tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.comments2024-01-06T08:38:28.019+00:00Blaugustine's Other BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-16240755174033216282023-11-25T11:19:11.215+00:002023-11-25T11:19:11.215+00:00Hello Pat, thanks for taking the trouble to commen...Hello Pat, thanks for taking the trouble to comment here! As you say I rarely post here anymore. I moved my 'blogging' to Facebook since there are more responses over there. If you want to have a look, here is the link:<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/natdarb<br /> <br />Very best wishes and hello to Diego.Natalie d'rbeloffhttp://www.nataliedarbeloff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-70273045846035435342023-11-25T11:07:50.805+00:002023-11-25T11:07:50.805+00:00Hello Travelle, welcome and thanks. Sorry for my d...Hello Travelle, welcome and thanks. Sorry for my delay in replying. I'm posting more often on Facebook because comments are more frequent there whereas this blog spot has become a deserted island. If you feel like travelling over to the busier port of Facebook, here's my link:<br />https://www.facebook.com/natdarb<br /><br />Yes, Mexico City was exciting then and so was San Miguel de Allende, the small town up in the hills where I studied at the Instituto Allende art school. Ah, the good old days!Natalie d'Arbeloffhttp://www.nataliedarbeloff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-79580562800906795932023-11-20T11:01:08.219+00:002023-11-20T11:01:08.219+00:00Visiting from Weaver of Grass..
Mexico City in th...Visiting from Weaver of Grass..<br /><br />Mexico City in the 50s must have been incredible. It is one of my favourite cities. Rivera one of my favourite artists<br /><br />I rather like your, now Pat’s, DiegoTravellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074252019053387130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-69507249364221648802023-11-14T10:18:50.109+00:002023-11-14T10:18:50.109+00:00Perhaps you won't read this as it is quite a l...Perhaps you won't read this as it is quite a long time sine you put a post on. But this is just to say 'Diego' has settled in well, looks just right on the wall by two excellent pencil drawings of heads and I am finding him a presenc in my sitting room. A case of love at first sight.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-79324526596380376662023-11-04T21:55:44.861+00:002023-11-04T21:55:44.861+00:00Wonderful story of your dad. Unfortunately there(i...Wonderful story of your dad. Unfortunately there(in UK) is very little information about him.Tell us more.It is very interesting.Thank you.Jurij Cukanovnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-56196247366844344052023-09-29T18:51:14.237+01:002023-09-29T18:51:14.237+01:00Great post thankkyouGreat post thankkyouFluffy Keldorahttps://fluffykeldora.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-80463481119907440152023-09-11T00:29:37.261+01:002023-09-11T00:29:37.261+01:00Thanks Beth, sorry for late response. AS there'...Thanks Beth, sorry for late response. AS there's rarely any comments here I often forget to look in and mainly communicate on facebook.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttp://www.nataliedarbeloff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-18268858572376697082023-08-31T03:28:31.396+01:002023-08-31T03:28:31.396+01:00All good thoughts and prayers on the way to you, d...All good thoughts and prayers on the way to you, dear Natalie!Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-75224394368670026092023-08-15T04:30:54.788+01:002023-08-15T04:30:54.788+01:00Great blog post, thanks for sharing. Great blog post, thanks for sharing. Kinderpersbureau Noord Westhttps://kinderpersbureaunoordwest.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-14956960342625681972023-06-07T02:02:45.437+01:002023-06-07T02:02:45.437+01:00Hello Copeland, many thanks for visiting. Hope you...Hello Copeland, many thanks for visiting. Hope you're creatively busy too and that you're doing well in every way. Yes I'm still making artwork and ruminating about life, the universe and everything. That's my focus, don't know how to be any other way!Natalie d'Arbeloffhttp://www.nataliedarbeloff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-28257556432952917022023-06-03T17:24:10.275+01:002023-06-03T17:24:10.275+01:00Charming beyond words, Natalie. It's so good t...Charming beyond words, Natalie. It's so good to see you doing well and making more art.Copeland Morrishttp://crossroadvertigo.substack.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-51735530477809653832023-05-28T18:46:52.025+01:002023-05-28T18:46:52.025+01:00Thanks guyana gyal, nice to see you back here!
I ...Thanks guyana gyal, nice to see you back here!<br /> I mainly post on Facebook now so if you ever happen to be there, come and visit.<br /><br />The figure walking around my place is a life-size cardboard cut-out I made of my cartoon alter ego.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-39483590126561084482023-05-28T17:41:19.569+01:002023-05-28T17:41:19.569+01:00Walking around as you own the place! I should try ...Walking around as you own the place! I should try that. :-D<br /><br />Cool graphics!neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-84636237222047189902023-05-13T02:17:49.161+01:002023-05-13T02:17:49.161+01:00Hello Robbie, thanks for stopping by!
