Tuesday 26 May 2015

One Lovely Blog

There is lovely hop going on around blogland at the moment called One Lovely Blog award. I have been nominated by Marly, Lara and Judy, and I have to say a big thank you. I love their blogs and follow them using Feedly so I don't miss a post.

The plan is if you accept an award, then you write a blog post and:
  • Thank the person who nominated you and provide a link to their post.
  • Share 7 things your readers may not know about yourself.
  • Choose 10 blogs to nominate for the award. (It is fine to nominate less than ten, just however many you feel comfortable with.)
So here goes:
    1.  I have a great love of learning and love trying new techniques.  Kind of addicted to Craftsy and Coursera!  I have 2 degrees -  I trained as an Mechanical Engineer specialising in Materials & Design and when I moved away from home and found myself with time on my hands due to a lack of knowing anyone,  I went and studied for an Arts degree in English Lit with a combined minor in Philosophy & Psychology.  I also went and got a certificate from New York Institute of Photography in film photography but I'm done with exams now - no more ever!

    2.   You probably know I'm a bit dog mad by now.  I have kept the collars of every dog we've ever had.  We don't get them for long so its a privilege to have them in our lives - at least that's what I tell myself when I'm hoovering up dog hair and buying lint brushes in the shop every week!  Best dog movie - Red dog, an Australian movie that I love to bits.

    3.   I love stories!  G tells me I have a huge capacity for crap TV programs. I'm not sure about that but I am very happy to suspend disbelief as long as the story is going somewhere.  I love Science Fiction & anything imaginative.  Once Upon a Time is a firm favourite of mine!

    4.   G and I have been together 17 years as a couple, though we know each other much longer than that.  Mum says we were in playschool together.  I definitely don't remember that but he was my date for the Debs (our Prom!) and we lived within a block of each other growing up!

    5.   I collect vintage cameras - not the expensive ones! (3 box brownies for 10 quid!) I did have a Hasselblad XPAN but I sold it.  Wish I'd kept it!  My favourite camera, not vintage, to use at the moment is a Fuji mirrorless APS-C.  I have all the control that I need, a nice wide 18mm lens and its small and lightweight!  G bought it for me for my 40th - thank you G!  (He also bought me my first digital camera for my 30th!)


    6.   I love to travel and that's when most of my photos get taken, Cuba and China were my favourite holidays ever, so far!

    7.  I cry at rescue stories, not the bit were the people get in trouble but when they make it through safe and sound!  I know it doesn't make sense.

    So some of my favourite blogs I'm nominating that the others haven't yet covered as far as I can see are:


    A Quarter Inch from the Edge
    Ella & Nestas Little Room
    Fluffy Sheep Quilting
    Just Jude
    Pennydog Patchwork
    Neros Patch & Post
    Slaney handcraft
    Sew Fresh Quilts 
    Sew Giving
    Sew Me
    It is a wonderful thing to be nominated and I am delighted to participate and share some of my favourite blogs that I hope you will go check out for yourselves and see why I like them so much. I could have picked so many more (I follow 127 closely, and over 300 when I get a chance to read them on feedly!)  Please go visit Marly, Lara and Judy's blogs too, you will not be disappointed!

    36 comments:

    1. Thank you! What a lovely surprise. This sounds really fun...

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    2. What a sweet post! It is so nice to get to know you a little better, Ruth. I must say I agree... You do have one lovely blog!

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    3. Hi Ruth, all this time and I never discovered your blog! Loved reading your 7 facts and getting to 'know' you better! Thank you so much for the nomination. I will struggle to find 7 facts as interesting as yours!! Jxo

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    4. Hi Ruth! I found you from reading Lara B's blog! I loved reading your facts . I am now a follower, and look forward to seeing your projects. Your Upstream quilt is gorgeous!
      Susie

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    5. Your post was fun to read and I love your little dogs! I will definitely follow your blog!

