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!