I’m a bad dog! Aside from 2012 Blog of the Year Awards, I haven’t posted an award since last May! Those bloggers who honored me with these nominations have probably forgotten all about it, or long since given up. But I’ve kept track, because I knew I’d get around to it……………………………………..eventually.
Here are the four simple rules of the Sunshine Blogger Award.
1. Display the logo on your blog. 2. Link back to the person who nominated you. 3. State 5 facts about yourself. 4. Pass the award on to 8 (or 10) other bloggers, and link to one of their specific posts so they get notified by ping back.
As long as I’m spilling the beans, all five facts will be the true confessions of a tacky tourist. I hope you will still respect me in the morning.
5. Yes, we are the tacky tourists your cool friends warned you about.
4. We didn’t get a magic carpet video in Cappadocia because we were running late, and our travel companions would’ve shunned us. But we wanted to.
3. We have discovered many practical and economical uses for a quality zoom lens.
2. I must also confess that, in our travels, as hard as we tried, we were rarely able to embarrass our teenagers…
1. …Or get ourselves arrested.
Here are links back to the bloggers who nominated me for The Sunshine Award. Be sure to check out their blogs–you will not be disappointed!
Sarah Potter of sarahpotterwrites is pursued by the muses of prose, poetry, and music. She is a very fine poet, a heavenly singer, and a novelist.
Micheline of Micheline’s Blog features art, music, books, history, and current events. Very classy!
Paula of stuff i tell my sister shares just that–all the stuff she shares with her best friend who is also her sister. It’s like sitting at their kitchen table.
Carol of Loethen Art Designs, Creativity, Camera, and Computer!
Rara of rarasaur, where frightfully wondrous things happen. She has a fun, quirky, natural voice that I really enjoy.
Maggie Myklebust of flyawayhome is an American author living in Norway. She shares her life on her blog and in her memoir Fly Away Home.
Now I get to pass forward The Sunshine Award to the following bloggers. Please take a minute to pay them a visit.
Nikki of imayfly has a fun fresh voice with a wry sense of humor.
Island Traveler of thisman’sjourney is refreshing and inspiring. If you ever need a little hit of sweetness–and sunshine–check out his blog.
Tess at How The Cookie Crumbles is a sharp writer, and I really enjoy her flash fiction.
Naomi at The Teatime Reader has excellent taste in books, and reviews them for her readers intelligently, perceptively, and eloquently.
Christine of Texana’s Kitchen is funny and smart, a great storyteller, and she always leaves you with a great recipe to try out.
Russel of Russel Ray Photos will give you great photography tips, as well as share pearls of wisdom from his wise old Grandma!
4AM Writer will give you tips on how to balance your writing and your life.
Ruth of Ruth E. Hendricks Photography will give you sweet glimpses of sunshine and shadow in her beautiful photography.
The Geek Goddess of Two Different Girls will take you to interesting out of the way places and make you smile every time!
I have more be-very-lated awards to post, and many more great blogs and bloggers to introduce you to. I don’t want to overwhem you, so I will dole them out like Blog Candy. Thanks for stopping by. Warmly, Naomi
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