Aw, Scrap

Kathy at Flamingo Feathers nominated me for this cool award -- Thanks, Kathy! Everybody now, step on over to her place and have a look around. It's a cozy, friendly corner of the blogosphere, and she always has the welcome mat out for newcomers.

This comes with rules, as all awards do:

1. Thank the person who nominated you - check.

2. Copy the logo into your blog - check.

3. Link to the person who nominated you - check.

4. Name ten things about yourself that people might find interesting. Uh oh. Well ... In a previous life, the results of a poll I wrote for a mutual fund site were quoted on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. No by-line, of course, but still. I think y'all know everything else.

5. Nominate ten bloggers for the award and let them know about it in their comments.

And that would be all of you! If you covet that badge, baby, hereby swear that you are indeed a purveyor of Honest Scrap, Whole Scrap, and Nothing But the Scrap, then snag that logo and flaunt it.

Aw shucks, I'm blushin'

What a nice surprise! I stopped in at Kiva's Eclectic Granny, as I often do when I'm looking for great posts to read, and discovered she'd given me this cool award. Coming from her, this is indeed an honor.

If you haven't been by there, please go. Her blog is a wonderful read, and her photos are great fun too. She's nominated two others for the award, Mrs. Annie of More Than Just a Mom and This Mom Can Cook, as well as our own Karen at Outpost Mavarin. All of them are well worth a look.

Kiva, thanks so much for the award!

It looks like a lot of the blogs I read have already been tapped for this, so my picks range a bit further afield than usual:

1. Glory Ho. I've recommended this one before, but it has to be in here. It's the journal of a young American couple traveling in the middle east, and it includes astonishing photos you'll want to see.

2. Long Drives to Nowhere, by Tammie Jean. She hasn't posted in a while, but her essays are timeless. You'll find beautiful writing and lovely photos.

3. Tips and Tricks. This one deserves way more traffic than it gets. The author, G.Kiser, is a photographer who writes thorough, in-depth explanations of photographic basics and welcomes questions. If you're a nascent shutter bug, it's a good place to hang out. (The blog is actually a sub-collection from his main blog, Photo Trek, a treasure in its own right.)

To all of you, thanks so much for sharing your time and talent.