"And the Oscar goes to....."

Please insert name of choice *VBS*. Yup, those are coming up soon, The Oscars, and I haven't seen a single movie they are talking about. It's been years since I've been to a movie. I simply wait and everything comes out on DVD and I can watch it from home *S* Works for me! Today I'm sharing and thanking a thoughtful quilter for this fine award *VBS*Nancy in Norway nominated me, a few days ago, for this Kreative Blogger award. Thank you so very much Nancy, I'm delighted that you find inspiration here or maybe just see creativity in my quilts. As usual, there are rules for the award, and here they are:
The receiver is to copy the award button to his/her blog.
2. Link to who gave you this award.
3. Nominate at least 7 other bloggers.
4. Link to each nominees.
5. Leave message at the nominees blog.

You can find Nancys lovely blog hereAnd I'm nominating the following:
Myra
Magpie Sue
Gypsy Quilter(altho I know she's away tending her dear Father right now)
Cher
Holly
Roz
scrappy quilter

Bits and pieces....

...a quiet summer day in the Valley, except for an influx of crows. They seem to have adopted our little corner of the world and are letting everyone know they are here.The day is quiet, except for them. I hear the wind chimes off in the distance, the breeze ruffles the curtains and the world seems peaceful. I'll enjoy that while I can *VBS* More hand quilting last evening, another block quilted. The quilt is a Guild Sampler from a few years back. It's an odd size and I've put off quilting it because of that. But I like it, so it's getting quilted. Better late than never, I guess.
I have been given this award by several of you. I am very honored and touched that you find my blog(and me *VBS*)to your liking. The award calls for more response than that, and I will, I promise. Maybe tomorrow. I working my way back to being centered again. And I do need that very much. Thank you all for the very kind messages left in the last post. *VBS*
Road trip today. It wasn't this road, altho I wish it had been. I treked to Menomonie, and the highway leading there is being resurfaced. It's missing completely in places(read driving on gravel) and there are about a million "flagman ahead" signs. Some with real flagmen, and some to just leave you wondering. No dr. appointments this week, but after 3 weeks, I really needed quite a few things from the grocery store. We have a small Super Valu here in the Valley, and I'm very grateful we do. Survival however, these days, depends on how resourceful you are and cleverness helps. At least for those of us on a fixed income.
It doesn't take a lot of groceries for one person, but you can't really live on 'not much' or even on love, for that matter...LOL. So I got groceries and also dropped off several bags at Goodwill. The larder if full and the hallway is empty...*VBS* It's a good day!

Newer Cat ~ Older Orphans

Have you noticed that when I go on an amble or ramble, with my favorite things...words....I sometimes get lost? Yup. But with ambling that isn't a problem because 'to amble' is to wander with no destination in mind. I had a

destination yesterday, but I lost sight of it somewhere just beyond the 'a lots'.

So I'm back today to say what I didn't say yesterday.

I feel so privilged to have you gals read my blog and like what I say or what I show. And being 'tagged'(yup, not nominated, cause this Thinking Blogger thing is a 'meme')honors the heck right out of me. BUT...to received the 'award' part, you must follow the rules. I got so lost in what I was thinking about(including orphans) that I didn't finish my thought on that. I'm not ACTUALLY going to receive this award because I am not going to follow.. ....the rules: The participation rules are simple:
1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,3. Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn't fit your blog).

Maybe it's not quite as much about site meters as I was willing to think. I could happily list blogs that I find inspirational...not because of their quilts, but because of the kind of person they are. Which is why I read their blogs. And I have no problem with mentioning blogs where I've found something you should take a look at, I just can't accept the format needed for his award.Probably we each have our own 'value' system for determining who we visit and who we don't. And that should be personal, not spelled out on a blog entry.

Borrowing words from Naomi Judd's new Sunday morning program on the Hallmark Channel, at Pieces from my scrapbag, "my door is always open, my heart is never closed, I will help if I can, and you are always wecome here."

And for Tracey(or is it Tracy) who asked about the quilt behind the little girls yesterday....you can find that full post, description of how the quilt came to be, and a couple of pictures at my Nov. 15, 2006 post. And yes, I will eventually learn(or figure out) how to connect you to that...LOL