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Sunday, 11 January 2009

Friendship


My dear friend Barbara has passed this lovely friendship award on to me.
I've mentioned before how much I enjoy the friendships I've made through blogging, and this award celebrates those friendships.

It comes with the following instructions:

These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

I can certainly go along with that!
My difficulty is to restrict the recipients to eight.
It's made a little easier (in some ways) by the fact that Barbara and I share some friends, so I really need to take them out of the reckoning.

And then I discover that I've taken too long to publish my list. Another dear friend has beaten me to it and given me the award a second time. I'm truly honoured to have so many great friends.
Thank you so much for those kind words, Seev, even if you did take yourself and Kate out of the running!

I'm keeping my list to eight, just the same, and here they are:
Damama - loving, and with a heart as big as the world
Liz - amusing, thoughtful, caring, Welsh
Daryl - such a sense of humour!
Poopsie Blue - photographer and dog-lover
Dr John - fellow dragon-lover and a wonderful person
Jane - glorious wildlife photos, and a good friend
Siani - another Welshwoman, always friendly
Nydia - a love, busily starting a new life.

So that's it, folks. So many more friends on my list, and I love you all.

Saturday, 10 January 2009

Saturday PhotoHunt - Aftermath.


The theme this week, for TNChick's PhotoHunt, is
Aftermath.
The word has several meanings, but I've chosen to illustrate an individual definition - the consequence or result of an action.

These two collared doves were seen two days ago, mating on the roof of our bird table. The early aftermath appears to be fluffed-up togetherness. No doubt the later aftermath will be a nest-full of eggs. They look very pleased with themselves!

To see more takes on the theme, or to join in the fun, visit TNChick's comments page.

Happy Hunting!

Thursday, 8 January 2009

True Colours Thursday - Purple.


This week's colour is
PURPLE


I have two types of purple for you.

The first is the pinky-purple of my cyclamen flowers.

The second is the purple night sky in the picture on this tin.

True Colours Thursday is Poopsie Blue's fun idea.

Wednesday, 7 January 2009

ABC Wednesday - Y


ABC Wednesday, the brainchild of Denise Nesbitt, has reached the letter Y - just one more letter to go!

A search of my treasures has yielded three samples today.

First, Yellow Libyan Desert Glass. This was probably created by a meteorite strike, melting the sand to form glass. (Link here.)

Second, Yellow Serpentine. Serpentine is normally greenish in colour, but (obviously!) also has a yellow form.

My last offering is Yellow Jasper. Jasper comes in several colours and attractive patterning.

I think yellow will be a popular word this week!
To see what others have found, or to join in the fun, visit the Anthology Site or the Linky page.
Have fun!

Tuesday, 6 January 2009

Two Fer Tuesday..


Today I'm combining Jonna's Two Fer Tuesday with a bit of showing off.

Just so you can all see how lucky I was at Christmas time.

Mug from Second Son's Fiancee.

Ear-rings and necklace from Second Son's Fiancee, 'Cadfael' omnibus from Second Son, 'Oath Breaker' from First Son and his Lady.
Enchantica mugs from First Son and his Lady, Red glass flying dragon from Elder Daughter, dragon trinket tray from Youngest Son.
Lucky?
I'll say!

Monday, 5 January 2009

Odd Shots On Monday


I saw this sign in a local shop. Just had to whip out my camera-phone!
If I bought something called "Peanut Minis" I expect it to contain more than just traces of nuts!

Visit Katney for a load more Odd Shots!

Sunday, 4 January 2009

Monochrome Monday


Part of one of my Christmas presents.

Monochrome Monday is hosted by Aileni.
Find more pictures at the Linky page.

Saturday, 3 January 2009

Saturday PhotoHunt - Hope.


I'm SO late this week! An unexpected visit from my 6 month old grand-daughter rather enjoyably disrupted my blogging plans today!

The theme this week is HOPE.

We've had an unusually long spell of frost and cold winds. Any shoots above the ground were burned by the weather.
This hyacinth shoot had grown about 3-4cm above the ground. As you can see, the tips are burned, but the plant still has HOPE. The flower bud is struggling to grow and to open, ready for spring.

For more scenes of HOPE, visit TNChick.

Happy Hunting!

Friday, 2 January 2009

Some Cheerful Pictures

Seen through my window this morning.
(Thank you Stephen for cleaning those windows!)



I love robins!

Thursday, 1 January 2009

True Colours Thursday - Gold.


True Colours Thursday is hosted over at My True Colours. This week the colour is
GOLD
.
I've been looking around all week, and I've found so many gold things that I want to share.

First, this late afternoon sun breaking through cloud.

Next, the decoration from a hamper given by Second Son in front of my brass dragon.

Third is the gold-coloured tree in our hall window.

Fourth, some ear-rings. The ones in front are a present from Second Son's Fiancee.

Lastly, my celebratory nail varnish.

That's a long post for my first of 2009.
I hope you all have a golden year!