tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post3456747115710794053..comments2024-02-24T10:53:12.263-08:00Comments on My Old Historic House: VINES and other things.Richard Cottrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055636542951753310noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-8617870276001058172014-09-02T23:13:38.229-07:002014-09-02T23:13:38.229-07:00Hey there! Thank you for sharing of photos of flow...Hey there! Thank you for sharing of photos of flowers and vines. I am glad to stop by your site and know more about old historic houses. Keep it up! This is a good read. You have such an interesting and informative page. I will be looking forward to visit your page again and for your other posts as well<br /><br /><br />Matt<br /><a href="http://www.windowplanet.com/" rel="nofollow">www.windowplanet.com</a>Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771712495563038769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-34183442982449786252013-06-28T15:17:38.064-07:002013-06-28T15:17:38.064-07:00I certainly look forward to seeing all your photos...I certainly look forward to seeing all your photos, but I read every word of your blog and appreciate the time and effort you put into it--it shows. Thank you for taking such care of the past and your willingness to show and share it with others.zoopersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971619437204392974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-54905274034583880312013-06-21T06:15:30.168-07:002013-06-21T06:15:30.168-07:00Dear Richard, I read your posts and love them and ...Dear Richard, I read your posts and love them and Sissy... <br /> if you want to really get good statistics on who reads your blog, where they come from etc. sign up for Statcounter.<br />http://statcounter.com<br /> it's free and a great resourceFrancie...The Scented Cottage Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317339284013000879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-80545245788237712312013-06-21T06:14:26.322-07:002013-06-21T06:14:26.322-07:00Dear Richard, I read your posts and love them and ...Dear Richard, I read your posts and love them and Sissy... <br /> if you want to really get good statistics on who reads your blog, where they come from etc. sign up for Statcounter.<br />http://statcounter.com<br /> it's free and a great resourceFrancie...The Scented Cottage Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317339284013000879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-91415153089239060132013-06-16T20:22:59.221-07:002013-06-16T20:22:59.221-07:00Richard, I like the vines! The flowers are gorgeo...Richard, I like the vines! The flowers are gorgeous.<br />dDeannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08019741103496608961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-89916674620386217202013-06-13T18:53:05.861-07:002013-06-13T18:53:05.861-07:00Hi, nice post. Well what can I say is that these i...Hi, nice post. Well what can I say is that these is an interesting and very informative topic. Thanks for sharing your ideas, its not just entertaining but also gives your reader knowledge. Good blogs style too, Cheers!<br /><a href="http://www.jbhistoricwindows.com/" rel="nofollow">Historic Wood Window MA</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704878500028540475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-77531086972367867072013-06-12T06:24:58.614-07:002013-06-12T06:24:58.614-07:00I really enjoyed your & Sissy's walk
I do...<br />I really enjoyed your & Sissy's walk <br />I don't like vines on houses seems like it rotten s the wood? maybe not I agree it looks real pretty I just see damage under it like the shop you pictured<br /><br />my one rose bush has been so happy blooming a ton of roses for me <br />I would love to have some wisteria <br />I did have that juniper vine and finally got it all cut away however Ivy is the villain at my house can't get rid of it, its even growing up in my tree over my patio someone said it will kill my tree???<br /><br />so glad the river is going down for you all in Clarksville and up the rivers edge<br /><br />I finally got to meet Gina from Wanna be Victorian, she came to my yard sale <br /><br />hope to see you soon Curtains in My Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04739180504953135365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-66016176683823250612013-06-11T17:52:40.723-07:002013-06-11T17:52:40.723-07:00By the way you can go to your blogger dashboard an...By the way you can go to your blogger dashboard and click on stats to see how many people have viewed your pages each day-like you say lots of people stop by and don't comment.PAINTORDIG.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278041200437040139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-26935939880274991062013-06-11T17:32:01.214-07:002013-06-11T17:32:01.214-07:00So glad the water is going down! I loved going alo...So glad the water is going down! I loved going along on your walk to work-you have lots of beautiful flowers to look at every day. I love Virginia Creeper too-exterminators say it is a ladder for termites to get in the house-I think if they want in they will find a way. I get discouraged at times to about my blog.PAINTORDIG.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278041200437040139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-39699266321906122182013-06-10T21:42:29.938-07:002013-06-10T21:42:29.938-07:00Well, you asked for feedback, so here goes! I LOVE...Well, you asked for feedback, so here goes! I LOVE your posts, especially when you include the stories, history lessons, and humor. The pictures are lovely, but they're nothing without your posts. Please don't feel discouraged. Just keep on as you've been doing.<br /><br />As for the vine tour ... it does look lovely, but for the first time since I discovered your blog, I just can't share your admiration. Virginia creeper is a beast, impossible to destroy. At a previous home, I fought it for years without success, only to discover that my neighbor had planted it on her nursery's recommendation. Of course, it spread from her yard into mine, and there was no getting rid of it. Ivy tears out chunks of brick and pieces of mortar. When the vines are pulled off buildings, they leave behind those hairy suckers that leave a tracery on the building. Yes, vines look lush and lovely and romantic, but I just can't enjoy the view. I see instead destruction, a harbor for insects, a menace to fine old buildings, a bringer of rot and damp.