Earth Day

Happy Earth Day

Celebrate! Plant something! Or clean up the leaves and debris from your garden.

Or, if the weather does not cooperate with you wherever you are, go to Deborah's blog, Notes from the Cloud Messenger. She has a very beautiful post today. I think you will enjoy spending five minutes of your time with her.

Photo Meme

I have been tagged by The Pagan Sphinx for a photo meme.

This is the kind of meme I like! Easy and fun! All you do is go to your sixth folder, choose your sixth photo in that folder, and post it. You link back to the person who chose you, and choose six more people to do the same.

My sixth folder is of photos I took during a visit to a convalescent home last May. As I was leaving, from the parking lot I spied this elderly gentleman practicing a few golf swings on the front lawn. Not a really great photo, but I like it, and it does bring back memories of a warm, pleasant, spring day.




The photographers I choose, if they choose to participate, are:

Judy at Imagine
Lily at Long Island Daily Photo
Laura at Somewhere in New Jersey
Daryl at Out and About in New York City
Deborah at Notes from the Cloud Messenger
Dawn at Dawn's Bloggy Blog

No pressure. If you have the time and inclination, show us your picture.

Two Awards

Gina, aka The Pagan Sphinx, has been kind enough to give me the award you see above. And isn't it appropriate that it is YELLOW, and this is Mellow Yellow Monday?(Or will be shortly) You're too good to me, Gina. And you gave me a chuckle when you mentioned that I write about my "Norman Rockwell" past. When I re-read my own posts, I guess it does seem that way sometimes. I think I choose to remember things that seem that way, ignoring the parts that were pretty far from it. Why dwell on unpleasant things?

There are a couple of rules involved, but Gina was kind enough to free us from them. Actually, I think I'd enjoy following them this time - but also with the stipulation that no one has to follow them unless they choose to do so.

First rule is to list five addictions.

l. Photography
2. Blogging
3. Chocolate
4. Weather - I keep checking it on line and on TV, even though they are so often wrong. It makes such a difference to my physical well being.
5. Talking and writing about my grandson. Well... I'm a grandmother.

The other rule is passing it on to five other bloggers:

Daryl, who writes Out and About in New York City, and does it so very well. I love her photographs and her weekly cartoon, and the fact that she answers every comment by email, and her sense of humor and general attitude.

Deborah, whose Notes from the Cloud Messenger is a must for me every day. A beautiful blog. Again with wonderful photographs. And again, presented with her own special sense of humor. I guess humor is a very important ingredient for me.

Ann's blog, Nature Tales and Camera Trails is one of my favorites. Check out her profile for her other blogs as well. Her nature photos are always so very beautiful. Fabulous indeed.

Lisa's photoblog, Villas Girl Photos, has become the first thing I check in the morning. She has another blog, which I enjoy just as much, Ramblings of a Villas Girl, but I have to admit, I am always anxious to see her photos because they are places we have visited together, or where she has gone and I am hoping to visit.

Sylvia writes Sylvia From Over the Hill, but I don't believe she is "over the hill" at all. Her writing belies that. And once again, her sense of humor comes smiling through time and again. She keeps herself well informed on the current scene, and shares her knowledge with us. Her photographs are pretty fantastic too.

Thank you again, Gina. Judging from the choices you made, we will be in very good company.

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The second award is from Sylvia From Over the Hill. Yes, the same Sylvia who I named for the previous award, and who just informed me that she is giving me this one, which acknowledges effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary and personal values, and is intended to promote community among bloggers.

I am very flattered and honored, Sylvia. That's a lot to live up to. I know that I am also asked to pass it on to fifteen fellow bloggers. That's a lot of bloggers. I know quite a few who deserve it. There are a lot of truly wonderful bloggers out there. But I'm going to have to think about this one. You took my by surprise. Thank you so much!

Music Credit

I am not able to add anything below the video above, but I want to thank Deborah for reminding me of this carol in one of her recent posts. I had forgotten it completely, and I love it. Please enjoy the song.

An Unexpected Award

I have received a new award from Dawn, of Dawn's Bloggy Blog. It is the Superior Scribbler Award, as you can see above. Thank you very much, Dawn. This is an unexpected honor, and I really do appreciate it.

Like most awards, it comes with a set of rules, as follows:

1. Name five other Superior Scribblers to receive this award.
2. Link to the author and name of the blog that gave you the award.
3. Display the award on your blog, with this LINK which explains the award.
4. Click on the award at the bottom of the link, and add your name to the
bottom of the list.
5. Post the rules.


This is the third time I have broken my own rule of not passing on awards. It is always so difficult to decide who, among so many great bloggers, should receive an award. For this one, there are so many I'd love to give it to, but I see that many have already received it recently. That makes it just a little easier.

Whenever I pass on an award, I want to make it clear that no obligation goes with it. The recipients may choose not to pass it on further, just please acknowledge it so that I know you received it. I would like to pass it to:

Deb, who writes Waltzes With Words, a wonderfully imaginative blog in which she shares her poetry and lovely photographs. More recently she has started a blog called Grouse and Chortle, which I enjoy just as much. She writes no less than four others as well! Go visit and learn about them.

Deborah, whose blog The Cloud Messenger is beautifully written and a real delight. It also contains really wonderful photos, and occasionally her poetry.

Ann writes four blogs, and I don't know how she does that:
Nature Tales and Camera Trails is just wonderful! Gallimaufry Gleanings is her newest, and I look forward to each new entry. Varying Seasons is her photo blog. New Brunswick Covered Bridges is self-explanatory.

Sylvia writes Sylvia from Over the Hill. I look forward to reading her posts every day - often two or three times a day. Always current, strong, informative, and often funny.

David is the author of Five String Guitar. I have been reading his blog a relatively short time, and have learned to love it. It is autobiographical and deals with his deafness and with his family. Inspiring, informative and very, very interesting.

I believe that is five. I can already think of at least five more. This is why I dislike passing on awards. There are so many others!

Again, thank you, Dawn. I love your blog, too. It's fun to follow your travels.