djmatticus of the matticuskingdom has been kind enough to give me the ‘Versatile Blogger’ award…..and following the Perpetua rules I shall be fairly relaxed about the dos and don’ts……
Not only do I thank the giver of the award – I urge you to go over to the kingdom and take a look for yourself….you don’t even need a visa.
Now…fifteen blogs:
Sandysviews is a must, and not only because he was kind enough to give me the same award elsewhere!
He writes about whatever strikes him…and writes about it jolly well…a real pleasure when a new post pops up.
roughseasinthemed blogs about life in Gibraltar, travels in Spain, politics, history, food…and geocaching which I hope I have spelled correctly. Oh…and Falklands memories too….
And while geocaching is in my mind don’t miss Ken Brownon ‘where the fatdog walks’…not just for geocaching – his secret vice – but for dogs and walking the hills (mostly soggy) of Scotland.
And when you take a look, gee him up for another post…even for a Scot his Hogmanay break is over extended and I want to see more photographs of Mabel.
Frightened of going into hospital and catching something worse than that with which you went in? Read Carrie Rubin’s novel ‘The Seneca Scourge’ and you’ll have the habdabs…..but her blog will have you laughing.
Pooch has one careful owner – status viatoris – now based in Italy, but who is currently writing about her early experiences…in every sense of the word…in Spain.
Unmissable. So’s Pooch.
And a word in your ear about Sue Llewellyn’s ‘A Word in Your Ear’. I’m not normally a fan of photography – probably jealous – but this is a beauty. A recent post on Flinders Street station has me going back continually.
Back to Bodrum gives a varied look at life in and around Bodrum in Turkey….with the bonus of archeology! How often a post will make me wish i’d spent longer there and done more looking around.
Croixblanches will introduce you not only to ‘Nowhere-on-Thames’ but also to a village in the French countryside featuring cannabis growers, German occupiers and elaborate roundabouts….
Before you grumble at your other half for losing things nip over to ‘Where’s My Effing Pony?’ and catch the work of an master of the art…The Artistic One…and his not at all suffering wife. They go to some lovely places…with or without his passport.
But don’t bother reporting the loss of your passport to the police in England: Inspector Gadget will tell you why…the inside story of policing.
And the inside story on the life of a magistrate ‘The Magistrates’ Blog’ may enlighten you as to the harm being done to a system of justice which used to be marked by independence…..
Something more cheerful? Then you need ‘Linda’s Lair’ where a great lady battles her depression by lifting ours with her videos and photographs…there’s some interesting architecture in there when the weather is fine enough for her to go out, as well as shrubs, flowers and – my favourite – ducks.
Emerging from his cave to chronicle his life and times is Adullamite who has a lot of stuff I like going on….troopships, steam trains…and a wonderful post on the difference if you marry a Scottish girl!
Brilliant photographs…even better text from Susie Kelly on ‘No damn blog’. Animals, travels, daily life…all seen from her own angle. And she writes super books, too!
And whatever else you do…please visit The Slog. 3-D bollocks deconstruction, to get a not-as-pubished-in-the-media view of what’s going on in the financial and political world.
We’re all doomed……so have a good read before you go!
Congrats on the award, and thank you so much for the nod as well as the plug for my book! Always appreciated. And yes, my virus is pretty nasty. 🙂
I think about this when blowing my nose….
Congratulations on the award, Helen! I am really happy for you. 🙂
And a real pleasure to pass it on to you!
Congrats, Helen! And well deserved – although for some reason I hadn’t yet come across this particular blog of yours. How many have you actually got?? Thank you also for the mention, Pooch is busily scribbling his thank you speech as I write!
The story of my blogs is a tangled tale…..
Looking forward to Pooch’s speech….
Congrats Helen and thank you so much for mine and your kind words! I’m thrilled! x
A pleasure!
Congratulations Helen, and thanks for the links to more blogs to add to the browsing list!
If the weather turns foul again you{ll have something to read to pass the time…
Thanks for the blog list suggestions, and yours is indeed a most versatile blog. 🙂
I like these blogs very much…hope you enjoy them too.
Congratulations, Helen, and thanks for the links to some most interesting sounding blogs. I may have to give up eating and sleeping though…..:-)
Yes, this not having time to read all the good blogs one comes across unless giving up normal functioning was not mentioned in the blurbs about blogging…
When I retire I will read all the blogs but for now I really do have to do the day job – shame really.
As long as the day job is writing…
Unfortunately not Helen.
Not yet.
I had a good read, you win!
From that post on marrying a Scottish girl, what did you expect!
Congratulations and thanks for the mention. I’ll enjoy grazing on your selection of blogs.
The pleasure’s all mine.
Congratulations Helen 😀 – and many thanks for my nomination 😆 .
