Sunday, July 25, 2010

A Lovely Surprise...

This beautiful, charming & wonderfully witty English
woman, called Christina Lindsay, who writes one of the
most fascinating blogs around has given a blog award
to me....I thank her so very much.



It's called the
Super Comments Award



The rules are as follows:
Post it on your blog.
OK, now I've done  that.


Thank and link the person who gave it to you.
Thank you so so much, precious Christina,

 link to "Fashion's Most Wanted" is on my right side bar.

Answer the ten questions that come with the award.

Nominate some of your favourite blogs

here are the questions



1.  Why do you blog?
Until I actually started in earnest with blogging I certainly would
not have answered the way I will answer now. I live in Houston &
one idle afternoon I bumped into Cote de Texas, a beautiful blog written by
another Houstonian, an Interior Designer named Joni.  
From there the process began.
There are so many brilliantly talented people across the world  and this
medium of  finding & friending someone who has your same interests 
and/or style is a big adventure.   It is a way to reach across the oceans, the skys, 
the stars and connect with another through the most basic of all
human capabilities, communication.

In this way of communication we have our own writing & speaking 
style, and then we have photographs from literally everywhere available 
 to us to further express our thoughts & dreams. 
When someone else who is blogging happens upon "our" site  and they stop long
enough to read our words & leave a comment a connection is made. 
From there we have limitless possibilities, don't we?
Further, the creative people who write their blogs have a desire to be accepted,
not just for their creativity, but for their humanity...
we are reaching out & touching someone in this new way. 
 Once hooked, forget about it, you're hooked, the content of your
 posts become  extremely important. You want to make each
post as wonderful as it can be. You don't post if you can't top what you've
already done (something all artists feel as they progress with their work,
the next one is always better than the last one, because the work is
evolving continually).
I have made some amazing beautiful connections via this process.
 I can truly say I miss them when they are absent for a while,
and I hope they are OK.
I think, soon it will be a year I've been seriously blogging...I wouldn't know
Catherine, Christina, Charlotta, Yvonne #1, Yvonne #2, Juls, Renee, Deb,
Simone, Tish, Hakan, Greet, Cecilia, Jenn, Dawn, Crystal, Lene,
Connie & on & on except for blogging.
  All of you know exactly what I mean.
Each day I take my little dogs out, grab my coffee & sit before my
 computer screen to see what beautiful images await me. 
It is my own private time, I'm still in my pj's.
And, I love it. I smile most of the time.
And, on the day we learned of Marija's death, I cried.
I think you know I'm addicted.

 
2.  What are your three best memories?

Dinner at Le Moulin de Mougins Restaurant
located 6km from Cannes, noted for their
truffle stuffed zucchini flowers, a
place so famous, & frequented by statesmen,
movie stars, everyone who is famous,
(& we were there too)

Christmas at home with a tree 22' high, it took
me 3 days to decorate it, the dinners, the party,
and my family.

My grandmother who is the real Mom-Mom.
Never bored, Brilliantly educated, Wonderfully Funny,
& she loved everyone, except my mother.
She made life as a child just so much fun for me.




3.  Name the four best fiction books you've read?
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
The Great Gatsby,  by F. Scott Fitzgerald  
Presumed Innocent, by Scott Turow 
The Horse Whisperer, by Nicolas Evans

4. What is the best 5 movies ever made?
The Departed, Martin Scorsese
Godfather 1 & 2, Frances Ford Coppola
Lawrence of Arabia, David Lean
Atonement, Joe Wright (Ian McEwan's book)
The Princess Bride, Rob Reiner

5. Name five things you couldn't live without?  

Family & Friends are guaranteed, so we're not counting here
My 2 little doggies, FiFi & Bono
Cell Phone
Computer
Ironed Sheets
Lip Gloss & Eye Makeup
 
 
6.  If you had to change your name, what would it be?
Gypsy Rose Lee


7. Tell us a unique and interesting fact about yourself?
I'm very very witty, give fabulous dinner parties at home,
love music, love to travel (but not alone), would
move to the Pacific NW in a flash, am generous to a fault,


 
8. What do you love best about yourself?
Being a really good conversationalist
 


9. If you had a "Freaky Friday" experience, who would you change places with?
Maybe Christina...she has a really cool life,
she's beautiful & she's younger !


10. What's the best thing about being a woman?
Flirting outrageously, loving everyone enough to tell them,
& finally being able to simply be myself no matter the
circumstances.



