tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17064999.post9002390489986507489..comments2024-01-24T15:53:16.634-05:00Comments on Icelandic Fever: a Southern Saga: My Sailing TrilogyDarien Fisher-Dukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886321196588554175noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17064999.post-4792708434193663302008-04-14T13:47:00.000-04:002008-04-14T13:47:00.000-04:00There's ALWAYS an Icelandic connection! Also, Lord...There's ALWAYS an Icelandic connection! Also, Lord Dufferin is of Scottish heritage, as is Strange.<BR/><BR/>A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17064999.post-80792168206749073732008-04-11T21:16:00.000-04:002008-04-11T21:16:00.000-04:00You're getting warm, Karen! Especially regarding O...You're getting warm, Karen! Especially regarding Oban...here's the story. <BR/>1. I'm reading Dufferin. 2. I google for a chicken woodblock picture. 3. I find Alice's. 4. I peruse Alice's web site, and notice that some of her prints are of Oban. I think...that sounds familiar??? 5. I look back at Dufferin, and lo! I had just read where he sailed from Oban on his way to Iceland. Talk about "strange" coincidences!<BR/>It's not as if you exactly asked, but I was dying to tell...<BR/>Also, this is what I would have liked to get you for your bday: one of Alice Strange's Scotland prints ;-) By the time you read this, it's probably time to say: Happy Bday!Darien Fisher-Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886321196588554175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17064999.post-58542826032774787362008-04-11T16:53:00.000-04:002008-04-11T16:53:00.000-04:00Strange quotes Picasso about her art as "a recepta...Strange quotes Picasso about her art as "a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place..." and her work depicts life in Oban (sort of an art blog) and Dufferin wrote an olden travel blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com