It was a cold and dreary day here in Portland, Oregon, when a bright spot of sunshine came my way in the form of the Sunshine Award, given to me by a great writer and humanitarian in South Africa whose blogs I’ve been enjoying for some time. Check out Sarchasm 2 (http://sarchasm2wordpress.com/ ) or any of Roly Clulow’s other blogs. ( I particularly enjoy Beelzebug (http://beelzebug.blogspot/. )
The rules of the Sunshine Blog Award are simple…
#1 Thank the person who nominated you with a link back to their blog.
#2 Answer a few questions about yourself.
Favorite color: Alizarin Crimson (It really is a color and painters adore it.)
Favorite animal: Whales, even though I have yet to actually see one.
Favorite number: 74; for 1974, the year I got married.
Favorite non-alcoholic drink: grapefruit juice. I could drink it by the gallon if it wasn’t so loaded with sugar since I’m a diabetic.
Facebook or Twitter: Both strike me as narcissistic, but if I had to choose, Facebook.
My passion: Venice, art history and telling stories.
Favorite flower: Iris…Bird of Paradise is a close second.
Favorite movie: The Lion in Winter. Historical, but one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen.
Favorite painting: Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer by Rembrandt.
And finally, nominate a few other blogs and include links to them:
#1 Abroad with a View (http://www.abroadwithaview.com/ )
#2 Charlotte’s Menagerie (http://charlottesmenagerie.blogspot.com/ )
#3 In Search of Balance (http://balancebypark.blogspot.com/ )
#4 Laurel’s Quill (http://laurelsquill.blogspot.com/ )
#5 Oddball Observations ( http://oddballobservations.blogspot.com/)
Feel free to paste this pretty award on your blogs to show that you’re held in high esteem. I hope I get more awards because there are other great bloggers I’d like to nominate.
Mission accomplished.
Thank you so much, Stephen!!! I am touched. I do enjoy your blog immensely!!! Laurel
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteStephen I am really touched. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate it Stephen. I will post my Sunshine Award with pride. I love reading your clever posts.
ReplyDeleteKudos to you! I just mentioned you on my blog and have a link back to you. Expect about oh, maybe one MILLON more readers. HA!
ReplyDeletecongratulations :)
ReplyDeletebird of paradise is indeed a rare beauty.
Good for you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog and Congratulations on your Sunshine Award. I'm sure there's a lot more on the way. I'm following you now and hopefully you can drop by my blog again.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Stephen!
ReplyDeleteAlso I appreciate the links to some other interesting blogs.
Cheers
Congrats my friend! You've shared some very interesting things about yourself. I always smile when I see you have a new post up. :)
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It's nice to read these types of "award posts" to learn a few things about the authors of the blogs we read. I think there is a gap between the posts and the real people behind them. Interesting answers to the questions, Chatterbox. I saw Lions in the Winter on one of my dates with boyfriend/now-hubby when I would have been in either the 9th or 10th grade (depends what part of 1968)...can't quite remember. I was bored but then-boyfriend loved it. That same year, I would have seen Yours, Mine and Ours, and Funny Girl which both would have amused me. I tend to draw my taste in things from the bottom of the deck.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! I look forward to checking out the other blogs!
ReplyDeleteI checked out the Hammer blog and enjoyed it. I wish I could just write about one incident. When I write it seems like I'm in a waterfall and can't write fast enough, so I don't develop characters.
ReplyDeleteBTW Real men only see red... Just kidding.
Congratulations on your newest award. Well deserved.
ReplyDeleteHave a terrific day. :)
Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteNow off to check out the blogs you nominated.
Congrats!
ReplyDeleteWe have the same favourite colour and flower.
74 was the year I was born.. hehee!
congrats...
ReplyDeleteinteresting to know more about my blogging friend!
Thats an interesting way of thanking :) btw my fav color too is the same as yours...but dint know it had a name called Alizarin Crimson!!
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