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Dylan Thomas Boathouse
Dylan Thomas Boathouse

This year, Wales becomes the only country in the world with a formal trail wrapped around its entire coastline. Officially completed in May, the new 870-mile Wales Coast Path stretches from Chepstow in the south to Queensferry in the north and has, thus far, created quite a splash. Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet rated the Wales coastline first in its "Best in Travel: Top 10 regions for 2012" while The New York Times named Wales one of the "Top 45 places to go in 2012."

If you fancy a hike with a bit of literary history, head to the sleepy town of Laugharne which was twice home to Dylan Thomas, who lived here from May 1938 until July 1940, and then from May 1949 until his death in New York City in November 1953. (Laugharne is said to have inspired the fictional town of Llareggub in Thomas' famous radio drama, Under Milk Wood.) The white clapboard boathouse where Thomas lived with his wife Caitlin and their three children is perched beside a cobblestone path, jutting out over the Taf Estuary. The parlor inside has been restored to its 1950s rendering; a second floor houses photographs, manuscripts, and a short documentary about Thomas' life. There's also a café, where visitors can unwind over a spot of traditional Welsh tea, whilst up the path a ways stands a rustic shed where the poet spent most of his time writing.


Thomas and his wife are buried in a grave marked by a wooden cross in the yard of St. Martin's Church in the northern section of Laugharne. The Dylan Thomas "loop" is part of the official 5-mile Coygen to Delacourse path along the Wales Coast Path.

Does the newly-minted trail - combined with the fact that Prince William and his bride recently set up home on the nearby Isle of Anglesey - mean that the once-shy sibling of England and Scotland earns the royal stamp of approval?

 

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August 03, 2012 12:22 AM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Julia Masi said...

What would Dylan Thomas wear on the WalesCoast Path? 

August 03, 2012 12:25 AM
Paolo 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 paolos said...

Miss Hazel's housecoat.  G'night Miss Julia, G'night sleepy little village.

August 03, 2012 12:26 AM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Julia Masi said...

Wales is one of those beautiful countries that most of us don't know enough about.  It seems as if its most famous export is Catherine Zeta Jones.

August 03, 2012 12:31 AM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Julia Masi said...

Oh yes, Richard Burton also came from Whales.  And there is a whole list of famous peoplle I have never heard of on the Famous People From Whales site. 

August 03, 2012 12:52 AM
4224 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 RoadYacht said...

MMMMMMM, Pasties

August 03, 2012 2:42 AM
Here_slooking 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Spring Fragrance said...

...and Welsh butter! There! We've turned it to food again!

This is a day for Hazel to hold court. Can't wait!

August 03, 2012 5:11 AM
Image 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Tommy Typical said...

As I closed the bar at the little Inn on my visit to Wales pubcrawling in lieu of hiking, I was thinking Bob Dylan was Bob Dillon after he was Robert Zimmerman since he was a fan of Gunsmoke before he started reading Dylan Thomas. I have a nice twead and a sweater with holes and a desire to deal with the Dylanesque conflict themes, "screw death" & the like. Considering the moniker, Dylan Tommy. Nah. Must agree with the old boy: "Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.” so here I go to lie still sleep becalmed...I like a cold pillow in the summer

August 03, 2012 5:26 AM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 hazel leese said...

Er, Julia ~ WALES! not Whales as in sea-going monsters, not even Wails as in lamentation over spelling errors. Only teasing - it's one of those words like to, too or two.
I'd better fortify myself with Bara Brith (Spotty bread) with lots of Welsh butter and a nice mug of tea. Welcome to my part of the world. If you really want to know, John Davies - 'A History of Wales' is a very readable and learned tome.
Laugharne - I know it well and its 'heron priested shores' on the estuary. As Mr P says, Llareggub, the village of Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood 'is based on Laugharne. Read the word backwards and have a smile! It reminds me of our village.
The Wales Coastal path!!!! Wonderful!!!!! It's joined up pre-existing paths so now you can walk all round - the variety of places of interest and the changes in landscape make it as rich as a chunk of bara brith. I can't begin to describe the wonders of Wales. Go to your search engines and have a look at Laugharne, go West into Pembrokeshire and vist Saint David's Cathedral, go north and have a look at Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Machynllech; be amazed by Harlech castle, I live half way between the little railway stations of Porthmadog and Criccieth - both worth a visit, as is nearby Portmeirion - O, I must not forget Bodnant Gardens and and and! If you want to walk down the other side of Wales, you can walk the Offa's Dyke path - last time I tried that it rained every day. Wales is good at rain!
Spell check is having a nervous breakdown coping with all that Welshness, so send as is.
 

