About Me!

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Central, FL, United States
I am a former teacher, aspiring artist, inveterate traveler This blog is about my Florida garden experience and its expression though poetry, philosophy, photography and art. It includes my other creative endeavors. Here can be found posts about travel to other gardens around the world. My garden is a half acre in zone 9a which includes a large water garden. I have mostly a shade garden because of the huge live oak. To keep things easy, I love to grow bromiliads,ferns,gingers and other tropicals. I need to have a low maintenance garden. In the summer we usually have plenty of rain and it transforms into a jungle. I have converted my swamp into the water garden where I grow irises, waterlilies, papyrus, radigan, spikebush and swamp lily. I also grow citrus (lemon,key lime,grapefruit,tangerines,pineapple,and loquats). Me?...Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses. (Ovid)

Oct 30, 2012

trick or treat? OMG! I've been nominated!





Say what? I discovered I was nominated for the beautiful blog award by a blogger I admire who calls himself the "Nitty Gritty Dirt Man" Check him out at http://nittygrittydirtman.wordpress.com/. Thank you Kevin.

So the first thing I wondered is... i Just what happens next?......I  learned that the nod from my benefactor was indeed the honor and I was one of 14 others.

Then I learned of my new responsibility!  Oh yes, and that was to  list 7 things about myself  (could  I be possibly interesting enough?)  and to pick of all my favorite bloggers to nominate!...

What makes a great blog?? Large beautiful pictures, interesting thoughts (insights,  experiences, poetry, humor, a good layout, maybe some artwork by the poster and varied types of posts.(ie tours of other gardens). I have a low attention span so I don't read wordy blogs with a lot of technical information (all worthwhile to be sure). To me,the best bloggers are those who give of themselves and are open and I really like the ones who comment!

First up ,about me

1. I love Thai food and have been to Thailand during the Water Festival
2. I love elephants, been "kissed" by a baby and bathed the adults at the Elephant Nature Park.
3. I raised a squirrel named Freddie and racoons named Fred and Ethel
4. I caught a "wrist strong band" on the Stephen Colbert show taping and went to :the Rally to   Restore Sanity/Keep  Fear Alive
5. I swam on the barrier reef with Wally the Maori Wasse (a huge friendly fish)
6. I saw the latest Pope in a car after we did the Scavi tour under the Vatican
7.Once sat next to James Carville  in business class from Heathrow.
extra....I played the french horn

PICKING IS HARD!


Now to nominate.....

1.Through the Sapphire Sky..... http://through-the-sapphire-sky.blogspot.com/
2.A Tidewater Gardener....http://atidewatergardener.blogspot.com/..great photos
3.The Anxious Gardener....http://theanxiousgardener.com
4.Tales from my Garden...http://talesfrommygarden.blogspot.com/..just beautiful
5 My Weeds are Very Sorry!.....http://laurries.blogspot.com/....very clever indeed!
6.The Iris and the Lily..   ...http://theirisandthelily.wordpress.com/...stunning photos
7.Gatsys Gardens.....http://gatsbysgardens.blogspot.com/
8.The British Gardener......http://www.thebritishgardener.com/
9. Three Dogs in a Garden....http://threedogsinagarden.blogspot.com/
10 Amateur Bot-ann-ist....http://seedcollector.blogspot.com/
11 Fortrum Gardens   .....http://deanneart.blogspot.com/
12.A Southern Eden......http://asoutherneden.blogspot.com/
13.A Plant Fanatic in Hawaii..... http://aplantfanatic.blogspot.com/
14 A Gardener in Progress....http://agardenerinprogress.blogspot.com/


Well I am sure I have overlooked a real favorite... and some great site. but some gardeners are award free and others maybe awarded enough already...I just really just got tired of agonizing... hahaha   There you have it!



restoring fear with my  ?
Award winning carving!
 

                                          Happy Halloween !!!


21 comments:

  1. Leslie Kimel10/30/2012

    Congratulations. Your blog is beautiful and you are definitely interesting. Bathing baby elephants and swimming with Wally the Maori Wasse . . . how cool!

