I was totally
delighted when Sharon of Yellow Cat Designs nominated me for the ‘One Lovely
Blog Award’. Have a look at Sharon’s blog and meet her beautiful cat, Bella.
The Rules:
- Thank the person who nominated
you, and give a link to his/her blog.
- List the rules.
- Display the image of the award
on your post.
- List seven facts about yourself.
- Nominate (up to) 15 bloggers for
this award, and notify them.
1.
I have 109 roses in my garden, not all are
different varieties. A lot are David Austin English roses and I definitely
favour varying shades of pink. It would be hard to pick a favourite, but just
on sheer numbers I would have to choose David Austin’s “Sharifa Asma”, it
performs well and the fragrance is exceptional. Expect to see the odd rose turn
up here from time to time.
2.
I am passionate about gardening and I have a
sadly neglected garden blog, Yard Tales, that I ran (note the past tense here, well, maybe) for two
years. Garden blogging doesn’t yield anywhere near the same readership as a
quilt blog. A popular non-professional (and non-edibles) garden blog will
probably have a readership of 50. Without the community support we have, a
garden blog relies on google searches for visits. After 2 years I have 5
followers and I know them all personally. I am extremely grateful for the strong
on-line quilt community.
3.
Back in the late ‘80s when women’s body
boarding was in its infancy my friend and I entered a body boarding contest to
pick two people to be sent to Sydney to represent Western Australia. My friend
entered because she wanted to go to Sydney, I entered because she wanted
support. I came 5th in the state, or that’s the spin one of my
workmates puts on it. My friend was pretty keen and reasonably experienced; I was
ill-equipped and had half-heartedly paddled around only a couple of times. To set
the scene, the contest was held in a remote section of the beach with all the
usual trappings (the marquee, the guy with the bullhorn, a loud hooter thing); it
was winter and the surf was sloppy; and the lone spectator was my friend’s
mother (unlike the above photo, taken last summer). I headed out into the water for my heat and lost one of my (secondhand
and loose) flippers on the first wave. I looked for it for a while and giving
up started heading back to the beach. One of the organisers started heading down
to the water’s edge waving me to go back out. They needed me to stay in for the
duration of the heat otherwise they wouldn’t have enough numbers to qualify as
a contest, so I went back out and floundered around for another 20 minutes. There
were 5 of us in the contest.
4.
The past is another land they say and the 80s
were no exception. Back in the heyday of Reebok high-tops I was a full time gym
and aerobics instructor. Nowadays I’m pretty much a slob in comparison.
5.
There’s always a goal attached to taking on a
new interest and with the gym stuff it was entering a fitness figure body-building
competition. When it was clear that stress injuries were going to finish my
athletic career it was a case of now or never. The last couple of days in the lead-up
to the contest were the most unhealthiest I have felt (beyond the hangovers of
my youth and genuine illness). To get maximum muscle definition you have to
dehydrate yourself and manipulate your diet, varying extremes of carbs and
protein. I came somewhere in the middle of a pack of 13 this time.
6.
I love a good detective series on TV and I have
only just discovered repeats of Poirot. Often the set designers feature Bauhaus
style art which makes for a bonus!
7.
I am fascinated by snails, there’s no
squishing them and moving on at my house. I love to watch them interact with
each other after rain. I’m no David Attenborough but I have seen them mating
and one laying its eggs in the sand. Did you know it takes 2 years for a snail
to grow to maturity? And that their first original shell is added to as they
grow? Also if their shells crack or partially fall off it will repair. Marvellous
creatures.
Whew! Did you make it to the end?
My nominations for this award are, in alphabetical
order
Anja at Anja
Quilts
Fellow Perth quilter Carla at Granny Maud’s Girl
Fellow Miss-Bee Hivin mate and owner of the cutest
dog in the world Heide at Heide’s
Quilty Hugs
And Sharla at the tongue twisting Thistle
Thicket Studio
