The wondrous Danica has nominated me for the Treasure Trove Award. Many thanks to you! Go check out her inspiring blog!
What is the Treasure Trove Award?
I’ve created the Treasure Trove Award for bloggers who share treasures. Treasures can take the form of: art; community participation and support; creative writing; entertainment; friendship; health and fitness; humor; information; knowledge and insight; life lessons; music; photography; skills and instructions…anything that adds value and is a treasure in the blogosphere.
The Treasure Trove Award is for blogosphere treasures.
What are the rules for the Treasure Trove Award?
The rules are that there are no rules.
You can post the Treasure Trove Award image to your blog — or not.
You can give the award to other bloggers — or not.
Enjoy!
I would like to gift all the bloggers who read my words, the Treasure Trove Award.
The wonderful Rob Goldstein has honoured me with the Respect Award. Thankyou, Rob! I am humbled. Please go check out his extraordinary blog. The feeling is entirely mutual.
There are no rules to this award. I nominate the following, some of whom are new and would love a visit! If I had time, I would have added many more, all of whom are deserving of this award.
My extraordinarily talented friend, Rob Goldstein, has gone and nominated me for The Champion Award! Thankyou Rob! Please go and visit his wondrous blog.
There are simple rules to follow. . .
Be sure to post the award symbol, using the #Champions Awards
Acknowledge the sponsor of your Award and thank them.
Choose at least 5 of your own nominees and remind them of the guidelines.
Keep it simple~ no need for explanations for the awards. We know how great these folks are.
MeMee’s Musings has gifted me the Versatile Blogger Award! I want to thank you, not only for the nomination, but also for the quality content you write. Please go check out this marvellous blog.
If you are nominated, you’ve been awarded the Versatile Blogger award.
Thank the person who gave you this award. It’s common courtesy.
Include a link to their blog. That’s also common courtesy — if you cannot figure that out, go to their nomination post and thank them personally.
Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly who you deem as versatile and excellent in their writing and nominate/award them with the Versatile Blogger Award. It is good practice to let them know of your nomination on their about page.
Finally, share 7 things about yourself. The person who nominated you probably wants to learn more about you and so do your followers.
The amazing Dear Kitty has nominated me for the Real Neat Blog Award. Please check out her thought-provoking content!
The ‘rules’ of the Real Neat Blog Award are: (feel free not to act upon them if you don’t have time; or don’t accept awards; etc.):
1. Put the award logo on your blog.
2. Answer 7 questions asked by the person who nominated you.
3. Thank the people who nominated you, linking to their blogs.
4. Nominate any number of bloggers you like, linking to their blogs.
5. Let them know you nominated them (by commenting on their blog etc.)
My seven questions are:
1. Where do most visits to your blog come from? The USA, Australia, Spain and the UK today!
2. What is your favourite sport? I am not much into sport!
3. What has been a special moment for you so far in 2015? So many! Going away for a friend’s 40th was special, as were the friendship’s made at a home schooling camp. Seeing love in action has made my heart glad.
4. What is your favourite quote? ‘Do not be sad that you have suffered…be glad that you have lived.’
5. What was your favourite class when still at school? English and Art (when I started Correspondence School after my back was broken). The Corro School believed in me and it showed!
6. Anything you had wished to have learned earlier? How to be assertive. How to say no and not give all of myself away.
My fellow home schooler, A Momma’s View has nominated me for the Liebster Award. Thankyou my friend! If you haven’t checked out her blog, you have been missing out on some wondrous content.
My questions to you are:
What was the last concert you’ve been to? I saw a lot of theatre this year, more than concerts.
Your favorite song? Too many to list, but included has to be anything by Sia, John Lennon and ‘Candy’ by Iggy Pop and Kate Pierson. Actually, most songs by Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Marianne Faithful and Cream.
What annoys you the most? Don’t get me started! Greed, arrogance, narcissism, gossip, and selfishness in general.
Your favorite food? I love vegetarian food, which is why I am one!
What freaks you out? Heights.
Fashion or sport? Fashion, darling! It has to be your own individual style though.
What can you hardly say no to (or whom)? My daughter, birds and guinea pigs!
