11 Tuesday Mar 2014
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A very big thank you to all my supporters out there. I have reached 30 000 hits on my blog. Without you all this would not be possible.
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Carl Jung
18 Tuesday Feb 2014
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My heartfelt thanks to Mungai and the Goa Constrictor for nominating me for another STAR bringing the total number to 5 STARS.
Cultivate the habit of being grateful
for every good thing that comes to you
and to give thanks continuously.
And because all things have contributed
to your advancement, you should include
all things in your gratitude
Ralph Waldo Emerson
My nominations for this award are :
Congratulations! 
08 Saturday Feb 2014
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Dear Kitty has very generously nominated me for” Field of Flowers award”. Yes are quite correct Dear Kitty, one cannot ever have enough flowers 🙂 Thank you so much.
Patty, who created this award, writes about it:
“I already created an award once (The Semper Fidelis Award) and today I felt like creating another one.
~~The Field of Flowers Award~~
Note: I have created this new award because there are some people who I would give a field full of flowers if I could.
Not just a couple of flowers… No, a field full of them.
Because they can use it, to thank someone or because they simply deserve it. Flowers give color, flowers say ‘I Care’ and flowers are nature’s gift to us.
You give them to show someone you care or to celebrate something. Just spreading a little love and care.
Rules:
Thank the blogger who nominated you
Place the award on your blog
Nominate 7 other bloggers and write a little something about why you would give these bloggers A Field Of Flowers
Let your nominees know that you nominated them
Of course you don’t have to accept an award, just know you’re appreciated!
My seven nominees are:
Hortusclosus – Pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés
Iris and the Lily – a wonderful nature and gardening blog
Mummy Flying Solo – an inside look at a Mommy flying solo
Julie Green Art –
“Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.”
– Unknown
Amber Africa – A life without regrets.
Tales from the Lou –
Francis Bacon (1605) wrote “Critical thinking is a desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and hatred for every kind of imposture.” –
Meticulous Mick – A lover of the outdoors, nature and beauty in all its forms.
Congratulations! 🙂
30 Monday Dec 2013
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Today is my first anniversary of blogging on WordPress. What a wonderful, eventful year it has been. I am finding that blogging becomes totally obsessive, and I am always looking at life and situations to see if I can can a blog in it. My family here on WordPress has been very supportive and it is such a wonderful feeling to feel appreciated. Thank you to everyone.
In return of all the good will, I would like to offer the first 20 people to email me on the contact form, naming the flowers above. Please include you name and postal details so I may send you a free packet of seed harvested from my garden.
27 Friday Dec 2013
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As the end of the year approaches, I find that I have been nominated for 6 awards very generously from my fellow bloggers.
I thank you all for the the support and encouragement of the past year. It is very nice to be appreciated.
The Belmont Rooster awarded me this award in early December. Lonnie thank you so much for nominating me, I am much honored.
I follow NO rules, so just my nominees will appear at the end .
Ajaytao has nominated me for a Christmas Bouquet of awards. Thank you so much dear friend…. I AM very grateful.
Cultivate the habit of being grateful
for every good thing that comes to you
and to give thanks continuously.
And because all things have contributed
to your advancement, you should include
all things in your gratitude
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dear Kitty has given me my fourth star and WordPress Family award Thank you so much. You can find all the badges and banners and information you need via this link: ‘Blog of The Year 2013′ Award Badges.
Here is what Shaun, the creator of the WordPress Family Award, had to say about it :
“This is an award for everyone who is part of the “Word Press Family”. I start this award on the basis that the WordPress family has taken me in, and showed me love and a caring side only WordPress can. The way people take a second to be nice, to answer a question and not make things a competition amazes me here. I know I have been given many awards, but I wanted to leave my own legacy on here by creating my own award, as many have done before. This represents “Family” we never meet, but are there for us as family. It is my honour to start this award”.
I do feel that WordPress has given me a new online “Family” and I am proud to nominate the following members of my family for this award.
My nominees are (of course, all nominees like always are free to accept or decline the nomination. In this case, they may also choose any 3 other awards.
Congratulations to all the nominees! Best of luck to every one!
