tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post5863765496287047036..comments2023-11-01T00:47:40.605+11:00Comments on strange fruit: in which the fish rides the ripfifihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-82791151367751787582009-02-06T09:29:00.001+11:002009-02-06T09:29:00.001+11:00Thank you, that is very kind Reg. I'm very well, v...Thank you, that is very kind Reg. I'm very well, very hot, very grimy.<BR/><BR/>Meli I never knew Adelaide was a place free of Frangipani? How odd.<BR/><BR/>Rb, you're here! how wonderful!<BR/>Ben_ I look forward to seeing you.<BR/><BR/>Projectivist, thanks. That's nice...:-)fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-1204236962823032292009-02-06T09:29:00.000+11:002009-02-06T09:29:00.000+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-92075368345326032482009-02-05T17:20:00.000+11:002009-02-05T17:20:00.000+11:00Hi Fifi, How are you doing? I hope all is well. Ag...Hi Fifi, How are you doing? I hope all is well. Again, I want to reiterate what a nice entry this was you wrote.Regulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04908072367667145521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-88157033543830344392009-02-04T21:51:00.000+11:002009-02-04T21:51:00.000+11:00Oh, sunshine!I can smell the frangipani. Good enou...Oh, sunshine!<BR/><BR/>I can smell the frangipani. Good enough to eat.<BR/><BR/>Only because I have a dear cousin in Sydney whom I used to visit.<BR/><BR/>In Adelaide, the only frangipani I knew were the marshmallow ones on top of a cake in the Women's Weekly birthday cake book.melihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026675747253438229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-55318243530079126562009-02-03T18:38:00.000+11:002009-02-03T18:38:00.000+11:00Reading this, I can smell that heavy, pink, perfu...Reading this, I can smell that heavy, pink, perfume, that coconut-icey scent, that drenches the senses.<BR/>I love your writing as much as your painting.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-74701689061299888122009-02-02T10:21:00.000+11:002009-02-02T10:21:00.000+11:00i love the cover image on that book by Robert Drew...i love the cover image on that book by Robert Drewe "the rip" with all those cold, cold blues, blasted by that shot of orange from the car.<BR/><BR/>i just adore the way you write, Fifi.Catastrophe Waitresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16059689371446944502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-22942265180168438282009-02-02T02:18:00.000+11:002009-02-02T02:18:00.000+11:00Oooh well I was scared even if you weren't! Readi...Oooh well I was scared even if you weren't! Reading that successfully elevated my heart-rate so maybe I don't need to bother going for my run this evening.<BR/><BR/>I don't actually know what frangipani smells like but maybe I will soon.<BR/><BR/>My son rides a unicycle - he taught himself a year or two back. People always stare and ask about it if he goes out on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-4363761265276685572009-02-02T01:12:00.000+11:002009-02-02T01:12:00.000+11:00One day I will visit you, and enjoy all these wond...One day I will visit you, and enjoy all these wondrous things about which you write.<BR/>I agree with Regulus....your writing is transportational.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-67003696933758228272009-02-01T22:08:00.000+11:002009-02-01T22:08:00.000+11:00prolifilflora? is that it? :-)rhubarb,Yes i hate ...prolifilflora? is that it? :-)<BR/><BR/>rhubarb,Yes i hate that fake frangi-scent, just like you can't replicate jasmine, neither can frangipani be imitated either. I would love a red one.<BR/><BR/>molly I have been thinking about the gallery a lot lately...<BR/>ganching the thought of wetting the uccellos did make me think twice...<BR/><BR/>hen, they seem to like some water early in the season.<BR/><BR/>&duck I saved the link, thanks ever so. I listened to half: to hot to go over to Tempe today...<BR/><BR/>pam: I lost your address: it was the cat. She erased half my bookmark addresses so now have found you again.fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-19944411188331232042009-02-01T20:33:00.000+11:002009-02-01T20:33:00.000+11:00Ouch Fifi, you scare me. ("I'm not scared of shark...Ouch Fifi, you scare me. ("I'm not scared of sharks").<BR/><BR/>Lovely post though. The scent of frangipani is so heady it makes me giddy.<BR/><BR/>Oh. Maybe, prolififlora?Susehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837796439737091649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-25192766867680809852009-02-01T12:50:00.000+11:002009-02-01T12:50:00.000+11:00That last picture of your frangipani is gorgeous! ...That last picture of your frangipani is gorgeous! And how creative to imagine the London gallery under water and swimming around to see everything! If you are part fish, then I'm part chicken----If I was in the same patch of water as a shark---any shark---You'd be able to hear me squawking all the way down there. Lovely piece of writing Miss Fifi.....mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-33698635057755540242009-02-01T02:23:00.000+11:002009-02-01T02:23:00.000+11:00Ahhhh!!! God fifi this would be my nightmare! You ...Ahhhh!!! God fifi this would be my nightmare! You forgot to take your shark distractor with you. Frangipanis are very pretty. I keep driving past a sign advertising mature frangipanis for sale down the street from me I think I might just have to get another one. (I've got a couple off the side of the road but they are a bit small and scraggly. Maybe they need to be watered!)Red Hen (dette)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09620943527844246297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-67194460645807780012009-01-31T17:28:00.000+11:002009-01-31T17:28:00.000+11:00Wow. That was awesome. Thanks you.You really have ...Wow. That was awesome. Thanks you.