16 February 2009

7 things I love


I am indeed honoured to receive this lovely art blog award today from the talented Christine Grove of Sunshine Hill. Thank you Christine! In accordance with the rules I now have to list 7 things I love and pass on the award on if possible. Listing is easy, but tagging is more difficult as there are so many wonderful blogs out there! Anyway, here goes first with a list of my 7 loves (not including my family, friends and cat, as that goes without saying), nor in any special order of preference:


1. I live most of the year in the tropics, but when we visit Europe, I do love to walk in the countryside, particularly in the English Lake District or West Country. The bluebell woods are magnificent in Spring.



2. My lovely Malaysian garden filled with the scent of the gorgeous Frangipani flower which comes in pale pink, dark pink and white. Hmm, heavenly!



3. Japanese hand silk-screened paper. The colours, textures and patterns are so beautiful.



4. The sheer delicacy of a dragonfly's wing. (Click for a closer view).



5. Delicious, icy, crisp, gooseberry/citrus-flavoured New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc wine.



6. The combination of turquoise and coral in jewellery.



7. Fragrant, spicy Thai food. The photo shows Mieng Kham which is a delicious appetiser - you just place a small spoonful from each bowl (roasted coconut, peanuts, chilis etc) onto a leaf, add some sauce, wrap the leaf and pop into your mouth. Scrumptious!

Now I'm going to pass the award on to the following very creative people. Be sure to check out their inspirational blogs!

Cathy of One Pink Goose
Monica of msc4Art and Books
Andrea of Andrea Joseph's Sketchblog
Cati of El camino a casa
Louisa of Mousetales
Gennine of Gennine's Art Blog
Roberta of A Mouse in the House

P.S. To those I've nominated, please do take the award, but don't feel obliged to keep tagging if you've been tagged recently - I've noticed that many creative bloggers have stacks of awards and imagine that it becomes pretty time consuming to keep listing and tagging!










9 comments:

  1. What gorgeous photos! Oh, I envy you your garden. Beautiful flowers. I can almost smell them. And I go GA-GA over Japanese decorative paper!!! Wonderful list. :)

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  2. Wonderful list, I love how you added photos to it! The dragonfly is so beautiful, and the Thai food looks yummy!

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  3. Thank you Caroline. What a delightful list!
    I'm honored to have been chosen.

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  4. HI,Carole!!!
    You are so so so gentle ;-)
    I send you a Big Hug! and I start thinking about the things I love most...hehe, it will be funny :-)
    I like those things you like too! And I like the way you show them beautiful photos! thankyou! :-)

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  5. HI,Carole!!!
    You are so so so gentle ;-)
    I send you a Big Hug! and I start thinking about the things I love most...hehe, it will be funny :-)
    I like those things you like too! And I like the way you show them beautiful photos! thankyou! :-)

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  6. Thanks for nominating me Caroline. I have about ten million things I love but I will try to keep myself to just 7...lol. Love the items on your list especially bluebells (that will be one of mine too) and the Japanese silk-screened paper - gorgeous.

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  7. Oh beautiful pics Caroline! I specially love the first one. I would love to be right there right now!

    Those papers are gorgeous! You are so right about that.. and I LOVE Thai food as well. :o)

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  8. Thank you so much, Caroline, for selecting me for this award! What a lovely and beautiful list you have put together...

    What an honor, thank you!!

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  9. Thank you so much, Caroline. I would like to say that I'll pass it on, but I may never get around to it. I appreciate it lots, though. Cheers.

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