Oh Golly, This Is Nice!

Here I am, after weeks of drought (sadly not our English weather) and absence from my blog, thanks to a mountain of work, back troubles that have reduced me to a whining wreck and heaps of other stuff going on at home. I have missed writing and will not get much of a chance next week as I'm back in smelly old London teaching again - if the money weren't so good, I'd give the toxic air a miss without a second thought!

So, it cheered me wonderfully to find Hen's enticing comment on my previous post telling me she had something on her blog for me... I zoomed over to Bee-Leaf, Hen's blog to find she had given me an award. WoooHooo!!! Thank you Hen.



The Rules for those recieving an award are:-

1. The winner can put the logo on their blog
2. Link the person you received the award from
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Put links of those blogs on yours
5. Leave a message on the blogs nominated

So here are my seven blogs, for all sorts of reasons and in no particular order:

Abdur Rahman writes the wonderfully thoughtful and inspiring Abdur Rahman’s Corner, which is filled with gentle wisdom, great insight and compassion. It is one of the blogs I wouldn't miss for anything.

A blog to make anyone smile is The Daily Coyote and I follow the lives of Charlie and Eli, his ginger boss, eagerly. If I'm ever feeling gloomy, this is the ultimate cure, so thank you Shreve Stockton for so many smiles.

This collection wouldn't be complete without The Green Witch who writes prolifically, has such passion and fire to make the world right and who makes me think (sometimes so much my head hurts). Your blog is fascinating and intelligent, so thank you.

I am always enthralled by the great photography on The Pig's lip blog and for the vicarious visits to Gower - Chris, you are saving me a fortune in petrol! This is a delightful blog, filled with a happy family life, wonderful outings and interesting facts.

If anyone is going to reduce me to tears of laughter, the lovely Seshat's Voice will be the blog to do it. Seshat writes about deeply thoughtful and spiritual concepts, and also personal things, with the wit and humour that only comes with a wise head and a warm heart. For all the raucous guffaws you have caused to emanate from my study, I love your blog.

One blog which I find soothing, lovely and so uplifting is Somerset Seasons, written by the lovely Leanne. As another mad-keen-on-Somerset lass, I love reading about the gentle pace of her life, the creative things she does and I'd like to thank her for all the inspiration... not least the butter recipe!

Blogging has opened up new horizons for me and I have found so many lovely people that it makes me go all warm and gooey to think about it. My last nomination is one such person and she warmly deserves the award for being such a warm, delightful person, so unaffected and natural. The final award goes to Foxchild at The Unveiling of A Pagan Spirit. When we all get blinded by the bright lights shining from our own bottoms, reading your blog reminds me what's important.

This is a tough list to make. There were others I'd have liked to include, some for their acerbic wit, others for being a prompt for me to improve myself and the things I do. To each and every one of you, thank you for writing such interesting and inspiring bogs, my life would be duller without you.