<BR/><BR/>You really have to listen to the Katrina Olsen link I blogged today. It's the best gift I can think of giving you. She's playing in Tempe tomorrow.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-68567426941455980882009-01-31T16:42:00.000+11:002009-01-31T16:42:00.000+11:00Ooo--your post is so Sydney with the fragrances an...Ooo--your post is so Sydney with the fragrances and sensations.I can almost smell the sunscreen on the beach dwellers...funny how many sunscreens these days try to incorporate an artificial sickly smell that they market as frangipani.Just smells like ya basic sunscreen with a yucky smell! I agree with others- one of your best posts, but then I like them all. (I never did master those somersaults in the water by the way -alway ended up floundering sideways like a sick fish!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-77183799705522305372009-01-31T13:10:00.000+11:002009-01-31T13:10:00.000+11:00Gosh those frangis are gorgeous. I just LOVE all t...Gosh those frangis are gorgeous. I just LOVE all the colours and varieties. I have a deep red one here, I must post an image. Fancy you finding the same book cover spot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-47068434469421132009-01-31T09:14:00.000+11:002009-01-31T09:14:00.000+11:00I am imagining bobbing around in the National Gall...I am imagining bobbing around in the National Gallery and diving down every so often to admire the Ucellos.<BR/><BR/>Wonderful piece of writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-77575393545015363552009-01-31T06:41:00.000+11:002009-01-31T06:41:00.000+11:00How nice is this? I love your blogs too, Ulrike an...How nice is this? I love your blogs too, Ulrike and Eurolush, Thanks for swimming with me.fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-4209454048288435892009-01-31T03:39:00.000+11:002009-01-31T03:39:00.000+11:00I've read and re-read this post several times now....I've read and re-read this post several times now. It's completely captivating...so many gorgeous images and smells and sensations. <BR/><BR/>For a moment there, I thought I was the one doing back flips in the ocean. Now I find I'm day-dreaming of swimming through the National Gallery in London.<BR/><BR/>Once I heard the shark alarm go off, though...I was alert and back to my senses. <BR/><BR/>Sharks = Nein, danke.<BR/><BR/>LOVE your blog. I've enjoyed reading it over the last few months. Now I'm glad to finally be telling you how wonderful your writing truly is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-5537680371636709592009-01-30T21:44:00.000+11:002009-01-30T21:44:00.000+11:00Beautiful writing. Loved it.The blazer...I think j...Beautiful writing. Loved it.<BR/><BR/>The blazer...I think just looking at it would give me heatstroke too at the moment. <BR/><BR/>And you sound like you MUST be part fish.Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303376326165829257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-36137803266586205282009-01-30T19:59:00.000+11:002009-01-30T19:59:00.000+11:00oh JANE gloat away my love, while you can.... :-)I...oh JANE <BR/><BR/>gloat away my love, while you can.... :-)<BR/><BR/><BR/>I wish I could take all of you for a lovely spin out to sea one day. Even you, isabelle. <BR/><BR/>(Especially you, Isabelle. and how am I ever going to show you the smell of Frangipani?fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-30269384564381486352009-01-30T19:53:00.000+11:002009-01-30T19:53:00.000+11:00I agree. One of your best. I was swimming beside y...I agree. One of your best. I was swimming beside you all the way (or perhaps a little bit in front of you...heh heh...)janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04687468232154971310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-36183970605800229702009-01-30T10:17:00.000+11:002009-01-30T10:17:00.000+11:00Yes, I too read this as completely alien (though b...Yes, I too read this as completely alien (though beautiful). I have no idea what frangipani smells like. I have never seen sea that colour (sea's grey, isn't it?). I would be terrified to swim more than twenty feet from the shore and anyway it would be too cold. <BR/><BR/>You're a wonder.Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-12476362716955029052009-01-30T08:04:00.000+11:002009-01-30T08:04:00.000+11:00I always feel as though I am floating right there ...I always feel as though I am floating right there beside you when I am reading your posts. I too love to swim but seldomly get to do it.<BR/><BR/>The shark part scared me a bit so I totally jumped out before you did :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-2802407654102952222009-01-29T22:16:00.000+11:002009-01-29T22:16:00.000+11:00Like Jellyhead I read this in one breath - only ex...Like Jellyhead I read this in one breath - only exhaling at the end.<BR/><BR/>Your stories of the sea often have an undercurrent (!) of danger and potential loss...<BR/><BR/>In springtime, when I would cross the harbour by ferry , the breezes would blow the scent of jasmine over me..Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145558051219626249.post-22486068349813062442009-01-29T20:38:00.000+11:002009-01-29T20:38:00.000+11:00The first time I went to Manly I saw a unicyclist,...The first time I went to Manly I saw a unicyclist, wonder if...<BR/><BR/>Wonderfully written fifi, bought back some nice memories of my time there... <BR/><BR/>My dad used to tell me how he would ride the rip currents out to sea in southern California when he was young too.Fusionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478465297213819613noreply@blogger.com