August 03, 2012 6:55 AM
28471 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Lynn830 said...

The question is not what Dylan Thomas would wear but what would he drink.  Sadly, both he and Richard Burton had the same affliction, and both consequently died much younger than they might have.  Even sadder is that Richard Burton's Shakespearian acting which he was mind-bogglingly brilliant at was not filmed.  P'nawn da, Hazel.

August 03, 2012 7:25 AM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 hazel leese said...

P'nawn da, Lynn. How's the Welsh coming along? Mae hi yn braf, heulog ac gwntog. (It's a nice day, sunny and windy)

August 03, 2012 7:25 AM
Here_slooking 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Spring Fragrance said...

I would so love to walk that Hazel.. I read that its 1377 km....that's about 25 miles short the distance between Singapore and Bangkok, ie. Over 3 countries!
I looked up some images, incredibly beautiful

August 03, 2012 7:37 AM
Image 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Tommy Typical said...

Seeing a nude Liz Taylor in her prime would drive any man to drink, especially as Cleopatra. What an asp!

August 03, 2012 7:45 AM
Atticus_1 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Bert said...

What a great topic for winding down the week, from the "Peterman's Light" creative archives. Wails.....

August 03, 2012 7:57 AM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 hazel leese said...

The honey voiced Richard Burton. Well, TT, a nude Cleopatra may excite a man, but Richard Burton is, I cannot speak for Everywoman - but- WOW!!!!

August 03, 2012 8:00 AM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 hazel leese said...

Hello Spring Fragrance - I'll meet you on the path one day.

August 03, 2012 8:00 AM
10photoviewsCom-100Com-300First-comFirst-photoFirst-review magicangel said...

WOW I would put this trip on my bucket list. Just inhaling the energy of these places would be enchanting!!

August 03, 2012 8:56 AM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 hazel leese said...

magicangel~ I did not say about the magic in Wales - we have Druids, stone circles, healing herbs, Holy Wells, and the list goes on .... About 500 yards from my house is a stone pillar with rhunic writing inscribed on on it.
 

August 03, 2012 9:08 AM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 hazel leese said...

Thanks, Stoney ~ Isn't it  a great poem? Well, I love it.

August 03, 2012 10:24 AM
Paolo 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 paolos said...

STONEY ~ Laryngitis?

August 03, 2012 10:24 AM
Here_slooking 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Spring Fragrance said...

Stoney, that gave me goose pimples, just listening to RB's deep deep voice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se41VGxnj24&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Hazel, I found a video of the walk, stunning! And there's a bit that gets presented in Welsh!!

August 03, 2012 10:37 AM
4244 Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 ChefDeb said...

Going back to Miss Masi's remark about Catherine Zeta Jones being the most famous Wales export, although not a fan I would have to remind her of Tom Jones, Rarebit, and the Prince of. But for me, what has brought Wales to life and will always be synonymous with it is HAZEL LEESE. It has been a pleasure being a guest in her garden and watching the weather and keeping up with nieces and nephews and villagers. It gives me great pride to say "My friend in Wales,....."
I have gotten great advice ranging from snake handling (hers involves rubber gloves mine involves finding the car keys), prayer trees and cooking. It is a nice feeling to make salad dressing in an almost empty mustard jar in CT and know that someone else is doing exactly the same right between Porthmadog and Criccieth.

August 03, 2012 10:49 AM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

HAZEL....................is that you up in the photograph making tea and something delicious for all of us to eat when we come storming over? It will be delicious & cozy, I can't wait! I might see the ghosts of my maternal great grandparents who came over from Wales..................have a wonderful day in your slice of heaven & yes............Richard Burton, oh my!

August 03, 2012 10:50 AM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

Welsh rarebit..............................mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........................CHEFD or HAZE................care to share your recipes?

August 03, 2012 11:18 AM
4224 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 RoadYacht said...

Mineral Point, Wisconsin....Welsh miners came in droves,mid 19th century. Built structures reminicient of the Homeland they missed. Food and culture,too.

August 03, 2012 11:24 AM
Paolo 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 paolos said...

CHEFDEB ~ That is the nicest thing I have ever heard anyone say about another in the Village, although I know there are many others who feel the same way and would have said it had they thought long and hard about it and had your gift for gab. (How's that for a run on sentence?)I hope one day someone will say something as nice about me.  I won't hold my breath and if I do I know someone out there will be thinking...keep holding, paolos.

August 03, 2012 11:25 AM
Paolo 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 paolos said...

Oh and I second your sentiments about Miss Hazel...three cheers for Haze!

August 03, 2012 11:38 AM
Paolo 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 paolos said...

Your other point, dear ChefDeb, about the Prince of Wales, reminds me that our host's closing remark about the royal stamp of approval had me scratching my head (where the bald spot now reigns)...Had the royal stamping of approval been obviated? Did I use that word properly? Anyone? 

August 03, 2012 11:48 AM
408 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Stoney said...


Hazel ~

You're welcome. It's one of the wonders of the ages that we are able to pull that gem out of the hat whenever needed.
We'd be here all day if we got into quoting favorite lines.
I agree, as usual, with ChefDeb, it is nice to see the light shone on the natural wonderland that is your home.
Is the Prince of Wales, whomever it has been, a source of national pride or just a notion imposed by the English?

August 03, 2012 12:01 PM
Paolo 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 paolos said...

Stoney, I agree that we could be here all day quoting lines, although lines quoting Mr. Thomas are certainly a more gratifying read than most of the drivel I release here. However (you somehow knew there was a "however" on its way) this being my brother's birthday...my dear brother who has sailed out some years ago...I thought I would paste a few lines from "A Poem on His Birthday". I thought I would, and I will.

"That the closer I move
To death, one man through his sundered hulks,
The louder the sun blooms
And the tusked, ramshackling sea exults;
And every wave of the way
And gale I tackle, the whole world then,
With more triumphant faith
That ever was since the world was said,
Spins its morning of praise,

I hear the bouncing hills
Grow larked and greener at berry brown
Fall and the dew larks sing
Taller this thuderclap spring, and how
More spanned with angles ride
The mansouled fiery islands! Oh,
Holier then their eyes,
And my shining men no more alone
As I sail out to die."

--Dylan Thomas

"the whole world then...spins its morning of praise..." reminds me of some lucky guy's vision of a girl in a yellow sundress spinning, spinning, spinning.

August 03, 2012 12:10 PM
Img00274-20110613-1309 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-5 l marjorie said...

the Price of Wales is not Welch--it's just the title given to the heir apparent to the English throne.  It is my understanding that the last true Price of Wales was back in the 15th century.  After that, Wales became part of the British empire. At least that's what I read in all my Sharon Kay Penman novels. Love them!!!!

August 03, 2012 12:14 PM
4244 Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 ChefDeb said...

oh PAOLOS we do in fact sing your praises but privately, because we are afraid your wife reads the site as well! Thanks for your kind words.

STONEY a mere mention from you is enough to make my day.

BEBE I want Hazel's recipe too......I know its traditional to have it on toast but I love it on a baked potato...mmmmmmmmmm

August 03, 2012 12:15 PM
Img_5785 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Peter Lake said...

Today is Hazel's Day......hip-hip--hoorah. What a fittingly magical land you live in. Good on you!

August 03, 2012 12:18 PM
28471 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Lynn830 said...

Hazel, I leave the languages to my wife.  However, translate.google.com works wonders.  Add to the list of Welsh notable actors Anthony Hopkins who was in everything from Lion in Winter (one of the king's sons) to Shadowland (about C.S. Lewis). 

August 03, 2012 12:18 PM
Img_5785 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Peter Lake said...

P.s., Do Not let 'The Donald' Trump set foot in this wonderful place. He'll turn it into sonething that will steal it's soul.

August 03, 2012 12:20 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Carol said...

Tea party at Hazel's this afternoon???

August 03, 2012 12:23 PM
Bwme 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 nachista said...

Hazel I hope you're prepared for a horde of villagers to arrive with sleeping bags and tents as they hike the trail! 
 
On the list of famous people from Wales don't forget Anthony Hopkins, Charlotte Church, John Rhys-Davies, Duffy, T.E. Lawrence, Ioan Gruffudd, George Everest, Laura Ashley, Rhys Ifans, Peter Wingfield.

August 03, 2012 12:26 PM
Com-100First-com Carolbabcock said...

Paolos!Something as nice about me!
Hazel in my dreams but probably in my next life, I would LOVE to come to Wales!
Thank you! I marjorie!! I think there was jealousy or putting them in their place involved with the Prince of Wales not being Welsh. Or he had to show himself as a ruler there before Britain. I've always wondered if it was when the crown was usurped from a Welsh king and the Royal line is not Royal at all!

August 03, 2012 12:28 PM
Bwme 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 nachista said...

Among the early Mormon pioneers that immigrated to the US and crossed the planes to settle what is now present day Utah, were quite a few souls from Wales.  It was those early saints that formed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.  There was a recent MoTab concert on July 24th (Pioneer Day) in Utah and Katherine Jenkins joined the choir for the event.  There was a moment in the concert where she talked about how she discovered the choir's Welsh roots and asked for a show of hands from the singers how many of them had Welsh ancestry and everyone raised their hands, that got a good laugh.

August 03, 2012 12:54 PM
Bwme 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 nachista said...

Has anyone else read Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter) Cadfael series?  My dad and I loved those books, I'd pick them up from the library two or three at a time and when I was done I would pass them on to him.  My mother loves "A Child's Christmas In Wales" it has become a family tradition.

August 03, 2012 1:17 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Carol said...

One of the loveliest exports has been the beautiful voice of Bryn Terfe--a beautiful bass-baritone voice and a presence to match it.

August 03, 2012 1:28 PM
4224 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 RoadYacht said...

when I see the phonetically written Welsh language, I am reminded of this ; (and I hope you will smile as you sing it all day)     .  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAJr1ixBdIc

August 03, 2012 1:29 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Carol said...

If you haven't seen it, the movie "The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill, But Came Down a Mountain" you should put it on your view list.  It's from 1995 and is a delightful romantic comdey with eyefuls of Welsh countryside and even some of that famed Welsh singing (if I recall correctly about that part).  Fun story line,  wonderful scenery.......

August 03, 2012 1:51 PM
Bwme 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 nachista said...

Carol, I love that movie!  I'll have to rent that tonight to see Morgan "the goat".

August 03, 2012 2:24 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

PAOLOS...............what a lovely memory to your brother............I know I am not the only one who felt a surge of emotion reading your beautiful post.......


 NACHISTA..................one of my mother's beloved favorites also...........


PL............. dear lord,don't let him anywhere near the place...............or near anyone's hair for that matter.................he is the ultimate freakshow clown...........


CAROL..................that is an absolutely charming movie................


CHEFD....................bwaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha........................


 

August 03, 2012 2:25 PM
004 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-videoHr-1 korthal said...

My favorite Welshman, did I miss mention of him?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvmyTZEqlo8

August 03, 2012 2:28 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 hazel leese said...

Absolteley. Carol~ you'd have to be Welsh to understand the Welshness - The twins, Tom Twp 1 and Tom Twp 2 are loved by the village. Twp is the Welsh word for stupid. Pronouced 'toop'. The scenery was the Brecon Beacons. 'My' bit of Wales is even better - Snowdonia.
The Prince of Wales is imposed upon Wales by the British Monarchy - not very welcome.
 
 
 

August 03, 2012 2:29 PM
10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-5 Rusty said...

To Wales--the mystical land of my ancestors.  Now, with that path I want to return.
 
To Hazel!  ChefDeb said it exactly right.  I like all the others hold you so dear to my heart.

August 03, 2012 3:23 PM
Img00274-20110613-1309 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-5 l marjorie said...

Nachista--I love the Brother Cadfael series.  Derek Jacobi played him on the tv series very well too. I only saw a couple of the tv shows, but have read all the books.  If you liked that, you must read The Heaven Tree Trilogy also written by Edith Pargeter under that name.  Gosh it was a great story!  It's set on the Welsh/English border in the 13th century.  It's one of my favorite books (if you like that sort of thing--not everyone likes historical fiction about the 13th century!)

August 03, 2012 3:26 PM
2012-07-19-2053-48_edited_medium 10photoviewsCom-100First-comFirst-photoFirst-review Ginger said...

Miss Hazel---you are our Queen today!  Three chrees for the Queen of Wales!
 
And Julie---for Richard Burton, in his declining years, I think you were correct when you said he was a whale!
 
TT---have you looked at the photos of Liz and Dick during the filming of Cleo?  She looks horrible!  And, from what I understand, had a flaming temper!  You just don't sound the type to go for her.  You're a laid back kind of fella, who tramps the trails, plays the pubs, and (apologies to your wife) wows the women.
 
Forgive my tardy arrival (not that anyone would notice) but I was under the weather yesterday.  Today, I had to tryout my new JP clothing!  I sauntered, sashayed, slinked, and slithered with the best!

August 03, 2012 3:27 PM
2012-07-19-2053-48_edited_medium 10photoviewsCom-100First-comFirst-photoFirst-review Ginger said...

Er, make that CHEERS (I told you I was dysgraphic!)

August 03, 2012 3:28 PM
2012-07-19-2053-48_edited_medium 10photoviewsCom-100First-comFirst-photoFirst-review Ginger said...


Oh, what the heck, "Chim chimminy, chim chimmy, chim chim chree!  Good luck will rub off when I shakes hands with thee!"

August 03, 2012 3:45 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

CHEFD................yep, I owe you................maybe some Welsh rarebit on toast points...............what a conjurer I am....................

August 03, 2012 3:45 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

CHEFD................yep, I owe you................maybe some Welsh rarebit on toast points...............what a conjurer I am....................

August 03, 2012 3:45 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

CHEFD................yep, I owe you................maybe some Welsh rarebit on toast points...............what a conjurer I am....................

August 03, 2012 3:45 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

CHEFD................yep, I owe you................maybe some Welsh rarebit on toast points...............what a conjurer I am....................

August 03, 2012 3:45 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

CHEFD................yep, I owe you................maybe some Welsh rarebit on toast points...............what a conjurer I am....................

August 03, 2012 3:45 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

CHEFD................yep, I owe you................maybe some Welsh rarebit on toast points...............what a conjurer I am....................

August 03, 2012 3:45 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

CHEFD................yep, I owe you................maybe some Welsh rarebit on toast points...............what a conjurer I am....................

August 03, 2012 3:52 PM
Img_5785 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Peter Lake said...

Bebe, that's good 'cos i can't get enough of you! Just kick the jukebox when that happens. ; )

August 03, 2012 3:54 PM
Image 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Tommy Typical said...

G- You are correct. I've had Tarzan movies on in my office all day on TCM and in between conference calls, Jane was lookin' fine. Speaking of Wales and speaking of Classic films How Green Was My Valley was a dark but cool little film about coal mining and pre-union working conditions for the Gruffydd fsmily. Some sweet music and a look at a man who can't give his family what he thinks they deserve. Timely.  

August 03, 2012 3:58 PM
2012-07-19-2053-48_edited_medium 10photoviewsCom-100First-comFirst-photoFirst-review Ginger said...

TT--quite correct!  STUPENDOUS movie...and so sad....
 
Only Johnny Weismuller could play Tarzan!  No one else could ever match him.  And did they ever show some skin in the original Tarzan movie where he meets Jane!  Wow!

August 03, 2012 4:13 PM
2012-07-19-2053-48_edited_medium 10photoviewsCom-100First-comFirst-photoFirst-review Ginger said...

And Park4, just for you darling, I used lots and lots of punctuation in today's stream of consciousness. 
 
I hope you don't just scroll by...you never know when I will come up with something you've never heard or thought....
 
Queen Hazel, from a prior discussion, here in Arkansas the cow shite isn't as green as everything seems to be in Wales!  (It's probably due to the weather to the weather here...we're still in extreme drought.)  Although I would rather have a coat THAT color than baby puke green.  Now THAT is vile!
 
Maybe it's just because I look like a jaundice victim in green!

August 03, 2012 4:21 PM
2012-07-19-2053-48_edited_medium 10photoviewsCom-100First-comFirst-photoFirst-review Ginger said...

Back to the original topic, however, I believe it would be rather difficult for the US to compete with this achievement, as we don't have 50 contiguous states.  Besides, who would trek all the way around Alaska for the heck of it?  (Don't answer, please!)  I submit that we do have the beautiful Appalachian Trail, the Intracoastal Waterway, and the ever-popular Route 66.  Let's make one of them our future topic of discuss, Mr. P.  You can even wear that denim jacket that the Brit told you he bought 20-some years ago from a small place you'd probably never heard of.

August 03, 2012 4:23 PM
Paolo 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 paolos said...

SPEAKING OF TARZAN, WHERE IS THAT BAD BOY UMMGAWA OF LATE?  GEORGE HALL, IT'S JUST MY OPINION BUT I THINK HE HAS BEEN GROUNDED ABOUT LONG ENOUGH. NO DISRESPECT INTENDED, SIR.

August 03, 2012 4:25 PM
Paolo 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 paolos said...

(miss bebe berted)...excuse me...

August 03, 2012 4:55 PM
Paolo 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 paolos said...

This fella is from Wales...♫
music break ♬…

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckbdLVX736U

 

August 03, 2012 5:22 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

PL....................you're one of a kind you are!
 
PAOLOS...................the FIRST time I believe I have ever done that. Rather humiliating actually. If the moderator is reading this, please take the extras away.
 
Just had a rainy day bowl of mac-n-cheese...................a late lunch or early evening snack, I can't decide.....................
 
 

August 03, 2012 5:56 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

GINGER...................we all realize that you have so much to share w/ us; you have made us enormously AWARE ( said in Michael Savage's insanely oleaginous voice which my baby brother can imitate perfectly): you were training to be a mission specialist to the moon, or Mars, or Aruba.......wherever; you said we should congratulate you weeks ago because you were going to be a Friesan mommy, but it sounds like you can't even contact someone who owns, let alone sells a Friesan, you worked the WTC, you're a retired professor...................if you notice, on this site we may brag about something, but it's always in a self depricationg way; "look at me in my scarf, I look like a sexy idjit!"
 
Your dig at PARK is unacceptable. Telling someone to read your post carefully & they might learn something! Really, are you out of your Friesan loving mind? Have you READ PARK'S posts? I am a huge fan as are many others. You don't come on a site as a newbie & just let fly at a beloved long time member. This is my opinion only, I am speaking for myself.
 
I for one would much rather have one well written PARK post than your multiple, multiple bold faced posts. Quality over quantity....................any day...................

August 03, 2012 5:57 PM
P8041286 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300First-comFirst-photoHr-1 IvyGailWinds said...

Wales  cafes',coastline swimming, boating, Tea, and sunshine air..all sound to goo to be true...a lovely place for a visit...Hazel Leeze you live in a island-like paradise..to boot....the history is interestingly good!

August 03, 2012 5:58 PM
P8041286 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300First-comFirst-photoHr-1 IvyGailWinds said...

good..not goo...ooppsie!!!

August 03, 2012 6:14 PM
Stage_2 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 JALOPKIN said...

Wishing All the Villagers a Great Weekend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Loks to be rainin' all over the place, but y;all find some pleasure and enjoyment in spite of it all !!!  Time is well spent with Family and Friends ... Good Food, Good Wine, and there is always room for Jello !!! (When I found out what that stuff was made of, I felt Guilty for years about ever giving it to my kids ...)   Y'all have a Good Time, and leave MOnday worry about itself !!!
 
To the TRIBE:   GOOD  SHABBOS !!!
 
I Wish You All a Sabbath of Peace, of Joy, and of Good Rest .......
 
" May the Teachings of Our Sires Live On in Our Minds and Hearts ...
and May Their Passion For Righteousness Retain It's Power to Move Our Spirits ..."
 
May Our Rest Be Pleasing to Him Who Made The Sabbath For Us ..."
 
Blessings Upon You All ...
 
 
IVAN

August 03, 2012 6:53 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

And IVAN, IVAN, IVAN...........................many blessings back to you!

August 03, 2012 6:54 PM
Bwme 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 nachista said...

While searching for another Wales related item today I found this article.  Even though it is 2 years old the subject is still a good one
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-11170213
 
I couldn't find what I was originally looking for.  A while back I was looking at a condo that was listed for sale in Kona on the Big Island of Hawai'i.  It was in the same building as one that my parents co-own with several of their friends.  I had noticed at the time that the descriptiong includes something along the line of "watch WALES from your balcony".  They have great views, but not that great.

August 03, 2012 6:55 PM
Bwme 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 nachista said...

Rings the post about the aspergers college was just for you my dear, us neuro-typicals gotta stick together.

August 03, 2012 7:07 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

NACHISTA............................what, your parents own a condo? In Hawaii? Toga, TOga, TOGa, TOGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, party at Nachista's parent's place.................I'm bringing p'nut butter cookies w/ chocolate tops..............should we bring our own towels? "We'd like to dance with your dates................"

August 03, 2012 7:33 PM
Bwme 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 nachista said...

bebe, yup! 
 
Long story-not short: Back in the late 70's my dad had a friend who was an engineer specializing in the design of high rise buildings in earthquake prone areas.  He was contracted to work on a new development in Kona.  He wanted to buy a unit in the building he was working on but couldn't justify buying one for himself as he live in Utah most of the year.  So he called around to his friends and pitched the idea of 6 couples purchasing it together and then time sharing it among themselves.  My dad loved it and went in with them.  We originally had 2 months to use it every year, but we just weren't using it enough so my dad sold one of his months to another friend of his.
 
Their month this year is October.  My mom hates travelling so she's offered to buy my plane ticket if I'll take my father, to which I say "ow.ow.ow.please stop twisting my arm"  :l 
 
We'll be there from October 8th through Otober 17th if you'd like to join us (no you don't need to bring your own towels, they come with the unit), the ironman world championship is that weekend and you can see parts of all three legs of the race from the lanai.  We're on the third floor, south west corner, right above Lava Java.  Another family member has claimed it for the first week.  Still waiting for someone to claim the last 2 weeks.  I'm not going to lie, I'm ridiculously excited to go.  I'm spoiled in the fact that I've been able to go several times in my life, it feels like home to me and I love and miss it.  And yes you can sometimes see wHales from the lanai.

August 03, 2012 7:45 PM
Bwme 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 nachista said...

I'm still thinking of Wales, and Wales makes me think of leeks, St. David, and daffodils.  It is a good thing I can multi-task reasonably well with all the random thoughts bouncing around in my head today.

