tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post8986523248234582932..comments2024-03-25T18:27:37.374+00:00Comments on The Kissed Mouth: Good Morning May, May You Never Be JuneKirsty Stonell Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-24545229945587889012018-03-16T10:09:44.448+00:002018-03-16T10:09:44.448+00:00Fascinating, thank you! Fascinating, thank you! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106254663706977804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-30204232611591882062017-09-20T17:29:12.892+01:002017-09-20T17:29:12.892+01:00Thank you Kirsty for the two lovely posts about Ma...Thank you Kirsty for the two lovely posts about May Princep and her circle. It must have been wonderful to be a part of such an artistic and intellectual set. I doubt she could have guessed that we would still be talking about them a hundred years later.Les Tranterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238167378076429530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-74597248306688022532016-06-26T20:28:10.049+01:002016-06-26T20:28:10.049+01:00I now live in the property that was built after th...I now live in the property that was built after the original Monkshatch was demolished. It was wonderful to read this piece about the people and history of Monkshatch. Many thanks for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16827606082787401517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-54967305239159811342015-05-03T17:44:34.231+01:002015-05-03T17:44:34.231+01:00What a fascinating story! Just a few thoughts: Fir...What a fascinating story! Just a few thoughts: Firstly, May must have been only 13 or so in the photographs and about 16 when some of the paintings were done. I think she looks older than that (especially in the paintings). It's also interesting that she ended up marrying Hallam Tennyson when they were both in their sixties and widowed. Hallam and she must have known each other from when they were in their early teens when May would visit Freshwater. It's lovely to think of them rekindling their friendship after half a century or so. It's nice to think of May comforting Hallam after losing his two sons in the war and then his wife as well. I wonder what it was like for May when she came back to Freshwater, now as mistress of Farringford. She must have looked back with nostalgia on that golden period in the 1860s and 70s when Julia Margaret Cameron was in her prime, the aloof, reclusive Tennyson wandering over the down, and the whole place was a buzz of artistic activity - and of course she was young and had her whole life ahead of her, meeting her husband etc. In many ways I think JMC's departure for Ceylon must have been like the end of an era for everyone at Freshwater -such a pity that it had to happen.<br /><br />Just one final point. That photograph of the "Dower House" is interesting. It's a few years since I've been in Freshwater, but aren't those two houses in the picture still there? One is a hotel isn't it? <br /><br />Thanks again for a wonderful blog. Makes me want to head over to the Isle of Wight again!WoofWoofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14142792485921452481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-5830989519280175062015-05-03T16:07:57.846+01:002015-05-03T16:07:57.846+01:00Ah. Illuminating my May jigsaw. Thank you, enjoy y...Ah. Illuminating my May jigsaw. Thank you, enjoy your cake!Eviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07502542052125425889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-26094282915060596152015-05-03T11:20:02.383+01:002015-05-03T11:20:02.383+01:00My pleasure, especially as I got to do a bit of vi...My pleasure, especially as I got to do a bit of visiting. The picture of South Stoneham church is mine, and it's always a joy to go up to Compton.<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed it.Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-34506668045554957822015-05-03T11:00:21.743+01:002015-05-03T11:00:21.743+01:00Thank you for two very interesting posts about a r...Thank you for two very interesting posts about a remarkable woman.anthony michael carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17980954144014243555noreply@blogger.com