One Lovely Blog Award

I was surprised to discover that today I have been nominated for the One Lovely Blog Award by Caitlin Gow of Genealogically Speaking and Young & Savvy Genealogists, who is a very passionate young Australian genealogist. Caitlin is overwhelming passionate about genealogy and her blogs inspire me in my research and blogging. Thank you very much it is a privilege to be nominated.


The rules for the "One Lovely Blog Award" are:

1. Thank the person who nominated you and link to that blog
2. Share seven things about yourself
3. Nominate 15 bloggers (or as many as you can think of) who you admire
4. Contact your bloggers to let them know that you've tagged them for the One Lovely Blog Award

Seven Things About Me

Prea in north Brasil, one of my many adventurous travels

1. I love researching my family history and sharing my research with other interested family members.
2. I love cooking and baking but am especially passionate about encouraging others to have a go at cooking healthy & tasty food from scratch. I share some of my inspiration at Ruth's Blog on my Foody Friday posts.
3. I am a keen traveller - I have visited all continents of the world except Antarctica (oh and that's counting the America's as one - technically I have not visited North America yet) - again you can read more about my travels at Ruth's Blog - New Zealand and Ruth's Blog - Travels. I love immersing myself in other cultures.
4. My Christian faith is really important to me.
5. I enjoy spending my evenings with a good TV programme and a cross-stitch project in front of me.
6. The history of a place, from the meaning of it's name to the geography, the history of the people who have come from it and to it, is fascinating for me. I think you can really understand the atmosphere a place carries when you look further into it's history and past.
7. The community I live in is amazing!

Nominate 15 Bloggers (or as many as you can think of) Who I Admire

1. Maria Hogan of Maria in the Wood - my sister-in-law, Maria, is the reason I blog, she inspired me to start blogging about my passions and the designs of my blog credit to her . . . thankyou! Plus she makes and sells some really pretty things in her shop.
2. Luke Hogan of Ironclad Shipyard and Found in Praise - my husband's blogs - his art work is amazing and he inspires me!
3. Julie Goucher of Angler's Rest - the inspiration behind The Book of Me, Written by You project which I have loved doing and look forward to the next project...
4. Chris Paton of The British GENES Blog - he keeps me up to date with new releases of records within the UK
5. All the contributors of the Worldwide Genealogy blog - it's a fantastic idea to aid genealogists from all over the world to share their inspiration, all credit goes to the creators of this blog.
6. Compassion UK's blog - Compassion is a charity which I support, their work is incredible and I love being able to sponsor a special child in another country.
7. Jana Last of Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog - Jana is from California and my favourite part of her blog is the Follow Friday's - Fab Finds.