not be spending money (foolishly) here in my little town--that I can do without what the stores here are offering--but if everyone in town thinks that, the stores would go out of business and add to the unemployment. Economic times are tough here. BTW, I like your single photo on your blog header. I just changed mine, but I think it looks messy--I think I'll change it again and just use one, clean, photo like you have done. thanks for stopping by. Have a good day, Jane.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15471639876072617577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-84031588459150596062010-12-06T22:28:03.034+00:002010-12-06T22:28:03.034+00:00I love your watercolour Jane, I hope you've be...I love your watercolour Jane, I hope you've been encouraged to keep at it.<br />As for the right thing to do, well there will always be questions when a decision needs to be made. I think we just have to decide, go for it and trust our own judgement and accept the fact that sometimes we will make the wrong decision! We are after all only human.<br />Vivienne xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-53516196599882931902010-12-06T22:25:10.691+00:002010-12-06T22:25:10.691+00:00Did you really do that? You are very clever, I'...Did you really do that? You are very clever, I'm sending you a virtual gold coin! <br /><br />Thanks for your lovely comment. Keep warm too xxharmony and rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514921461051048885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-92291143619361242010-12-06T22:08:41.247+00:002010-12-06T22:08:41.247+00:00I'm impressed by your lovely water colour Jane...I'm impressed by your lovely water colour Jane - it looks very topical!<br /><br />As to the moral maze; this will always be difficult to negotiate as there are many different perspectives and viewpoints. You can't carry all the woes of the world on your shoulders and I agree with Jill. <br /><br />Just be true to yourself.<br /><br />Jeanne<br />xReading Tea Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16928999793157507134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-28039897088278685262010-12-06T21:56:33.662+00:002010-12-06T21:56:33.662+00:00Lovely watercolour - amazed its your first go! re...Lovely watercolour - amazed its your first go! re the dilemmas you talk about - frequently debated here too - v difficult if you live in rural areas and have work with big companies. In the end you can only do your best. I have a big problem re what to do about people begging when we're travelling. Just by being there, we're clearly far, far richer than them (financially anyway!), but you can't give to everyone............Vintage Tea Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00418967916966751442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-15115601906810678452010-12-06T21:15:28.800+00:002010-12-06T21:15:28.800+00:00Great questions and the Moral Maze is such a good ...Great questions and the Moral Maze is such a good way of describing it all...<br /><br />I read a lovely article about a mum who ran a very home-made, green Christmas for her family, but included walks around the town to admire others' Christmas light displays amongst her family activities. She said: 'It's not what I would do but we enjoy it and I won't judge them', and I thought that was a nice, mellow approach.<br /><br />We also boycott Nestle due to their baby milk nastiness, but in one of our churches there were many people who worked for, or had pensions from, a factory which had been bought by Nestle. It was an early example to me that 'the right thing to do' can vary according to your circumstances. In general, boycotting Nestle is a good idea, and it seems to be working, too. But in that community, telling people that they worked for an Evil Empire was really very inaccurate and unfair. So we learned to keep a lid on that one, and just promote Fair Trade produce, instead of reviling Nestle. I think that was right.<br /><br />And the RSPB are surely still telling us to feed birds, so that must be The Right Thing, huh? I shoudl check out that post and get properly informed...Flosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098894367955345944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-23659526885134698172010-12-06T20:32:03.427+00:002010-12-06T20:32:03.427+00:00Oh Jane, you are so hard on yourself!
Firstly your...Oh Jane, you are so hard on yourself!<br />Firstly your first watercolour is super - it is such a difficult medium, and yet under valued in the art world. It is so unforgiving, unlike oil where you can paint over an area you don't like, with watercolour you have to start again. Keep at it.<br />As for your dilemma, Mr T always uses this quotation from Twelfth Night's Sir Toby Belch: <br />"Out o' tune, sir: ye lie. Art any more than a steward? Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" as a reminder that there should be room for a bit of indulgence at Christmas as well as doing good. It also goes as a reminder that these questions have dogged people for many centuries.<br />Be good, but don't forget to enjoy yourself too:)Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410318976755292700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-22640839143075412692010-12-06T20:29:18.913+00:002010-12-06T20:29:18.913+00:00I love your water colour, well done what a lovely ...I love your water colour, well done what a lovely effort!<br />love<br />Lyn<br />xxxLynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548006686821838698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-25445832705543061122010-12-06T20:05:35.693+00:002010-12-06T20:05:35.693+00:00Lots to think about there. If only things were cle...Lots to think about there. If only things were clearly labelled right and wrong it would make life so much easier but then I suppose you would get into the question of freedom of choice. No easy answers to this one I think.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739648804082980169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266224907043302947.post-69933112717735043902010-12-06T19:40:20.427+00:002010-12-06T19:40:20.427+00:00Oh far too much thinking going on there! My head ...Oh far too much thinking going on there! My head hurts now ;-) Certainly as you say its knowing what IS the right thing to do that is hard at times. Let me know when you have worked out this dilemma ;-)Serenatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08473750681150978115noreply@blogger.com