tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855534673018568344.post1092285372083717218..comments2024-03-11T17:11:49.118-04:00Comments on Regency Ramble: Flora and Fauna of Regency Britain - DecemberAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17257897245553446481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855534673018568344.post-81162501975259017572008-12-06T08:36:00.000-05:002008-12-06T08:36:00.000-05:00Dear Ms YoungFollowing your 'ramblings' on Regency...Dear Ms Young<br><br>Following your 'ramblings' on Regency matters, which I do with violent attentiveness, I found it most enjoyable to observe within the pages of your diary, the fine plate of a Jack Snipe, which my field guide informs me is the smallest of snipes.<br><br>It is a scarce winter visitor to <a href="http://www3.hants.gov.uk/titchfield" rel="nofollow">Titchfield Haven</a> - the nature reserve I oftentimes frequent as it is no great distance from my manor - & being an avian creature, more often than not, camouflaged in the reeds, also somewhat toilsome to locate.<br><br>With such reminder of yours I will care to scout for this genus when I visit the reserve this coming Sunday. If I do locate an example of this vexatiously recondite creature, I will endeavour to post a plate of the same in my <a href="http://nature-diary.blogspot.com/2008/12/jane-austen-centre-bath.html" rel="nofollow">Nature Diary</a>, which is clearly that of an inexpert beginner in ornithological interests.<br><br>It may be of fugacious interest to yourself to note that I will also be dispatching a review in my diary of the theatrical production, presented this evening, by the <a href="http://ccads.musicdramastage.com/" rel="nofollow">C.C.A.D.S.</a>, of <a href="http://www.pemberley.com/" rel="nofollow">Jane Austen's</a> <a href="http://www.austen.com/northanger/" rel="nofollow">Northanger Abbey</a>, at the <a href="http://www.newtheatreroyal.com/newseason/pages/whatson/december/northanger-abbey/" rel="nofollow">New Theatre Royal</a>, Portsmouth, Hampshire, which will present the accomplished talents of the <a href="http://www.hantsregencydancers.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">Hampshire Regency Dancers</a>.<br><br>With all due deference & regard,<br>Colonel Brandon.Colonel Brandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18390472471901302536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855534673018568344.post-87576663228313868812008-12-06T08:44:00.000-05:002008-12-06T08:44:00.000-05:00Dear Colonel Brandon,Thank you so much for honorin...Dear Colonel Brandon,<br><br>Thank you so much for honoring me with your presence at my humble abode.<br><br>Ah Hampshire. Such happy memories of that idyllic county. I will make a point of taking in Titchfield Haven next time I visit England's balmy shores.<br><br>I will watch for your posting on the Jack Snipe, assuming you plan only to capture its likeness, not eat him for dinner.<br><br>If I lived in Hampshire now, I would join your dancers immediately. Dancing is one of life's greatest pleasures.<br><br>Thank you for your interesting comment.<br><br>Michele Ann YoungMichele Ann Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04014331460819358895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855534673018568344.post-60276614774028136832008-12-07T05:34:00.000-05:002008-12-07T05:34:00.000-05:00Dear Ms Young,Thank you for your swift reply. I be...Dear Ms Young,<br><br>Thank you for your swift reply. I beg you not to mistake my fondness of birds to be primarily towards that of a culinary nature. Nay, if it were true I would have long expired due to lack of sustenance, as the creature in question is verily recondite in its nature as I have said in my previous missive & most unwilling to be seen by human eye.<br><br>For the meal of the day I would wager that widgeon <i>pâté</i> has more satisfying substance in any case.<br><br>Regarding the fine theatrical production I attended, yesterday evening, I will endeavour to publish a short review in my journal sometime this day which may provide some interest, I am sure, to your good self.<br><br>Yours, &c.<br>Colonel Brandon.<br><a href="http://nature-diary.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nature Diary</a>Colonel Brandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18390472471901302536noreply@blogger.com