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    6. Ruth, I knew you were very curious and loved to learn, but it is fascinating to hear how much you have studied and traveled! Wow wee! I'm also so very impressed by how many blogs you keep up with - I see your thoughtful and warm comments practically everywhere I go. I love the sweet story of you & G! It's great to see your list - which includes many of my very favorite bloggers!

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    7. Thank you Ruth for nominating my blog! I enjoyed your post and reading more about you! So I'm on my way to make my list... Have a lovely day! x Teje

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    8. I haven't decided if I'm going to do this yet (I probably will but not nominate anyone myself) but thank you for nominating me. Except the sci-fi thing we are so very similar! I am a bit concerned that you won't be able to buy film for that APS camera for much longer though ;)

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    9. Great post, Ruth! I'm not surprised you were nominated multiple times :) Your educational background is impressive and might explain a little about the precision in your quilts!! What a lovely love story you and G share!

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    10. wow - such different degree's you did! And I cry in rescue stories too!

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    11. Visiting from BuzzinBumble and thanks for sharing some things about yourself. Your landscape is great -happy and free! I love my dogs too, can't live without them but I could do without the hair balls, just sayin'

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    12. Ruth I was just about to nominate you. Congratulations!!

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    13. I love dogs also, miss having one.

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    14. I always enjoy these posts - it's lovely to learn a bit more about you.

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    15. It's good to learn more about you, Ruth; what a versatile lady you are! Thanks for introducing me to your choice of "great reads" too.

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    16. This is my first time visiting and I really enjoyed looking around!! :)

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    17. Great to learn a little more about you! :)

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    18. I am so happy Lara dangled the carrot in front of my nose to go visit the blogs she nominated! It is a pleasure to read about you, and meet you, though I think I've been here before (and I don't mean in another life, although we could go there...) in a linky party. I can relate to many things you said: my dad had a Brownie camera and I used it as my first, ONCE!!!! love it, (and I watch very little TV, so that's saying something), travel, yes, wish I had more $$ to go more places and back to some I've already been, DOGS, love learning...think I'll be hanging around and following you. :-)

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    19. Good to learn more about you Ruth!

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    20. Lara sent me from her blog. I loved reading the 7 facts about you. I love to travel too. Italy has been my favorite so far.
      kdavis1@centurytel.net

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    21. Sent here by Lara B. at BuzzinBumble who love s your blog! I am a dog lover too and keep something special from each dog I have had. I am going to look up the movie Red Dog and enjoy it too! Have a happy day!

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    22. I love dogs. I used to have a pug but she passed away. I'm looking for another one. I like your blog!

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    23. I love dogs too. I love how they always think you're awesome, no matter what! Thanks gor sharing some things about you.

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    24. Since your blog is new to me I checked out your gallery. So many lovely projects! The Wilbur Ticker Tape Wall Hanging made me smile -- so cool!

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    25. I live in the state where the Red Dog story started. I have heard that the dog even had a pension fund that locals contributed to to pay his vet bills.

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    26. How great...reading about each other...finding new blogs! Thanks for sharing!

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    27. We are dog mad, too. (In the good way, of course.) And by our back door we have a pewter plate on which we keep the collars and tags of the dogs who are no longer here to wear them. Funny how personal those are, like my dad's old, well-worn wallet. Seems you and we are kindred souls.

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    28. Wow Ruth, you're one qualified lady! Love your story about G...really romantic how you know each other for so long😍

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    29. Fun Lovely Blog Award! Love to read you, and visit your favorites!

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    30. Hasselblad XPAN --- would love... I used to print my own photo's and miss that process. Now quilting is a new love! Thanks for sharing!

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    31. I haven't seen Red Dog (animal movies always make me cry!!) but I used to live in the area where he was from. Never heard of him while I was there though (so didn't check out his statue)

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    32. Thanks for sharing, Ruth. It's nice to learn more about you. Happy camera hunting.

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    33. Thanks for sharing I love reading people seven things, such a cool background with some great travel.

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