I nominate the following blogs who I love to read and comment upon

Renee @ Renee Finberg Tells All
Gwen @ Ragland Hill Social
Crystal @ Plush Palate
Lene @ Essense of the Good Life
Cecilia @ Desde mi Ventana
Ann @ The City Sage
Charlotta @ A Space for Inspiration
Yvonne @ StoneGable
Sasha @ Everything Fabulous
Daniella @ Dress, Design & Decor
Deb @ Dumbwit Tell-Her
Catherine @ The Shiny Pebble




20 comments:

  1. Congratulations on a well deserved award.
    Also to the others who will recieve it.

    Have a peaceful Sunday.
    Yvonne.

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  2. Hi Marsha,
    I have come this morning to visit you and to wish you on a happy Sunday, and ........ I meet this lovely surprise !!!
    Thank you very much for thinking of me to award this prize I'm happy to received it,
    Have a great sunday,
    Hugs
    Cecilia

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  3. Awesome answers!!! Thank you so much, love, for adding me to your list. You are the sweetest and most caring person. I adore you and your blog. I am taking a bit of a blog brake this week, so I will write my post as soon as I am back full time. Love you and miss you. Kisses!

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  4. Dear Marsha, I loved reading your answers. It is wonderful that we've all met through blogging. Amazing!

    Thank you for your very kind words. I could tell straight away from reading your blog what a great person you are.

    I have to go to lunch now but must catch up on your blog posts that I've missed. That festival took it out of me last week! Have a gorgeous Sunday. Love Christina xx

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  5. splendid post! great to know more about you and your loveliness! have a great sunday! verenacottage

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  6. Thank you Marsha, is an honor for me to be nominated in a list by so wonderful blogs. I am grateful to you that you were thinking of me to award this prize that I receive happy and so grateful.
    Have a lovely and rested sunday,
    Hugs,
    Cecilia

    P.S. This morning I left a comment to you, but I see that it has not come

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  7. Oh,dear Marsha,congrats with you new,lovely Award,my dear Friend!-)*

    I enjoyed to read about you,you gives so lively answers,so beyond good!
    It feels realy,realy good and I am proud that I meet you here,in these adorable world as a Blogland:-)))*

    Love,
    ***Violetta***

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  8. Hello,dear Marsha!-)*

    Congrats with you new,very lovely Award,my dear Friend!!!

    It was realy nice to read about you here,you gives SO lifely answers...I learned you more and more,and I am amazingly proud that I meet you here,in these adorable world,in the Blogland:-)))*

    Million hugs,blessings and love,
    ***Violetta***

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  9. Congratulations to you dear Marsha,

    It was a treat to read about you and learn a little more about the sweet blog enchantress you truly,..you are ageless and lovely as the gem creations you make.

    Have a awesome week end,
    Joanny

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  10. How can it be that reading these comments from individuals I've never met in person can mean so very much? But, they do...they really do!
    Sending love to each of you out there on my moonbeams & wishes....

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  11. So ms Gypsy Rose Lee. xx
    I loved reading your answers Marsha, but of course there are SO MANY MORE unique and interesting facts about you than you so humbly wrote! I adored it here from the very first time I clicked in and know you to be caring, loving, warm, genuine, smart, sincere, glamorous, intelligent, savvy, interesting, knowledgeable, creative, a great friend, a wonderful mother, a generous heart, a beautiful soul and MUCH LOVED by me!
    It is because of people like you we are all so addicted to blogging. Really.

    Thank you for passing on the award to me. I will post it soon.

    Biggest hugs and happy new week.

    xx Charlotta

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  12. Thank you for this lovely mention! I'm honored to be in such good company :)

    Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

    xo

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  13. Thank you for this lovely mention! I'm honored to be in such good company.

    xo!

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  14. Thank you so much for the award! I'm honored and flattered to be in such good company!

    xo,
    Crystal

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  15. Congrats on your award! Hope you have a wonderful week.

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  16. Marsha you are so kind to include me. I haven't been much of a blogger these last few months, so I am incredibly thrilled. Always so fun to know more about the marvelous Marsha. You are such an interesting woman with so much panache. Each & every tidbit about you was so good to know. I too cried when I read about Marija. I was so deeply saddened and effected. I am just thrilled to know you are enjoying your new granddaughter, you are very blessed. We have our home on the market as of yesterday, so many changes that my head is spinning. A huge hug to you & was thrilled to read you would love to live in the PNW, my home!! Love to you xoxo deb

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  17. I so wanna read The Great Gatsby and I LOVE The Departed and the Godfather 1 and 2 also!!! congrats on the award Marsha! xoxoxo

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  18. Aw, thank you so much for passing that on to me! So sweet of you, and with such great ladies too! I hope you are having a great start to the week :)

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  19. wow......
    i am so flattered.

    thank you thank you thank you thank you
    :) xxx

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  20. ps

    i kinda of imagined you as you describe.
    xx

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