tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211628671871017310.post8055155023512296750..comments2024-01-08T06:38:13.068-06:00Comments on Everything of Interest to a Romance Writer: Falling into ideasEverything of Interest to a Romance Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11325200005671609112noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211628671871017310.post-18773743154856001602012-10-01T14:14:40.485-05:002012-10-01T14:14:40.485-05:00Thanks for your insight, Q! :) I spent a few year...Thanks for your insight, Q! :) I spent a few years in England about 20 years ago and this is one of those neat historical trivia things I wish I'd paid attention to while I was there. It does make aesthetic sense to have the invisible transition, but I still think it's funny to think how this advantage could be a disadvantage for the absentminded! LOLEverything of Interest to a Romance Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11325200005671609112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211628671871017310.post-66881027701078086602012-10-01T11:33:01.025-05:002012-10-01T11:33:01.025-05:00It is a funny name for a landscape feature though ...It is a funny name for a landscape feature though I hadn't heard that explanation of the name Ha-Ha before!<br /><br />I think Lancelot Brown made them popular with large country estates. They provide an invisible transition between garden and meadow so that the two blend seamlessly in the eye. Practically, they keep grazing animals out of the garden and two-legged browsers out of the meadow .... in theory! LOL<br /><br />Not sure who invented them but the concept might have its origin in Roman times (Hadrian's Wall) or Medieval (Offa's Dyke).<br /><br />I have never fallen over a Ha-Ha but in a similar vein I do remember browsing in a college library and absently trying to walk through a glass divide. I didn't say Ha-Ha, but something much mor colourful (and unprintable!) LOLQuantumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686409685564115213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211628671871017310.post-71981916534330407662012-09-04T19:25:14.157-05:002012-09-04T19:25:14.157-05:00Thanks, Donna! At the very least, the fall and th...Thanks, Donna! At the very least, the fall and the Ha-Ha inspired a blog post. I'm glad you enjoyed it and got a chuckle here and there! It makes my accident-prone tendencies worthwhile! LOL Everything of Interest to a Romance Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11325200005671609112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211628671871017310.post-42880673815665832332012-09-04T11:04:49.990-05:002012-09-04T11:04:49.990-05:00What a great post! I laughed out loud so many time...What a great post! I laughed out loud so many times. And I'm definitely with you -- I would NOT be saying "ha-ha" if I fell in a trench. LOL It would be something that started out with "Oh", and ended with something else entirely.<br /><br />You're right about your unconscious wanting to do something MORE with the ordinary. I love how ideas are always bumping into each other inside my brain, and somehow they find a perfect match, which sparks the idea, as you said.<br /><br />Thanks for giving me lots of ha-ha moments today. :)Donna Cummingshttp://www.allaboutthewriting.comnoreply@blogger.com