What a challenge it was to pick only 15 beautiful new blogs for the One Lovely Blog Award, which was bestowed on me last week by Cheryl at Lizzy Frizzfrock. Each blog I selected is beautiful in its own unique way. While these blogs might not all be the newest blogs in Blogland, many are new to me, and I hope you take a look at them, if you haven't already.
Jan at awake is good
Diantha at living your potential
Marissa at Welcome to Marissa's Flower Patch
Rachelle at The Mirage Writer
Juliet at Crafty Green Poet
Lisa at Creating Art in the burbs
Michele at Artistic Buffet
Gina at Artistic Dreamer
Angela at Letters from Usedom
Carolynn at A Glowing Ember
Delwyn at A Hazy Moon
Sarala at blogaway
Lynda at Peripheral Vision - Inner Sights by Lynda Lehman
Joanne at Whole Latte Life
Beth at Tangled Sky Studio
For the Kreativ Blogger Award, which was presented to me last week by Jan at awake is good, I needed to choose seven creative blogs/bloggers and list seven of my favorite things. First, I'm happy to pass the award on to these wonderful bloggers who continue to inspire me with their creativity:
Paula at self taught artist
lulu at my pink turtle
Liz at cherokeefox
Susan at . . . A Walk In The Park
Rosaria at sixtyfivewhatnow
Flor at Flor Larios art
Martha at An Artist's Journal
Please feel free to do as you choose with these two awards, pass them on, keep them, or just know that I have bestowed them on you because you and your blog are special to me in some way!
Finally, seven of my favorite things:
1. SPRING - I love to see and hear everything coming out of hibernation after the long Winter. I especially enjoy seeing the first tender green shoots of plants against the dark soil. . . and the smell of mud! And the robins, I always listen for the song of the robins.
2. NATURE - I love everything about being outdoors, including taking long walks in a warm, gentle rain shower.
3. TRAVEL - I love to travel, especially to places with natural or historical beauty. I really like anything that's very old, like Roman or Native American ruins, structures from the Middle Ages, rock carvings, worn cobblestones, rugged mountains and any wildlife. I also love to go where the locals congregate and try local foods.
4. ART - I love art of any kind, from primitive rock art to the most modern experimental art, from miniature paintings to huge metal sculptures.
5. MUSIC - I enjoy many kinds of music, from classical and opera, to jazz, to dance music, to contemporary and alternative music.
6. BOOKS - I LOVE BOOKS! Our two children thought they were growing up in a library when they were little, we have so many books. As a literature major in college, I always loved short stories and classic literature, but I also have amassed a collection of hundreds of cookbooks. This passion of mine to collect and read so many books started when I was very young, and I still have many of my German and English children's books, as well.
7. MY FAMILY - I never understood just how much you could love another person until I met my dear Mr. C and we had our Little C and Miss Kat. They mean the world to me.
Hugs,
Angela Y