<br /><br />I used to grow morning glories in pots, thinking I could control them that way while enjoying their flowers. When I moved to my present home, I'd decided no more morning glories. They sow themselves everywhere, and then it's weed, weed, weed. Well, they came along somehow in the move. Maybe in a potted plant. I brought some roses to this new yard. Now, the morning glories have engulfed the rose garden and all but smothered my fine old French roses. I see a few blooms struggling up to the light and air, but otherwise the vine has taken over. The birds love the shelter, and mockingbirds nested in the dead vines early this spring. Now I have a whole crop of young mockingbirds hanging out in my backyard. I haven't had the heart to pull down the old vines and disturb the birds' habitat, but I wish my roses could breathe.<br /><br />Out on a fence or a mailbox, sure, honeysuckle, clematis, or morning glories are lovely. My grandmother grew a trumpet vine along the top of her yard fence. It bloomed every summer and the hummingbirds loved it. It also crushed the fence wire and allowed rabbits into her vegetable garden.<br /><br />My new neighbor planted wisteria first thing after moving in. It tried to tear down my wooden fence.<br /><br />Vines are pretty in pictures, but in the south they are quickly out-of-control monsters. I can only say one last word: kudzu.<br /><br />Eek!<br />DebAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-2710167036877328112013-06-10T03:53:58.295-07:002013-06-10T03:53:58.295-07:00I really enjoyed the photos from your neighborhood...I really enjoyed the photos from your neighborhood. I love Virginia creeper. The north side of our yard is covered with ivy and Virginia creeper and I love it, but it needs to be "groomed". The ivy climbs the trees and has to be cut back. Glad the rain has stopped for a while there. Have a good week. Oh, I like the idea of tying the ivy in a bundle for Christmas decoration, too.Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819457826608198258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-37022479530823903992013-06-08T06:35:22.852-07:002013-06-08T06:35:22.852-07:00Enjoyed this post---I always enjoy reading your bl...Enjoyed this post---I always enjoy reading your blog. There are many I do not take the time to read but yours makes me feel like I am right there with you. You also made me appreciate my ivy--I shall remember to use it more for winter decor.Mourning Dove Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932681445148770562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-88299208513043536212013-06-08T06:17:42.010-07:002013-06-08T06:17:42.010-07:00Your walk to work is a beautiful one. When we purc...Your walk to work is a beautiful one. When we purchased our last home I fell in love with the Virginia Creeper that had grown up the entire back of the 1924 two story house. We knew we needed to paint the stucco and I felt so bad having to cut the creeper done. As you mentioned in your post it is a fast growing vine so I was so excited to see it had covered the entire back of the house within the next year. <br />I am happy to hear the river is finally going down as I can't imagine the damage it would have caused in your beautiful place. Take care.<br /> Victorian1885https://www.blogger.com/profile/03215024946522768901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-3918386957904575072013-06-07T20:08:59.766-07:002013-06-07T20:08:59.766-07:00Hi Richard,
I enjoyed the flower and vine tour of ...Hi Richard,<br />I enjoyed the flower and vine tour of Clarksville! You are right about beauty being all around us, no matter the circumstance it is always there if you just take the time to look for it. <br />I know what you mean about wondering if people actually take the time to read your post or if they just scroll through and look at the pictures. I have to admit that I do that with a few blogs that may be about something that I'm not really interested in. But let me tell you Richard, I get so excited when I see a post from you on my reading list, I read it immediately and I read every word you write! As for your older posts, I love reading about all you know about antiques and everything else! I go back and read your posts over and over, I refer to your blog as if it were a collector's book in my bookcase! (If you published a book I would be the first to buy it!)So please don't think your posts go unnoticed! And please don't stop posting! <br />Have a great day! GinaGina @ VictorianWannaBehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760792910318303400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-36782391437794289242013-06-07T15:38:43.755-07:002013-06-07T15:38:43.755-07:00Richard, such a beautiful place you live in with a...Richard, such a beautiful place you live in with all the flowers and climbing vines! Could Clarksville be paradise, or maybe Heaven?<br /><br />In your post you indicated that you would like to know how many visit your blog. There are two ways to do that. 1. Sign in to blogger like you are going to edit a post, and click on your number of posts. 2. Add Feedjit.com as a third party HTML/JavaScript on your layout section of your design. I like Feedjit, it is free, because I can tell when, who, and from where someone accesses my blog. But YOU can click on the link at the bottom on the Feedjit (as well as anyone in the world) and see who has accessed my blog too. <br />I have one on the bottom right section of my blog.Lottiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-77248032694270509422013-06-07T15:26:47.942-07:002013-06-07T15:26:47.942-07:00Beautiful pictures. Could you please tell me the n...Beautiful pictures. Could you please tell me the name of the flower pictured with the comment "The purple is alive". I purchased some of these at a Thrift Shop but never new the name.<br />Thanks,<br />Barbprimnproperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995799464857644147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406729577655707.post-43304741216860440312013-06-07T11:46:11.905-07:002013-06-07T11:46:11.905-07:00Richard, thank you so much for the tour of the bea...Richard, thank you so much for the tour of the beautiful vines and flowers in your neighbourhood. It looks so pretty and lush. I'm so glad the flood didn't do any damage for you. Hopefully they'll have the sandbags etc. moved soon. Take care and enjoy the spring! PamelaPamela Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071092617682650349noreply@blogger.com