tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post4682807029421911239..comments2008-10-05T21:47:40.869+01:00Rimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-84696180456121077952008-10-05T21:47:00.000+01:002008-10-05T21:47:00.000+01:00What a wonderful trip you have had! And homecoming is always special -- even when you travel with your home. I enjoy your stories, looking at the world through your eyes and the photos and artwork here. Who would be interesting in purchasing your paintings? Probably everyone who reads this blog or knows you!martiehttp://marties-place.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-15555083789503355962008-10-03T22:34:00.000+01:002008-10-03T22:34:00.000+01:00Hi Rima<BR/><BR/>Thank you for popping by my blog... and another thank you for linking to Andy and Mel so that I was able to travel in other ways by visiting their blog too. :-)<BR/><BR/>I love the photo of your home on wheels at night. It looks like a picture from a fairy tale itself.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-57932371420232619492008-10-02T00:00:00.000+01:002008-10-02T00:00:00.000+01:00Ah Rima, you set my heart a-dreaming of a life on the road. Thirty years ago I had a period of nomadic bus life with a true love, and your words bring back the best things about it. May you always find a warm welcome wherever you wander!Lunaeanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-66953934183997293982008-10-01T18:05:00.000+01:002008-10-01T18:05:00.000+01:00I always thought the adventures in the caravan part in Wind in the willows ended too soon...are you going to paint doorkeepers on the back of your caravan? If you did, people who read your blog would know who you were when they saw it. But perhaps you want to maintain some privacy.ArtSparkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-40659615985375333352008-10-01T09:41:00.000+01:002008-10-01T09:41:00.000+01:00It's nice to have you back here in blogland. Doesn't your home on wheels look snug?acornmoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-87977506041401448562008-10-01T03:58:00.000+01:002008-10-01T03:58:00.000+01:00everything was already said by the folks above:)<BR/>magic it is:)<BR/><BR/>PS. i have the same green rug:)Vitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08246144783750454106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-84781758792293679422008-10-01T03:09:00.000+01:002008-10-01T03:09:00.000+01:00Rima, I am so glad I found your blog! I've been reading more, and am speechless. Your words and art are mesmerizing, and I am reluctant to leave the world you weave with your tales, and return to reality! Beautiful, beautiful work.binduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156291956967889455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-46732223438751878362008-10-01T00:44:00.000+01:002008-10-01T00:44:00.000+01:00What a wonderful and adventurous time you both had - and in the north too - my home territory, which I miss on cold winter days when I know there is frost waiting for footprints...<BR/><BR/>Hope you had a splendid birthday. Much love, V. xvaloniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13644950154869151868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-42428914414962690422008-10-01T00:31:00.000+01:002008-10-01T00:31:00.000+01:00Oooo Rima, it looks wonderful - The sun has been great hasn't it? Today I actually felt warm for about 10 minutes! Best weather when it's sharp cold but sunny. Perfect!littlerobothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407627947044525468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-14576291153214246492008-09-30T18:24:00.000+01:002008-09-30T18:24:00.000+01:00I just discovered your wonderful blog. I look forward to coming here often. Love your artwork and your description of the children's bookstore! Please come to visit me through The Serenity Gate.Barbara J. Kirby Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622630143832437565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-77099075597632760132008-09-30T17:58:00.000+01:002008-09-30T17:58:00.000+01:00Sounds like a fabulous trip :) love the photos especially the foresty ones :)<BR/><BR/>Enelya +++Enelyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01648610090765624837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-32486091380564866542008-09-30T17:52:00.000+01:002008-09-30T17:52:00.000+01:00rima la manouche de l'art ;)mister Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074526630633290752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-20987189794938919122008-09-30T17:16:00.000+01:002008-09-30T17:16:00.000+01:00very interesting blog! I'm going to have fun reading more of your posts!binduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156291956967889455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-72116655013215968982008-09-30T16:49:00.000+01:002008-09-30T16:49:00.000+01:00It's great to hear about your adventures on the road! What lovely fellow travellers you met on the way. I'm so glad people still live like this, I can fondly remember the comradery when I lived in a bus, but missed having a fixed home too. The home won in the end but the memories live on!I love that cosy picture at the bottom!xJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06677090862396502806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-27756506540470154592008-09-30T09:28:00.000+01:002008-09-30T09:28:00.000+01:00Ahh, your journeys are a delight! My journey is going in the other direction - moving into a new home in the woods south of Edinburgh, making a nest that does *not* move (our flat in Edinburgh was shaking with city-madness and stone-cutters, neighbours' traumas and the constant rumble of buses). It's good to feel solid ground beneath my feet. New addition to the family, one seven-week-old lurcher pup by the name of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macha#Macha.2C_wife_of_Cruinniuc" REL="nofollow">Macha</A> currently worn out and dreaming after chasing rain in the garden! She is beautiful and we are both utterly in love with her, of course.