tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post8347684841821261341..comments2023-10-28T05:14:04.796-07:00Comments on AN AERIAL ARMADILLO: Stukkie, Stompie and the CountessTessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05233122532137654099noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-14120490641843724382009-08-03T11:34:25.579-07:002009-08-03T11:34:25.579-07:00this is absolutely gorgeous and paints in words yo...this is absolutely gorgeous and paints in words your journey in a way that almost needs to be sung...<br /><br />sublime and what a treat to share in it with you and of course, the painting....it is gorgeous and speaks to the JOY that must have danced through your veins!L'Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725322054223364858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-56129281603657051282009-07-30T06:41:17.115-07:002009-07-30T06:41:17.115-07:00First of all - I love the picture, it's so dyn...First of all - I love the picture, it's so dynamic and the women are so beautiful.<br /><br />Secondly - your trip sounds like an adventure of a lifetime. I envy you growing up in Africa, having that African spirit inside you, that sense of adventure, and feeling at home there. I'd love to be like that.<br /><br />And thirdly - stunning, stunning photos. They almost don't seem real.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085905065734027788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-83978940858140949212009-07-28T07:24:42.822-07:002009-07-28T07:24:42.822-07:00no wonder anyone who visits Africa never forgets i...no wonder anyone who visits Africa never forgets it.pRiyAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238366312590419659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-81341412306074969582009-07-27T11:59:14.147-07:002009-07-27T11:59:14.147-07:00oh my ! what could i say that hasn't been said...oh my ! what could i say that hasn't been said before ? it's simply STUNNING Tessa, your photos and your so evocative poem.<br />you're simply amazing !!My Castle in Spainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14572760890022593531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-59295718941028211302009-07-27T08:58:14.975-07:002009-07-27T08:58:14.975-07:00Magical Africa captured in beautiful words and ima...Magical Africa captured in beautiful words and images (as always) Tessa. It looks like it was a great, fun adventure!<br /><br />Loved the Zanzibar post too - one of my favourite spots on the planet, for all the texture and contradictions you described. My memories are vivid but I was there in pre digital photography days (when I was so hesitant to take pictures) so I'd love to go again and kendaleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085858988070461010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-88098210709579850032009-07-26T20:24:22.096-07:002009-07-26T20:24:22.096-07:00You are an adventure that I love to ride and hang ...You are an adventure that I love to ride and hang onto your coat tails.<br /><br />Beautiful pictures Tessa.<br /><br />Love Renee xoxoReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-83716735690168511892009-07-26T13:37:48.108-07:002009-07-26T13:37:48.108-07:00Having scanned the comments, I find nothing much t...Having scanned the comments, I find nothing much to add except for my own praise and thanks for this truly STUNNING and enriching post.<br /><br />Every single one of these photographs is so alive . . . but the one of the little child in the golden water really touches me. How beautiful Africa is through your eyes and words.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-4355458526451083082009-07-26T07:23:12.771-07:002009-07-26T07:23:12.771-07:00Wow! What lovely pictures! Your trip must have bee...Wow! What lovely pictures! Your trip must have been amazing!<br />BTW thank you so much for the nice comment on my blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-40124808276067150382009-07-25T15:22:24.757-07:002009-07-25T15:22:24.757-07:00Coming to your blog humbles me. It is one of those...Coming to your blog humbles me. It is one of those pleasures in life for which I would not mind paying. Yes, you read that right, paying for reading your marvellous posts.<br /><br />The intro with that painting is bewitching. Then the photos, THE PHOTOS! I have no words to describe them because each adjective would fall short of my feelings. Not having ever been to Africa the shot of the child A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-23957365710349599442009-07-25T09:50:42.991-07:002009-07-25T09:50:42.991-07:00Oh, I love all of this. The photographs are heart...Oh, I love all of this. The photographs are heart-stopping. What a magical journey!<br /><br /> Funny, I'm known by some friends as "the Countess", too! But unfortunately for me, it is due to the fact that a painter who used to work for me always pronounced my name as Pam-u-la. Rather like Dracula. So, instead of the Count....I am the Countess. Sigh.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-39927822249440310352009-07-24T04:39:47.161-07:002009-07-24T04:39:47.161-07:00Geez, what I'd do to have a chance to visit Af...Geez, what I'd do to have a chance to visit Africa. Awesome pictures btw.JR's Thumbprintshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479324326541901987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-64817062173820759482009-07-23T20:26:12.882-07:002009-07-23T20:26:12.882-07:00Tessa,
I don't have the words to say how much...Tessa,<br /><br />I don't have the words to say how much I loved the artwork, ...then the writing and the photos.<br /><br />Glorious.<br /><br />Sarah LuluSarah Luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884012730205363096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-29094247396346037402009-07-23T19:15:03.558-07:002009-07-23T19:15:03.558-07:00Tessa,
it's 4 am and I am jetlagged, tired and...Tessa,<br />it's 4 am and I am jetlagged, tired and bloated from intercontinental air travel, but I am weeping with happines. Images of Africa and your rhyming ode to its transcendent beauty are actually making me smell the red soil, the acacias and the sheltering sky above. My heart aches every time... What is it about that blessed land that draws me so? I can't heal from its nostalgia.<Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10677189131770237168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-6292653445470664822009-07-23T15:09:10.979-07:002009-07-23T15:09:10.979-07:00Dear Tess,
I admit to being a totally un-traveled ...Dear Tess,<br />I admit to being a totally un-traveled American who thinks lions, hippos and elephants live behind bars in a zoo. And when I think of Africa I think of horrors too great to even imagine. I so excited to have found your blog (and others) that paint the continent with such beauty and tenderness. It's a toss up as to which I like more, your colorful paintings or your dynamic Merry MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462036349233154101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-12620235380116231962009-07-23T12:11:40.682-07:002009-07-23T12:11:40.682-07:00okay,that's it!
