tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post3231619663315639506..comments2024-03-27T01:07:03.944-04:00Comments on The Roses of Prose: GETTING TO KNOW MARGARET TANNERAlison Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725250883303287946noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-35008807244111723012011-08-13T06:46:00.829-04:002011-08-13T06:46:00.829-04:00Hi Mona,
Thanks for dropping by. Yes, I remember w...Hi Mona,<br />Thanks for dropping by. Yes, I remember when you visited Sydney. Vegemite and Tim-Tams, two of our national foods. Vegemite is an acquired taste. The secret is not to spread too much on your bread/toast. But it is full of vitamins.<br /><br />Rregards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-15094082035229009182011-08-13T06:45:26.834-04:002011-08-13T06:45:26.834-04:00Hi Mona,
Thanks for dropping by. Yes, I remember w...Hi Mona,<br />Thanks for dropping by. Yes, I remember when you visited Sydney. Vegemite and Tim-Tams, two of our national foods. Vegemite is an acquired taste. The secret is not to spread too much on your bread/toast. But it is full of vitamins.<br /><br />Rregards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-11323304088783405732011-08-13T06:43:16.150-04:002011-08-13T06:43:16.150-04:00Hi Cate,
Thanks for dropping by. I wish you could ...Hi Cate,<br />Thanks for dropping by. I wish you could come and visit. I know you would enjoy yourself.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-31072867570361366912011-08-12T13:55:42.631-04:002011-08-12T13:55:42.631-04:00Hi Margaret, I had the privilege of visiting Austr...Hi Margaret, I had the privilege of visiting Australia, only Sydney twice, and enjoyed your beautiful country. I have pictures patting kaola bears, and tasted Tim-Tam and Vegemite. I read some of your books and love them.Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-15869498495685536962011-08-12T10:32:34.893-04:002011-08-12T10:32:34.893-04:00G'day Margaret! :) Australia sounds lovely. W...G'day Margaret! :) Australia sounds lovely. Wish I could visit! Your descriptions of the landscape in your stories are so vivid, I almost feel I have visited, so thank you!Cate Mastershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371792447604980848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-44421616448022332942011-08-12T08:38:01.644-04:002011-08-12T08:38:01.644-04:00Hi Cherie,
Thanks for dropping by. Sorry, don'...Hi Cherie,<br />Thanks for dropping by. Sorry, don't follow rugby, but I do live in Melbourne.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-4365245460829684612011-08-12T00:59:25.992-04:002011-08-12T00:59:25.992-04:00Hello Margaret, or should I say Gidday,
Waving to...Hello Margaret, or should I say Gidday,<br /><br />Waving to you from across the ditch in New Zealand.<br /><br />Are you a follower of rugby? My nephew(NZ'er) and his wife live in Melbourne - she's a native so teaches her baby daughter to chant "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi!" but dresses her in a black and white All Black's outfit!!Cherie Le Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933336908575092119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-53682529544631599052011-08-11T22:55:27.707-04:002011-08-11T22:55:27.707-04:00Hi Lynne and Jerri,
What happened to the convicts ...Hi Lynne and Jerri,<br />What happened to the convicts when they arrived in Australia. The first lot actually built the prisons where the later convicts were housed. Many were put into work gangs (chain gangs) and constructed roads, buildings etc. all under the watchful eyes of English red coats.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-37391405330416837152011-08-11T22:51:27.660-04:002011-08-11T22:51:27.660-04:00Hi Glenrys,
We didn't visit Normandie, we con...Hi Glenrys,<br />We didn't visit Normandie, we concentrated on the WW1 battlefields. We did actually visit a huge American WW1 cemetery on the Somme in France, but off hand I can't remember the name of the place. A beautifully kept cemetery but sad and lonely because so few Americans go there.<br />I can understand your grandmother's anguish, it must have been terrible for her. We visited several cemeteries and battlefields in Belgium, so if you knew the name of the place where your grandfather went missing, I might have a photo of the area I could send you. <br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-19999404941898304992011-08-11T22:41:25.569-04:002011-08-11T22:41:25.569-04:00Hi Lilly,
Unfortuantely, I don't know which bo...Hi Lilly,<br />Unfortuantely, I don't know which books you were referring to, but there have been quite a few written about the convict era in Australia. Hey, I wrote one myself,Savage Utopia, but in mine the heroine was sent to Australia on trumped up charges of trying to murder her incestuous father, when in fact it was self defence but no-one would believe her. <br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-38826186212970194562011-08-11T19:22:05.120-04:002011-08-11T19:22:05.120-04:00Hi lovely ladies, Sharon, Christine, Allison, Jani...Hi lovely ladies, Sharon, Christine, Allison, Janine, Vonnie, Cynthia, Lynne, Jerri, Glenrys, Paula,Laura and Lilly. Thank you so much for dropping by, I appreciate it. Apologies for not answering you straight away, but it was the middle of the night (Oz time) when you posted. 9 o'clock in th morning here now.Glad that the kangaroo caught your eye.