I was very happy to receive an award from Phyllis at All Things Beautiful, one of my favorite blogs. I have visited “award-free” blogs before, so I know that not every blogger accepts awards—perhaps for various reasons. However, I have a good opinion of blog awards. It’s not that I crave awards and make a big deal out of them as if I’m someone special. I view giving an award as a friendly gesture from one blogger to another in order to show appreciation and to point your followers to a blog they may not have read before. It’s an act of bloggy kindness, and I appreciate it as such.
I received the Liebster Award. If you are wondering what a Liebster Award is, read THIS post about the one I received last year.
As a part of receiving this award, I am posting a collection of favorite photos I have taken. I am to tell why they are favorites—what they say about me and what I value.
So, here they are:
I love, love, love children’s books and reading to my kids. I love this photo of my husband reading to our youngest. We value time together as a family, and we value books.
One thing I love about living in England is all the amazing places we get to visit, such as Scotney Castle, pictured above left. I value the opportunities we have here.
When we visit the US, we enjoy taking our kids to Silver Dollar City, our favorite amusement park in Branson. As this day was particularly hot, I loved the expression of pure delight on my daughter’s face as she got drenched by water spray. I love Silver Dollar City. I love hot weather (when you have the means to drench yourself), and I love my daughter.
This picture (above, left) makes me exceedingly homesick--seeing a huge bowl of garden-fresh tomatoes and a US flag on a big front porch is enough to make me long to be home. Yeah, so this picture contains 4 things I value highly: my husband, the US flag, a large front porch, and ripe tomatoes. And the fact that my husband is wearing a shirt with a British flag reminds me of how torn I am between two places I love.
In the second picture (above, right), my girls are wearing dresses that my mom hand-sewed for my younger sister and me sometime in the late 70s. I value my childhood memories, the dresses my mother sewed for us, my sister, and my own girls.
This Scripture is posted at the Grand Canyon. I value the Bible, the Word of God, and my relationship with the Lord. I appreciate the fact that this sign remains at a national park in an age when it seems that fewer people value the importance of honoring God in our nation.
I value God’s creation and the fact that my husband lifted his hands in worship to God when we visited the Grand Canyon. I so respect him!
I value pieces of history, even ruins. I enjoy taking pictures of architecture. I like taking pictures of things from different angles. I value blue sky. (Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire)
My three most-prized possessions. I love these kiddos and thank God for them daily!
I value new seasons and growth, gardens and blooms, and the magnificence and delicate beauty of Creation. Oh, and purple is a nice color (it reminds me of my grandma).
I value other cultures and what they have given the world, and I value the opportunities we have to travel as a family (Gouda, Netherlands).
This is one of my top favorite spots in England, and the weather that day was absolutely perfect. Lovely weather is highly valued in England, trust me. (Watendlath, Cumbria)
That’s it! I hope you’ve enjoyed my photo collection. I take thousands of pictures because I’m cool like that a photography nut, so I barely scratched the surface of what I could have posted here.
Blog award “requirements” can take up time, but they can also be fun. While I don’t mind doing the requirements (it’s all part of the fun), I don’t like making any. So…for those of you I’m passing this award on to, you are required to do NOTHING to receive this award! If you would like to do what I did for my award (the photos), I surely would enjoy seeing what you post. If you would like to pass this award along, it would be a very nice thing to do. But the award is free…if you want it. It’s my way of saying, “You have a really cool blog. People should check it out!”
I’m passing the Liebster Award on to the following blogs:
