tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post8559277147906306867..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: A nice place - for a frogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-91190698409084750552013-01-27T04:15:13.893-08:002013-01-27T04:15:13.893-08:00You certainly have the right credentials for the j...You certainly have the right credentials for the job, but I worry about your red wine consumption.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-81570507175257082382013-01-26T21:19:47.780-08:002013-01-26T21:19:47.780-08:00If you should spot another advert', and the mo...If you should spot another advert', and the money is right....Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-64679849164780473192013-01-26T11:24:48.844-08:002013-01-26T11:24:48.844-08:00I love those bathtub grottoes too - real folk art....I love those bathtub grottoes too - real folk art. Yes, a lot happened here over a long time, and within a small space. The weather helps as well.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-91879551631166816272013-01-26T07:49:05.241-08:002013-01-26T07:49:05.241-08:00No ......... Hertford in Hertfordshire. How strang...No ......... Hertford in Hertfordshire. How strange that Dr. Johnson said that he hated grottoes ....... perhaps our one has made it up so that it sounds better. Ours was built for John Scott who was an 18th century poet so maybe that was his bit of poetic licence !! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-60076556280695709712013-01-26T07:05:53.770-08:002013-01-26T07:05:53.770-08:00I wonder if England's folk history is so rich ...I wonder if England's folk history is so rich due to the small space in which to store so much time.<br /><br />Grottos in America tend to be upended bathtubs with religious statues therein. Tastefully decorated, of course.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-87997393592781351442013-01-26T06:27:52.080-08:002013-01-26T06:27:52.080-08:00That's funny, because the title of this post i...That's funny, because the title of this post is a direct quote from Dr Johnson, who said that he hated grottoes. Is your grotto somewhere near Lichfield?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-37592619365484063512013-01-26T05:39:12.028-08:002013-01-26T05:39:12.028-08:00We have a shell grotto about 6 miles from us that ...We have a shell grotto about 6 miles from us that was built in the 1760's .......... it took 30 years to build and cost £10,000 ....... it must be a bit smaller than yours !! Dr. Samuel Johnson was a regular visitor and he named it 'Fairy Hall'. Inside in one 'room' are seats and, talking of frogs, has FROG written above one of them in shells, a pet name of the owners wife. I've never seen any hermits but, probably, in the dead of night, one might chance upon an old tramp having a kip with a bottle of cider at his side !!!! ......... same difference. XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.com