dammit tessa, okay, i admit i...okay,that's it!<br /><br />dammit tessa, okay, i admit it: yours is my favorite blog. i come here and feast and fawn on your art, your poetry, your photos, your family, your homeland, your eye, your spunk, your reverence.<br /><br />do you know how magical your life and sharing is? <br /><br />manohman, am i glad i've blessed myself with you as a special friend. think march, tessa, keep kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-25293490967252784352009-07-23T11:17:25.131-07:002009-07-23T11:17:25.131-07:00your pictures are a feast for our eyes and your ar...your pictures are a feast for our eyes and your art and words are a treat for our soul - just great :)pink dogwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938574807898718022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-11124659677191098922009-07-23T09:03:44.436-07:002009-07-23T09:03:44.436-07:00LOVE the ladies! Love their names! Africa- what a ...LOVE the ladies! Love their names! Africa- what a jem...we only hear of dreadful strife- not much about the vast, wild beauty - amazing shots! I actually felt it in my heart!I became homesick...and I am not even from there- your post is most effective.BEAUTY!Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-86949915391398932882009-07-23T07:16:40.463-07:002009-07-23T07:16:40.463-07:00I gasped at the first photo (after smiling at your...I gasped at the first photo (after smiling at your painting - such colourful, lovely ladies!), but when I saw the second, I just sat and stared. How BEAUTIFUL is Africa?! Can I have that picture to hang on my wall? I am with Lori, I will just sit here and wait for more! Thank you, dear Tessa!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484336744673299416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-3525155939890219102009-07-23T06:05:53.387-07:002009-07-23T06:05:53.387-07:00Wow!
thanks for sharing all of that.
best wishes...Wow!<br /><br />thanks for sharing all of that.<br /><br />best wishes<br />Ribbonxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12600470311819511684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-46682482478563668432009-07-23T05:44:52.348-07:002009-07-23T05:44:52.348-07:00I'm just going to go with Holly here.
Those p...I'm just going to go with Holly here.<br /><br />Those photographs! That painting! Your words! Your life.<br /><br />Love. All. Of. It.Beth Kepharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236487532413398431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-9163307513801519942009-07-23T05:29:50.563-07:002009-07-23T05:29:50.563-07:00Tessa, how I envy your courage and adventurous spi...Tessa, how I envy your courage and adventurous spirit! And what joy I take in viewing this amazing world through your eyes via your art (including your camera) and your beautiful words. I admire you and hope that by some miracle, despite the water between our lives, our paths connect, and I get to hug you live and in person. What an honor to be twinned to a such vibrant and awesome (in the true Jeanne/Jeanzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08755042439586200120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-39206934175528573442009-07-23T00:45:02.002-07:002009-07-23T00:45:02.002-07:00Splendid, Tessa! I am always delighted to see a ne...Splendid, Tessa! I am always delighted to see a new post from you pop into my Google Reader as I know that it will be something so special! Thank you for sharing your amazing journey with us!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851668813182425335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-78120071809451212382009-07-22T22:45:57.493-07:002009-07-22T22:45:57.493-07:00Tesssssaaaaa!!!
oh dear lord.
what have you don...Tesssssaaaaa!!!<br /><br />oh dear lord. <br /><br />what have you done?? you've painted a gorgeous work of art. wrote a lovely poem and showed us the most incredible photos of all??? <br /><br /> of A F R I C A!!<br /><br />what a treat. i mean really, why would you ever want to leave your own blog? i know i want to live here and eat mango fruit muffins and wait to see what you come up with Lori annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02860428306713379828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-16724987159701499582009-07-22T22:35:15.431-07:002009-07-22T22:35:15.431-07:00Tessa, anything that can be said, has been said. I...Tessa, anything that can be said, has been said. I will not repeat it. I do want to say, though, that I think your photography is excellent and you must have always had a very good camera and have known, and still know, how to use it. I admire that especially, because lots of people fancy themselves photographers, but few of them are really good ones and you are one of them.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-11861044357046451862009-07-22T21:16:47.801-07:002009-07-22T21:16:47.801-07:00How fabulous! Poem, images and that marvellous spi...How fabulous! Poem, images and that marvellous spirit of adventure!karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694425567973843826noreply@blogger.com