Sweet or sour or both? I am more a savoury girl.
Red, white or bubbly? I prefer a good hearty red.
Would you rather be the superhero or the sidekick? Superhero!
What kind of superpower would you like to have? To make people behave decently!
Dear Lily June has nominated me for this wonderful award! I am so thankful, my friend. Thankyou!
Here are the Rules:
Make a post thanking and linking the person who nominated me and include the Liebster Award sticker in the post. [Check! See above!]
Nominate 5-10 other bloggers and notify them of this in one of their posts. [See below!]
All nominated bloggers are to have less than 200 followers. [Oops! I have no clue. Oh ye, gods of the Liebster, forgive me and be merciful.]
Answer the 11 questions posed by your nominator, and create 11 different questions for your nominees to answer. Or, you can repeat the same questions. [I’ve got my own, thanks.]
Copy these rules into your post. [Done and done.]
I have no idea how many followers I have, as I don’t follow the stats. I am just very grateful for you all!
Here are the Questions asked of me:
Have you ever experienced deja vu before? If so, when? I have had many experiences with deja vu. When I am going into the city, meeting strangers and also when my senses are heightened, I get the distinct feeling that I have done it all before.
Do you believe deja vu comes from premonitions into the future or recollections of a false past? If you look into quantum physics, our time-line continuum doesn’t exist anywhere else. It is quite fascinating that you may be sensing people who lived a century ago and they may be thinking of those who come after them at the very same time.
What’s one day or moment in your past you wish you could relive over and over again (in the style of the film Groundhog Day)? The day my I found out I was pregnant and the day she was born.
What’s one day or moment in your past you’re glad you only had to live through once? So many! The day of my fall, the many spinal surgeries, etc. Sadly, I still have nightmares and flashbacks on occasion.
What’s one thing you never get to do, but wish you could? I haven’t been able to skate, ride a bike or horse since my spine was broken, and really wish I could do those sort of things with my daughter.
If you were to have one thought every year on your birthday, what would it be? ‘I am incredibly blessed.’
If there were a day every decade you could indulge in any vice, habit or hobby with no consequence, what would you choose? (Caveat: You can only indulge in it one day every decade, but as much as you want that whole day.) Probably try my luck with a flutter! In everyday life the consequences of gambling aren’t worth it.
What’s the best part of growing up/getting older? Feeling comfortable with who you are, and not accepting any nonsense.
What’s the worst part of growing up/getting older? I have to work hard to keep my bones strong. I definitely feel more pain due to prior injuries.
If you were forced to stay one age forever (a la Kirsten Dunst in Interview with a Vampire), what age would you choose? The age I am now.
Dear Kitty has nominated me for her Real Neat Blog Award! Thankyou my friend! She writes: “Late in 2014, I made this new award: the Real Neat Blog Award. There are so many bloggers whose blogs deserve more attention. So, I will try to do something about that 🙂
It is the first award that I ever made. I did some computer graphics years ago, before I started blogging; but my computer drawing had become rusty 🙂
The ‘rules’ of the Real Neat Blog Award are: (feel free not to act upon them if you don’t have time; or don’t accept awards; etc.):
1. Put the award logo on your blog.
2. Answer 7 questions asked by the person who nominated you.
3. Thank the people who nominated you, linking to their blogs.
4. Nominate any number of bloggers you like, linking to their blogs.
5. Let them know you nominated them (by commenting on their blog etc.)”
My seven questions are:
1. Where do most visits to your blog come from?
The United States, Australia, UK and Canada. Also heavily featured are Spain, Japan, Netherlands, Malaysia, Italy and many more beautiful places!
2. What is your favourite sport?
Um, I don’t have one! I was never a sporty kid, although I admire many sports people. I do like baseball. There is something quite magical about it, as depicted in Field of Dreams and the movie about Babe Ruth.
3. What has been a special moment for you so far in 2015?
So many! Celebrating my daughter’s birthday, beginning our home schooling journey, watching my daughter play Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, happy times with friends, and starting work on Siren Empire, a beautiful website.
4. What is your favourite quote?
I have many! A recent favourite is, “My life is perfect, even when its not”-Ellen DeGeneres.