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-6486986217658437672011-08-11T18:32:47.549-04:002011-08-11T18:32:47.549-04:00Love the pics and the brief history lesson. Years ...Love the pics and the brief history lesson. Years ago, I read a romance by: don't remember. The title of the book was: I forgot. BUT it was about a British widow who chose a convict to marry to save her plantation. Of course, the convict was wrongly accused and somehow in the book that was proven. I read another romance set in Australia by a different author I can't remember by another title I've forgotten, lol! But in this one, the woman was sent to debtor's prison because she couldn't pay her father's gaming debts when he died. She was then shipped to Australia but the boat wrecked off shore and the hero rescued her. Both good books. Wish I could remember the authors. It was back in the 90's if anyone can help me with that. lol!Lilly Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12085355337721818824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-31472532644415737252011-08-11T16:10:36.452-04:002011-08-11T16:10:36.452-04:00Hey, Margaret, what a great mini-history lesson! A...Hey, Margaret, what a great mini-history lesson! And what a surprise to see a kangaroo as the first picture on your blog. I love it! It's great to get to know you, and I look forward to your many, many future posts.Laura Breckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622448004680324135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-11070285255831525222011-08-11T12:41:30.471-04:002011-08-11T12:41:30.471-04:00Hi Margaret
Good to see you here! Great post abou...Hi Margaret<br />Good to see you here! Great post about Oz and lovely photos. Hope you''re well and happy (and busy too, of course!)Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-34609895330647923712011-08-11T11:58:33.090-04:002011-08-11T11:58:33.090-04:00Margaret - lovely pix and descriptions - now I wan...Margaret - lovely pix and descriptions - now I want to Oz even more! I understand what you're saying about the battlegrounds and graveyards - I was in tears when we visited in Normandie - all those white grave markers, disappearing into the distant horizon.Poignant stories in the smaller graveyards. My grandfather was 'MIA, Believed Killed', in Belgium in November, 1917. Gran never recovered from the loss.glenyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01722150642061311226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-7154211831208102882011-08-11T11:44:09.253-04:002011-08-11T11:44:09.253-04:00What a great question? What did happen to the conv...What a great question? What did happen to the convicts when they were brought to Australia?Colleen Connallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195931651391347529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-34374760327923148212011-08-11T11:38:42.285-04:002011-08-11T11:38:42.285-04:00It was a pleasure to meet you, Margaret. : ) I ad...It was a pleasure to meet you, Margaret. : ) I admire the great lengths you've gone to in research to make your books authentic. I have always been fascinated with Australia.<br /><br />One question (maybe a stupid one, but...) as a penal colony - were the convicts just dropped off, or were they kept under lock and key?Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-8930146818866635462011-08-11T11:03:28.833-04:002011-08-11T11:03:28.833-04:00Love the history, and pictures. Thanks for sharing...Love the history, and pictures. Thanks for sharing!Cynthia DiFilippo Elomaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690665731154250664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-61886920716359535552011-08-11T10:58:52.175-04:002011-08-11T10:58:52.175-04:00A lovely intro, Margaret. Can you imagine our live...A lovely intro, Margaret. Can you imagine our lives without the Internet? We'd never have the chance to meet lovely ladies, like you, from far away countries. We take this medium for granted so often; it's brought so many of us closer together.Vonnie Davis ~ Romance Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360480832587538895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-19122736229549248112011-08-11T09:53:26.801-04:002011-08-11T09:53:26.801-04:00What terrific photos and great intro to you and yo...What terrific photos and great intro to you and your home country. Love your website. I read The Reluctant Father - a super story.Jannine Gallanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17692098634695675967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-23153718085357539592011-08-11T09:49:38.044-04:002011-08-11T09:49:38.044-04:00Hi, Margaret. Loved your photos and learning more ...Hi, Margaret. Loved your photos and learning more about you! Your approach to history and research closely matches mine. If I ever get Down Under, I'd love to meet you.Alison Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725250883303287946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-65281693612830089192011-08-11T09:36:34.511-04:002011-08-11T09:36:34.511-04:00Hey, Margaret. I'd love to visit Australia and...Hey, Margaret. I'd love to visit Australia and most histories worth exploring are blood-stained in some way, aren't they? Great to meet you.<br /><br />Chris<br />www.christinedepetrillo.weebly.comChristine DePetrillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527942532875216883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-66295870139924210002011-08-11T08:48:32.562-04:002011-08-11T08:48:32.562-04:00Loved your intro about yourself. It matches you. T...Loved your intro about yourself. It matches you. Thank you for the invitationSharon Sullivan-Craverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16050241474564386412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-13008192411276513672011-08-11T08:23:07.282-04:002011-08-11T08:23:07.282-04:00Hi Barbara,
Thanks you. It is lovely being one of ...Hi Barbara,<br />Thanks you. It is lovely being one of The Roses of Prose.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-76202648570984037982011-08-11T08:21:41.127-04:002011-08-11T08:21:41.127-04:00Hi Brenda,
Thank you so much for dropping by. Glad...Hi Brenda,<br />Thank you so much for dropping by. Glad you find Australia fascinating. We are similar to the US in many ways, but also different.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.com