I was surprised to check my mail this morning and discover I’d won a One Lovely Blog award. As a winner, I have obligations, and here they are:

1. Add the logo to my blog.
2. Link to the person from whom you received this award
3. Share seven things about myself
4. Nominate blogs I admire for the next “One Lovely Blog” award
5. Leave a message on their blogs, letting them know they are “One Lovely Blog”!

So, in no particular order, here are blogs I admire:

• Shaking the tree, by Su Leslie
• Jollett Etc. by Wendy Mathias
• No Story Too Small, by Amy Johnson Crow
• The 1718 Migration, by Colin Brooks
• Travels with the Blonde Coyote, by Mary Caperton Morton
• Geneabloggers, by Thomas MacEntee
• Eastvold Family, by the Eastvolds

Here are seven things about myself:

1. My toes are very short
2. I often have garden dirt under my fingernails
3. My primary source of exercise is running up and down stairs
4. I haven’t read most of the books I own; one day I will, not sure when
5. I have a dog named Pixie; she is the (current) love of my life, but don’t tell my husband
6. I’ve been to a lot of places
7. I’m in kind of a nesting phase right now

Thanks to Cathy Meder-Dempsey of Opening Doors in Brick Walls for the award!