<BR/><BR/>Your home is a work of truly wonderful beauty: well done you both! Without wanting to give away the places you've been parking, was Dunkeld on your route, perchance?<BR/><BR/>Now for fetching wood in the forest where the deer leap and the foxes sing...<BR/><BR/>Blessings on your days,<BR/>TomTom Coyopacreate.coyopa.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-69784033321047785572008-09-30T07:10:00.000+01:002008-09-30T07:10:00.000+01:00Rina,<BR/>I feel like I am on an adventure as I read about your travels. Hopefully you encounter more people with a curious welcoming spirit than otherwise.<BR/>Hello, did I just read you might sell some original artwork? Shhhhh, don&#39;t tell anyone else so we have a chance to get at your treasure chest first! Yes, we would be interested.<BR/>Lisa &amp; AlfieAT THE PICKLED HUTCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11537412035331762952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-26846403116031978892008-09-30T04:54:00.000+01:002008-09-30T04:54:00.000+01:00Welcome home! I&#39;ve missed you! So good to hear of your ramblings. I would love to visit Seven Stories, &amp; also Durham, which happens to be the sister city of the town where I grew up, Durham, NC. Sorry you met with suspicion, but closed minds will always find someone to fear, whether at home or abroad. It&#39;s sad for them, I feel. I may be an idealist but I really do hope that the world will draw closer together through the amazing new links we can form now, getting to know each other via the blogosphere &amp; such. If any of those folks read your blog, how differently they would feel! Before much longer, nearly everyone will be aware of this ethereal connection... but it&#39;s a slow transition.Curious Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01180271950246123614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-39268817024172840302008-09-30T04:29:00.000+01:002008-09-30T04:29:00.000+01:00Seven Stories sounds like a little bit of heaven...I'd love to curl up in Badger's kitchen for a while.<BR/><BR/>"Where do you wee?"<BR/>"In the woods," I whispered....<BR/>I can just see them all with mouths in an Oh!<BR/><BR/>Too bad more people can't just observe whether others are at least harmless, if not actually friendly and kind...but I guess they need to prop up their opinions and assumptions instead. Hopefully on your travels you meet mostly kind souls.anthromamahttp://anthromama.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-72884666731597903952008-09-30T02:50:00.000+01:002008-09-30T02:50:00.000+01:00Beautifully magickal!!treehousejukeboxhttp://treehousejukebox.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-27200373654436710652008-09-30T02:22:00.000+01:002008-09-30T02:22:00.000+01:00i just recently discovered your blog and i must say that i am in awe of your beautiful art. and i find the stories of your wanderings so enchanting. very inspiringjohannahttp://loonybinart.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-85308716470454400492008-09-29T22:42:00.000+01:002008-09-29T22:42:00.000+01:00Oh, so beautiful and exciting, like living the travelling stories vicariously. More!Tesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03614757494008500523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-64182799783461696212008-09-29T18:55:00.000+01:002008-09-29T18:55:00.000+01:00thank you so much for including us in your world...it's magical so of course there are wicked and sad creatures too as well as the strange and delightful...beadbabe49http://www.blogger.com/profile/08270938730730250964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-65035695950455763642008-09-29T18:51:00.000+01:002008-09-29T18:51:00.000+01:00I am so glad you mentioned the negative reactions that you got because that was the one thing I was wondering about as I started to read this post...I was wondering if the whole 'gypsy' stereotype was still alive and well or only a Hollywood cliche. I am sad that it is alive and well and sincerely hope that wherever your travels take you that you will have more experiences with wonderful, understanding folks and less with fearful people. <BR/><BR/>I look forward to your sale, if you do indeed have one, and am glad to hear that you will be getting internet-on-the-go so that we can all peak in on your world.Carl V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-52822582948230247822008-09-29T18:03:00.000+01:002008-09-29T18:03:00.000+01:00Hi! I love your blog, and wish you safe travels. Your photos and writings are inspiring.<BR/>Take care,<BR/>MarthaMermaid Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00581029535140778966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-2110785939027775612008-09-29T17:41:00.000+01:002008-09-29T17:41:00.000+01:00welcome back <BR/><BR/><BR/>realy nice to have met you both<BR/><BR/>lots of love xxxfailed hermithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03267528608277830877noreply@blogger.com