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  2. Rosemary10/30/2012

    Congratulations on your award! That is a very impressive and exciting list, "bathing baby elephants" makes my heart thump with joy :) Thank you so much for nominating me and now I'm off to think of what I will write in my list and who I will nominate...

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    1. sharon10/31/2012

      we gave the adults a bath with a scrub brush in the river as the babies can be rambuncous! A real unique experience!

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  3. Laurrie10/30/2012

    Hearty congrats on the award and I loved reading the interesting factoids! And thanks for passing along the nomination to me as well.

    (I love that demented pumpkin chomping picture!!) Have a happy / safe Halloween!

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  4. Helena10/30/2012

    Congratulations to you!
    It was fun to learn moore about yuo :-)
    /Helena

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  5. Jennifer10/30/2012

    Congratulations and thank you for nominating me as well. After a while, you get to know people, but even so, these awards have a way of revealing interesting tidbits that one might not learn otherwise learn. Who knew you were a french horn player? I played clarinet for years in school bands.I bet there is an interesting story behind the baby squirrel and the racoons Fred and Ethel.

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  6. Deanne Fortnam10/31/2012

    Hey there! that's fantastic! Congratulations and thanks for the nomination

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  7. Unknown10/31/2012

    Thanks for dropping by and alerting me about the word verification. I have never used it so it must be accidentally clicked on while I was doing the layout aand setting. I've just corrected it, thanks to you once again.

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  8. PatMason10/31/2012

    Thanks for dropping by my blog and leaving a comment. I love the 'fairy dust' effect on your heading ... how do you do that?!! Enjoyed reading your posts ... I will visit again :)

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    1. sharon10/31/2012

      thanks...the fairy dust (mouse droppings..hehe) are from a gadget just search online...you put in a HTML gadgetspace..cut and paste..and you can make any color...

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  9. tina10/31/2012

    Congrats on your nomination. You have many of my favorites on your list.

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  10. Nadezda11/01/2012

    Sharon, thanks for stopping by my blog!
    And congratulation on your Award, I've read your posts and think you deserve it!
    Nadezda
    http://northern-garden.blogspot.com

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  11. My Garden Diaries11/01/2012

    Congrats to you!!!!! Awesome stuff lady! I enjoyed learning more about you in your list.....LOVE that you were kissed by a baby elephant...that would make my year!

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  12. Helena11/05/2012

    I am 'token' it means fool :-) gardenfool or something like that :-)
    Hugs from me!

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  13. Carolyn @ Carolyn's Shade Gardens11/06/2012

    Congratulations on your award. I love the pumpkin with the little pumpkin in its mouth. I will have to remember to show my son.

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  14. Lona11/07/2012

    Congrats Sharon!!
    Here is a link to the Fibro badge butterfly. Sorry to hear that you have it too.
    http://media-cache4.pinterest.com/upload/1759287323944760_xVRwFMz6_f.jpg

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  15. stardust11/08/2012

    Hi, Sharon! A smile escaped my lips to see the title and the image. What a clever way to show your pleasant surprise on Halloween. This lovely blog really deserves the Beautiful Blogger Award. Congratulations.

    Thanks for your visit and a lovely comment to my last post and sorry for my delayed visit.

    Yoko

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  16. ☆sapphire11/12/2012

    Thank you so much for your kind words. I've made something(secret!), inspired by one of your posts. I'll post about it next time If you have time, please take a glance at it. What I've made is not as beautiful as yours though.
    The pumpkins look really GREAT!

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  17. Les11/26/2012

    The question is: did you play the French horn while you were sitting next to James Carville?

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    1. sharon11/27/2012

      no...hahaha......I dont think I could ever remember the fingering by now! and He read the whole 8 hours over....and got treated like a celeb..
      but I,ve seen better celebs like Lauren Bacall in an elevator in St Pete (Carol Burnett,James Garner).And Montel Williams in an elevator at the Canyons in Utah and MC Hammer at the San Fran airport and a couple others..

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  18. Unknown1/21/2013

    hi

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