02 Monday Dec 2013
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Good morning! 🙂 Voting for the SA Blog Awards opens today. Please vote for Ariston Organic if you have enjoyed this blog. Look for the voting button. Click on it and enter your email address.
http://website.sablogawards.com/2013/vote/voteforme/54
Many thanks
Photo credit : J Duncan Taylor
25 Monday Nov 2013
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Nigel Boldero of “Old School Garden” has re-nominated me for this award. This is now my 2nd Star. This is a great Honor indeed. Thank you 🙂 I have also enjoyed your posts over the year Nigel. Thank you so much for the nomination.
My nominations for this award are :
The instructions for this award are simple:
1-Select the blog(s) you think deserve the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award.
2-Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen- there are no minimum or maximum number of blogs required- and ‘present’ the blog(s) with their award.
3-Let the blog(s) that you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the instructions with them- (please don’t alter the instructions or the badges!)
4-Come over and say hello to the originator of the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award via this link: http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/blog-awards-2-/blog-of-the-year-2013-award/
5-You can now also join the Blog Of The Year Award Facebook Page.Click the link here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlogoftheYear
Share your blog posts with an even wider audience.
6-And as a winner of the award- please add a link back to the blog that presented you with this award-and then proudly display the award on your blog- and start collecting stars!
Yes-That’s right-There are stars to collect!
Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once-this award is different!
When you begin you will receive the ’1 star’ award- and every time you are given the award by another blog- you can add another star!
There are a total of 6 stars to collect.
Which means that you can check out your favorite blogs- and even if they have already been given the award by someone else- you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum of 6 stars! You can either ‘swop’ your badge for the next one each time you are given the award- or even proudly display all six badges if you are lucky enough to be presented with the award 6 times!
You can find all the badges and banners and information you need via this link: ‘Blog of The Year 2013′ Award Badges.
Congratulations to all the nominees! Best of luck!
20 Wednesday Nov 2013
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Dear Kitty has awarded me “Blog of 2013 the year” award. Thank you so much, this award is a great honor for me and I am much humbled. Dear Kitty has now had 2 awards and has earned 2 stars. Congratulations!
The blogs I nominate are :
Dear Kitty (now 3 stars)
The instructions for this award are simple:
1-Select the blog(s) you think deserve the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award.
2-Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen- there are no minimum or maximum number of blogs required- and ‘present’ the blog(s) with their award.
3-Let the blog(s) that you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the instructions with them- (please don’t alter the instructions or the badges!)
4-Come over and say hello to the originator of the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award via this link: http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/blog-awards-2-/blog-of-the-year-2013-award/
5-You can now also join the Blog Of The Year Award Facebook Page.Click the link here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlogoftheYear
Share your blog posts with an even wider audience.
6-And as a winner of the award- please add a link back to the blog that presented you with this award-and then proudly display the award on your blog- and start collecting stars!
Yes-That’s right-There are stars to collect!
Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once-this award is different!
When you begin you will receive the ’1 star’ award- and every time you are given the award by another blog- you can add another star!
There are a total of 6 stars to collect.
Which means that you can check out your favorite blogs- and even if they have already been given the award by someone else- you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum of 6 stars! You can either ‘swop’ your badge for the next one each time you are given the award- or even proudly display all six badges if you are lucky enough to be presented with the award 6 times!
You can find all the badges and banners and information you need via this link: ‘Blog of The Year 2013′ Award Badges.
Congratulations to all the nominees! Best of luck to every one!
23 Wednesday Oct 2013
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A few days ago A Curious Mind awarded me this wonderful award
Thank you so much, I feel very honored to be part of this award again. This is the second time this award has come my way.
*RULES of The Award:
1. Ping back to the person who gave you the Award.
2. Display the Award.
3. Display text in Red (if posible) as the creator of this Award wants people to know why he made it.
4. Nominate 10 people you look to as almost family here on WordPress.
“Creator of this Award”
Now it is time for me to pass on this award.
28 Wednesday Aug 2013
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Thank you so much Shaun for awarding me the “SUNSHINE” award.
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.
Luther Burbank
The rules are simple and provided below
(1) Thank the person who gave you the award in your blog post.
(2) Do the Q&A below.
(3) Pass on the award to 10 – 12 deserving and inspiring bloggers, inform them and link to their blogs.
Questions to answer . (You please answer the same ones)
My nominations for this award are :
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