I answered ...Hello Robbie, thanks for stopping by!<br /><br />I answered your comment but it vanished so I'm trying again. I was (above the ear symbol) referring to Johannes Kepler's Music of the Spheres which he worked out in elaborate detail. I've always wanted to hear what it would sound like. With digital technology it might eventually be possible to listen to what is considered impossible.<br /><br />Anyway I wish you good health in every dimension and trust you are still singing.<br />I will now try again to ,prove I'm not a robot.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttp://www.nataliedarbeloff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-9887338628845452002023-04-29T17:47:17.930+01:002023-04-29T17:47:17.930+01:00I thought it was time to seek a definition:
An et...I thought it was time to seek a definition:<br /><br /><i>An ethereal harmony thought by the Pythagoreans to be produced by the vibration of the celestial spheres.</i><br /><br />Which is just as well. I always imagined it related to cast-iron bowling balls suspended from a more-then-robust Christmas tree being teased by a passing hurricane. An earlier version - copyrighted by Jahweh - of the service recently provided for mobile phone users by our hopelessly incompetent (why not incontinent?) government.<br /><br />I am depressed to find I've - temporarily, of course - survived cancer to find I live in the only Banana Republic in the Northern Hemisphere. <i>Weh ist mir.</i>Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-55722493287745679322023-04-08T20:10:48.311+01:002023-04-08T20:10:48.311+01:00Hello Nelson, I completely agree with you! I did ...Hello Nelson, I completely agree with you! I did write a brief introduction to this post then forgot to add it before I included the image. What I said was that I am aware of what 'Life is unfair' usually means and all I'm doing is to put a humorous slant on that saying. <br /><br />It's absolutely not meant to dictate how people should think about unfairness or fairness!<br /><br />Best wishes to you.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-75667037579377393402023-04-05T07:41:43.736+01:002023-04-05T07:41:43.736+01:00All very well for you to say, dear Natalie but eve...All very well for you to say, dear Natalie but everyone has a right to say Life Is Unfair referring to their own or other people's lives. Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-24031841490564753142023-01-29T10:29:30.667+00:002023-01-29T10:29:30.667+00:00Agreed.
Meanwhile his book is making him a fortu...Agreed. <br /><br />Meanwhile his book is making him a fortune, in compensation for the loss of Royal wealth as supplemented by £100 million of taxpayers' money.<br /><br />But it comes at a cost. Negative emotions from most of the Royal Family, from irritation to hatred. I'm guessing of course.<br /><br />To my mind there's an almost bigger cost. The loss of his dignity, both personal and in the eyes of the world.<br /><br />His battle for privacy will never end, causing bitterness and distress for both him and Meghan.<br /><br />Whistle-blower? It's been blown more gently time and again, for example in "The Crown" series.<br /><br />If he'd stayed a Prince, kept a low profile like Princess Anne, doing the kind of appearances that Royals are expected to do occasionally, the tabloid readers across the world would have got bored. Nothing much to report.<br /><br />I pray for both their sakes that they will spend the rest of their lives in tranquillity, without having to keep a lid on things as our late Queen felt was her duty. <br /><br />Behaving as though the commonwealth was her family, above her ownVincenthttp://rochereau.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-42634148991299160082022-12-27T20:33:18.483+00:002022-12-27T20:33:18.483+00:00Hi Vincent, the snowscapes are from my window, yes...Hi Vincent, the snowscapes are from my window, yes, but not the portraits of my grand-niece and nephew. They live in Italy so I painted them recently from photos. Of course I'm still painting, writing and so forth, that's my life.<br /> I tried going to your site to read your new posts but somehow it doesn't let me in! It seems to be on some different system, unlike the previous one which was easily accessible.<br />Very best wishes to you and Karleen for 2023. I sent you an emailed greeting did you ge it? <br /><br />Natalie d'Arbeloffhttp://natalidarbeloff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-73515010317421201752022-12-21T12:07:07.147+00:002022-12-21T12:07:07.147+00:00I'm guessing these beautiful scenes were captu...I'm guessing these beautiful scenes were capture from your window. It's good to see you are still painting. The last time I used watercolour was in in 1957, as this post relates:<br />https://rochereau.wordpress.com/2022/12/21/a-brush-with-the-past/Vincenthttps://rochereau.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-15803808859921353122022-11-28T18:44:31.905+00:002022-11-28T18:44:31.905+00:00Thank you. I will have a look. I’m not on FB a gre...Thank you. I will have a look. I’m not on FB a great deal as I took it off my phone. I came across your blog after finding one of your books about design. It seemed a real treasure trove to come across your blogs. I’ve read your recent blogs - very thought provoking.I blog a bit on Wordpress. Angiekw01 aka salty pinches. Only mentioning as a gesture of shariing. Best wishes, Angie (anonymous).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-3352425130638030312022-11-20T20:31:33.185+00:002022-11-20T20:31:33.185+00:00Hi Greg,
Yes! Many thanks for the link. Will look...Hi Greg, <br />Yes! Many thanks for the link. Will look at it now.<br />I've been reading various views on the subject and writing my own notes around it. Might lead to a new project.<br />Do you know Robert Lanza's BEYOND BIOCENTRISM and Carlo Rovelli's HELGOLAND? <br />I think I mentioned the latter to you before.<br />Hope all's well with you.<br />Best,<br />Natalie<br /><br />Natalie d'Arbeloffhttp://www.nataliedarbeloff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-72387123684542218752022-11-16T12:40:49.551+00:002022-11-16T12:40:49.551+00:00Modern (and not-so-modern) physics has often frame...Modern (and not-so-modern) physics has often framed the most subtle of questions in terms of how to think about Nothingness. See recent summary article: https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-physics-of-nothing-underlies-everything-20220809/<br /><br />-GregSpongebellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875794889003411422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-75462156676042835092022-11-10T10:00:55.251+00:002022-11-10T10:00:55.251+00:00Thank you Neena and thank you Anonymous. Your comm...Thank you Neena and thank you Anonymous. Your comments and your presence here are much appreciated.<br /><br />I also post regularly on Facebook, more often than here, because there is more feedback over there. You're welcome to visit me there if you wish, here's the link:<br />https://www.facebook.com/natdarb<br /><br />Very best wishes,<br />NatalieNatalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746593.post-43855321468699665282022-10-30T18:52:40.880+00:002022-10-30T18:52:40.880+00:00Dear Natalie, I’m quite new to your inspiring blog...Dear Natalie, I’m quite new to your inspiring blog and I’ve read back quite a bit.It must be so hard to lose your sister. I am thinking of you. Love, Angie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com