5. What was your favourite class when still at school?
Art and English.
6. Anything you had wished to have learned earlier?
To love myself, and be kinder to myself.
7. What musical instrument have you tried to play?
The Premio Dardos Award exists to acknowledge the values that every blogger shows in their effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values every day. These stamps were created with the intention of promoting fraternization between bloggers, a way of showing affection and gratitude for work that adds value to the Web.
The beautiful Erika Kind nominated me for this award. Please go over and check out her wonderful site.
Award Rules For The Premio Dardos Award:
Include the Premio Dardos Award Picture and the name of the person that nominated you (Include a link to their blog)
The wonderful Afternoon of Sundries has nominated me for the Sunshine Blogger Award. Thankyou my darling friend!
Now the rules are simple, I must nominate 10 people, thank my wonderful nominator, and create questions of my own!
Here are the questions asked of me:
If you could channel your soul into a spirit animal, what would it be and why?
A bird. My soul has always been simpatico with these whimsical creatures.
2. Who do you secretly stalk online?
I can honestly say that I don’t follow anyone in secret. I only have interest in those that are in my life as friends.
3.What is your power outfit? The getup you wear to make yourself feel confident!
It would have to be a black or red dress, little heels and colourful jewellery. Oh, and red lipstick. It makes me feel brave!
4. If you could make one wish consequence free, what would it be and why?
To have millions of dollars. I could do so much to help the people I love!
5.What musical instruments are you proficient in, or wish you were proficient in?
I wish I could play the guitar. I think that its easier to learn an instrument when you are a child. I would like to learn how to read music one day!
6.What is your guilty pleasure TV show or movie?
Bewitched, I love Lucy, One Foot in the Grave, 6 Feet Under for TV, and Its a Wonderful Life, Les Mis, Wings of Desire and Far Away, So Close for movies.
7.What is your favourite food?
I love Italian and Indian food.
8.What book is your favourite read and why?
I loved Enid Blyton as a child, and was rather startled as an adult to uncover that she was a miserable and vicious lady! Anything by C.S Lewis, Ruth Parks, Alice Sebold, and many more!
9.What do you do for a living?
I have done many things; worked in health food shops, been in promotion, copywriting, been a published author and speaker. I am finishing off a series of children’s books with my daughter and work for Weekend Notes and Siren Empire.
10.What languages do you speak?
English, and that’s it, I’m afraid! My daughter picks up languages easily so I may ask her to teach me!
The wonderful Jose Finemk has nominated me for the Leibster Award. Since I started my blog, I have been overwhelmed at the kindness and friendship shown in the blogging realm.
The Rules.
Thank the blogger who nominated you & answer their questions.
Think of 10 new questions and nominate other bloggers you would like to know more about.
Here are my answers to the questions asked.
1. What is the best photograph you took whilst travelling?
I have a few. Mostly they are of my daughter. Travelling with a fresh pair of eyes incites wonder and a thrilling sense of awe.
Making wishes for peace at Crystal Castle
2. Where would you like to travel that you have never been before?
My soul is calling out for me to travel to London, Paris and New York. I have many wondrous places on my list!
3. Describe your blog in 5 words.
Love, survival, hope, colour and whimsy.
4. If you could speak a language fluently, what would it be?
Definitely Spanish. Such an expressive language!
5. What was the most surprising element of a travel experience? Something you did not expect?
The lightness of my being. There was something freeing about having only the essentials in a little suitcase and feeling okay with it.
6. What were your funniest moments of a journey/time in a new country?
My adult life thus far has been about rebuilding my body, and it has been an expensive endeavour! I haven’t travelled as much as I would have liked, but that is set to change! The furthest I have been is QLD and Adelaide!
7. What do you bring home after a journey?
Precious memories, clothes, jewellery and trinkets.
8. Camping, hostel or hotel? What do you prefer?
As long as I am having an adventure, I don’t mind!
9. Did you see an animal which you did not know of before? If so, which?
I have adored animals my entire life, and am familiar with many. My daughter and I did love seeing these little guys running about Currumbin Sanctuary, pinching food every chance they got!
RAPHAELA ANGELOU 