August 03, 2012 7:45 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-5 Georgia said...

tHANK YOU, dear ivan, AND THE SAME TO YOU AND YOURS THIS STEAMY SABBATH; I HOPE YOURS IS MORE COMFORTABLE THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
 
 
 
I stayed in a B&B right on the coast of Wales some years ago; turned out to be the home of a former Arch Druid; it was there I learned one must excel in one or more of the arts to attain that rank.  The little house had three floors, twisty narrow stairs, small rooms, and wonderful food.
 
Wales is famous for magnificent male choruses, and I set about finding even one in  rehearsal, but it was August, things close, the choruses don't rehearse...disappointment.
 
Considering I've no family connections in Wales (mine were from England), it's odd I've had these little brushes with the country, and loved each.  A Welshman working on his genealogy encountered my "line" -- we share a family surname, though it's also my given name -- and found it, he said, more interesting than his own, so he followed it, and eventually wrote to several distant cousins and to me.  He and his family lived almost on top of Dylan Thomas' houseboat, and he sent me a photo when he learned of my interest in reading.
 
Mr. P., did we climb down from the same tree?  Your photo is the same!  (Earlier this week
you featured the Tamerlane Coat, which I've come near buying several times -- but always lured away to something else.  Never thought before of whether one is lured "to" or "from." )  Restricted by budget!  But who isn't....

August 03, 2012 7:51 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-5 Georgia said...

oh, this deserves a p.s., Nachista -- "aspergers" rings a distant but loud bell...anybody else remember the , er, event? 
 
and a CONDO IN HAWAI'I?!  I'll bring my towels, too -- and sheets, if that helps.  I can be the older person amongst you young lovelies.

August 03, 2012 7:54 PM
Bwme 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 nachista said...

Uh Georgia, I was seeing if maybe Eloise was hanging out under a different name, there has been some, um, goings ons.  Hahaha Georgia, you'll be the older person?  Dad is 90, you can sit at the kids table with me.

August 03, 2012 8:09 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1 bebe said...

NACHISTA..................I'm packing as we speak.............how fun to have a week w/ your dad, that will be so nice..........Eloise...........bwaaaaaaaaahahaha..................................................
 
GEORGIA.........................Loveliness has no age..................different stages, but no age!

August 03, 2012 8:22 PM
Image 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-reviewFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Tommy Typical said...

At Bongo Java where my daughter will be performing as backup singer for Gnimm who does Celtic music with a hip twist. Great little Coffee House Space by Belmont U. Like the Unique. Love my angel.

August 03, 2012 8:54 PM
408 10photoviews10videoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoFirst-videoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 Stoney said...


Georgia ~

I remember the event: a couple of combinations, a body blow or two and rings90 set things in motion to bring that sad chapter to an end. Yay.
That whole deal said a lot more about that person than about aspergers.

Ollie wondered if the graceful woman tumbling through the air in Jockey underwear were an olympicer.
No, but that event would be well attended.

August 03, 2012 11:17 PM
Bwme 10photoviewsCom-100Com-300Com-500First-comFirst-photoHr-1Hr-10Hr-5 nachista said...

Hmmm it got noticably quieter from the multiples after I posted that.

August 04, 2012 1:11 PM
2012-07-19-2053-48_edited_medium 10photoviewsCom-100First-comFirst-photoFirst-review Ginger said...

bebe--thank you for pointing that out to me.  I apologise to all if I have overstepped my bounds.  I was more along the lines of trying to introduce myself, but have learned better.  Please, though, leave the animals out of it...they are innocent.  I just happen to love animals.  My fault, not theirs.
 
PARK4--once again, if you took that as an insult, I apologise.  I do seem to step on your toes a lot!

August 04, 2012 7:31 PM
Com-100Com-300Com-500First-comHr-1Hr-5 Georgia said...

STONEY, who could not love Oliie?  Certain of his personal words remain in our family syntax.... You and he are fortunate to have each other....

Honor Roll



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