AN AWARD FROM ME TO YOU

A few weeks ago I received this award from Christy, my blog friend who lives in the Phillipines and who blogs at Sweet Tidings.

The Blogging Friends Forever Rules are:

1. Only five people allowed.
2. Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog.
3. One has to be someone new, or recently new to your blog, or live in another part of the world.
4. You must link back to whoever gave you the 'Blogging Friends Forever' award.

This is a first for me, to be passing on an award on my garden blog. I do find it very difficult having to choose just a handful of names. I enjoy, and learn so much from reading every blog from every name I have listed in my sidebar.

Anyway, these are who I have chosen:

Suzanne at Create Fun & Mess
Gillian at Reflections in the Afternoon
Sal at Sal's Snippets
Lavinia at The Birdbath Chronicles
The Dutchess

All these ladies cross over to my home blog too.

my photo

POPPIES

Did you notice poppies were voted the most favourite self-seeder in my June poll receiving 43% of the votes? Nigella (love in the mist) and verbena bonariensis came in joint second with 23%, and borage trailed in last with 10%. I have all these self-seeding in my garden, hence the choices!

Luckily I took a photo at Denmans of their colourful patch of poppies, because in my garden the ones that have flowered have now gone to seed. The flowers only last a day or so and with the winds we have been having they haven't stood much of a chance.



I was very kindly given this Arte Y Pico award recently by Gillian at Reflections in the Afternoon whose lovely blog shares my liking for the garden, illustrations and artwork. I would like to pass it on to Christy at Sweet Tidings. She has already received this award, but I am sure she won't mind receiving it again! If you haven't already made a visit, Christy has a lovely blog packed with crafting, cookery and lots more besides.

AWARD NUMBER ONE

Daffy, this ones for you ... having recently discovered your love of elephants, this award could only be for you!