A new post is a challenge at the minute – life has been a boring slog with the new pups this past few weeks and access to my upstairs computer very limited due to the constraints generated by those same little beasties. However I managed an hour tonight so you may see something soon. 😀
You mean you have had to put the computer on top of the wardrobe to keep it out of reach….I saw Mabel’s leaping ability in the last photographs.
Great…something to look forward to!
Wow! Thank you so much and, more importantly, congratulations to you on a worthy and deserved award! I’m touched that you passed it on to me, and it was a pleasant surprise after I surfaced from being (literally) lost in translation over the last couple of days! I’m having a spot of bother breaking in to WordPress but by dint of struggle I got here to leave my thanks!
Without Perpetua WordPress would have remained forever a closed book to me…but I’m glad you managed to prise it open…
And without Perpetua, Blogging would have remained a closed book to me..she has a lot to answer for!
Indeed she has!
Hi Helen,
Thank you so much for your kindness in mentioning my blog, it really means so much to me…as does your friendship. Thanks so much for your encouragement, you are a great inspiration to me.
And who is it, do you think, who has made me try to do better with photography….?
Not that the results are wonderful to date…but I’ll keep trying!
Thanks, Linda!
Excellent….lots more blog browsing time has now been pencilled in…. such an enjoyable way to spend time. Looks like some great links here, thanks. J.
They’re all blogs I like very much…for differing reasons.
Hope you enjoy.
Hi Helen, Only just found you as your email went into my spam box…how COULD it?? Anyway, good to find you on form and an award winner. Great selection for me to get my teeth into over the next few days when we too are hit by horrid weather. Take care, Axxx
Computers can do anything…if it’s stupid enough…I shall do mine for infangthief if it loses any more stuff…
I enjoy all these blogs…very different content so there’s something for all moods!
Congratulations! And how nice and generous of you to share links to some great blogs. Sometimes, it becomes a hit and miss here to find interesting blogs. Thanks!
I have to tell you that I read some of the blogs by Adullamite…. on marrying a Scottish girl—— I was laughing out loud. Thanks for referring me to that blog…. Funny stuff! I was interested because my Dad was part Scottish!
Hope you don’t mind if i reply to both comments in this reply.
They are super blogs, aren’t they….and yes, for any woman with Scots’ ancestry that post from Adullamite was a hoot!
My father was part Scott…. never knew his mom…. my grandma as she died when I was only two. I imagine that she had a strong but very sweet character from what I hear. I wished that I had known her!
I knew both sets of grandparents…it helped not to idealise them.
Thanks Helen, much appreciated. Back from a short break so expect a post soonish that will probably cover all the aspects you mention on my blog 😀
I do have a few awards to post about but I am rather slack about adding them ….
Anyways, good to see some potentially interesting new reading there. And as one of your other commenters said – how many blogs do you have? [But bet I have more :D]
A tangled tale, my blogs!
Ye can rin but ye cannae hide frae me bonny quine.
Heard the one about the Scot, the Frog, the Belg, an the C’rican?
Nope??
Thought not.
Nor have I.
But I’m working on it. Kind of. Not.
Pukka name for ye new bloggy by th’ way. Very you.
Talking of great big helpful neon signs… Yoo’re gonnae have tae gie a better camouflageist. Your wonderful and distinctive prose was an instant give away, the moment the dust cleared after sliding down the chimney to ye new blog here.
Ah jist wish eh’d bin wearin’ somethin’ under mah kilt that’s aw.
An’ whit ever ye dae in yer next life, dornt whit ever ye dae come back as a groose. Ye kin?!!
McTonto of the Clan Macscarper.
P.S. and no I haven’t actually wasted perfectly good coin learning how to type in fluent Scot. I just lobbed it all into the translate box of this bonny little site here. Made me chuckle too it did:
http://www.whoohoo.co.uk/scottish-translator.asp
P.P.S. I’ll steal back later to read the posts properly ‘in your secret new disguise’ when time permits.
P.P.P.S Would you still like me to send you a formal email requesting the address details of your new blog?
Chimney crashing was so much more fun!!
Specially in mah new kilt… An’ naethin’ else !!!
Happy New Year to one and both of thou’s btw…
Hello Phil!
Using your wonderful translation site allows me to assure you that ye can drap doon th’lum onytime…but be awaur ‘at thaur a big dug oan th’ hearth.
An’ dornt teel me, yer big hairy duggy is partial tae a lunch ay weel hung haggis, neeps an’ tatties too.
Aaahh. Thank ye kindly fur th’ warnin’ McFly. I’ll be takin’ a wee visit tae th’ shed tae see if mah chain mail jock strap still fits as snugly as it used tae ‘en…
It is good to see you here…..I’d been worried about you after that drone you were riding crashed through the roof….