tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post8815026231413094112..comments2024-03-25T22:43:21.934-07:00Comments on Justine Picardie: And the bride wore...Justine Picardiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-23154205633024282632011-07-31T13:30:44.520-07:002011-07-31T13:30:44.520-07:00Julia -- thanks for the message; and quite agree a...Julia -- thanks for the message; and quite agree about Camilla.<br />Kairu -- welcome back! You have been very much missed on the blog (when is Kairu returning, we have been asking ourselves on a daily basis). It must have been incredible returning to Russia after 12 years; so many changes, I imagine, though as you say, much that is timeless.Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-39486572454818591652011-07-31T06:05:19.125-07:002011-07-31T06:05:19.125-07:00I particularly loved Camilla's spray of white ...I particularly loved Camilla's spray of white flowers - wonderfully extravagant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-35853668764276183792011-07-30T18:34:31.027-07:002011-07-30T18:34:31.027-07:00How lovely! (And how lovely was your flock of whit...How lovely! (And how lovely was your flock of white camellias destined for Port Eliot...).<br /><br />Just back from Russia and online again...as we were sailing along rivers and across lakes I was internet-less for much of the time, which was agony! It did give me time to read the lovely Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and the extraordinary Wandering Stars by Sholem Aleichem, an anthem to the sorrows and joys of being Jewish and being in the theatre...<br /><br />It was wonderful to be in Russia again, my third trip in 18 years. Everything had changed so much since I was last there, 12 years ago, but the things I love are still there, the pastel palaces of St. Petersburg, the lush green forests along the rivers and lakes, the deep underground Metro stations packed with commuters, cathedrals gleaming with gold and bright with sunlight...I am already impatient to return.kairuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608839703020585886noreply@blogger.com