<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273</id><updated>2011-07-29T18:01:11.408+10:00</updated><category term='Small Reflections'/><category term='Tallahassee Daily Photo'/><category term='Ces'/><category term='Spring Awards'/><category term='Humane Award'/><category term='Vagabond Journeys'/><category term='DAILY LIVING'/><category term='Happily Retired Gal'/><category term='NOSTALGIA: Today and Yesterday'/><category term='James'/><category term='Happy Anniversary'/><category term='Music of My Life'/><category term='stuff could be worse'/><category term='Neno Award'/><category term='REFLECTIONS'/><category term='Best Follower Award'/><category term='Rosidah'/><category term='One Big Love'/><category term='Bella Sinclair Award'/><category term='blog roll'/><category term='Deer Award'/><category term='Gold Blog Award'/><category term='Cherie'/><category term='Kim'/><category term='Deborah'/><category term='This Side of Town'/><category term='Something Sighted'/><category term='Silver'/><category term='Lovely Blog Award'/><category term='Lemonade Stand Award'/><title type='text'>Appreciation Award Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>In the spirit of Attitudinal Gratitude, this blog is intended for all Appreciation Awards conferred by kindhearted Fellow Blogger. Thank You!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-8543735430112361273</id><published>2010-01-11T11:35:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T11:48:09.082+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Wishing You Happy Blog Anniversary Ebie</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;To one of the most active participants in the blogworld with one true kind heart and warm friendship from across the miles. Cheers to you Ebie!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commentsyard.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.commentsyard.com/graphics/anniversary/anniversary138.jpg" alt="Anniversary Graphic #138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commentsyard.com/comments/anniversary/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leah&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-8543735430112361273?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/8543735430112361273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2010/01/wishing-you-happy-blog-anniversary-ebie.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/8543735430112361273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/8543735430112361273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2010/01/wishing-you-happy-blog-anniversary-ebie.html' title='Wishing You Happy Blog Anniversary Ebie'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-7363925220194394798</id><published>2010-01-06T17:01:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T11:50:44.001+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Blog Anniversary Greeting to Arkansas Patti</title><content type='html'>Dear Madam Patti,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In appreciation to your loyalty and friendship that adds colour to my bloglife. Without which, life is boring. Thank you for making me laugh with your unswerving jest and humour. Such hilarity of your spirit makes my soul healthy for it fortifies some sagging downhearted days. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the bottom of my heart, here's my good cheers for your Blogversary! Please take this with you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commentsyard.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.commentsyard.com/graphics/anniversary/anniversary159.jpg" alt="Anniversary Graphic #159" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-7363925220194394798?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/7363925220194394798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-blog-anniversary-greeting-to.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/7363925220194394798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/7363925220194394798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-blog-anniversary-greeting-to.html' title='Happy Blog Anniversary Greeting to Arkansas Patti'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-2395773184546041978</id><published>2009-10-24T17:08:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T11:52:17.611+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Anniversary'/><title type='text'>Happy Second Anniversary to Happily Retired Gal</title><content type='html'>To Ginny from Me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commentsyard.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.commentsyard.com/graphics/anniversary/anniversary147.gif" alt="Anniversary Graphic #147" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-2395773184546041978?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/2395773184546041978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-second-anniversary-to-happily.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/2395773184546041978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/2395773184546041978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-second-anniversary-to-happily.html' title='Happy Second Anniversary to Happily Retired Gal'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-7741067468614882222</id><published>2009-08-31T13:26:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T00:21:12.119+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Awards from James of Newton Area Photo</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;I have been irregular with my blogging due to some unforeseen commitments. Today I tried to sneak in to find that I received these surprised Awards from &lt;a href="http://newtowndailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/08/awards.html"&gt;James of Newton Area Photo.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If only I can give my playful kittens an Award, that would be good. I mean, they are adorable but they won't leave me alone now. They must be bored.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you very much James. I am still busy at the moment, I'll take my time to spread these around to cheer up some of our fellow bloggers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SptEppFgcVI/AAAAAAAADr4/NWbyQwHB3IM/s1600-h/JAdoreTienBlogAward2009fromJames.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SptEppFgcVI/AAAAAAAADr4/NWbyQwHB3IM/s320/JAdoreTienBlogAward2009fromJames.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375966062391095634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SptEj2oZ42I/AAAAAAAADrw/Kx716ugEY3k/s1600-h/CheerUpAward4fromJames.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 177px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SptEj2oZ42I/AAAAAAAADrw/Kx716ugEY3k/s320/CheerUpAward4fromJames.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375965962947912546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In restrospect, James got these two cute Awards from his good friend Thom. I'll add Thom's link later because the downloading is playing up. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are blogs that I find amusing and entertaining. So this Award will be passed to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://burntricerepublic.blogspot.com/"&gt;Al &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://gattinamycats.blogspot.com/"&gt;Gattina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://momsmutterings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-7741067468614882222?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/7741067468614882222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/awards-from-james-of-newton-area-photo.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/7741067468614882222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/7741067468614882222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/awards-from-james-of-newton-area-photo.html' title='Awards from James of Newton Area Photo'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SptEppFgcVI/AAAAAAAADr4/NWbyQwHB3IM/s72-c/JAdoreTienBlogAward2009fromJames.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-5743373195344304886</id><published>2009-08-26T04:18:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-26T04:46:33.952+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happily Retired Gal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Small Reflections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring Awards'/><title type='text'>Spring Awards from Happily Retired Gal</title><content type='html'>From &lt;a href="http://happilyretired.wordpress.com"&gt;Happily Retired Gal&lt;/a&gt; I picked up from &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpQrVdOMx_I/AAAAAAAADq4/NEmFze-rsGk/s1600-h/springaward-happilyretiredgal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 299px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpQrVdOMx_I/AAAAAAAADq4/NEmFze-rsGk/s320/springaward-happilyretiredgal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373967902981277682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpQrVAKQXhI/AAAAAAAADqw/DZDMQ7_0N40/s1600-h/Spring2009-HappilyRetired.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpQrVAKQXhI/AAAAAAAADqw/DZDMQ7_0N40/s320/Spring2009-HappilyRetired.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373967895180107282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you Ma'am. I will treasure this gifts from your heart. How sweet! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hugs and blessings.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-5743373195344304886?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/5743373195344304886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/spring-awards.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/5743373195344304886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/5743373195344304886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/spring-awards.html' title='Spring Awards from Happily Retired Gal'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpQrVdOMx_I/AAAAAAAADq4/NEmFze-rsGk/s72-c/springaward-happilyretiredgal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-8571702174605086037</id><published>2009-08-23T19:58:00.015+10:00</published><updated>2009-09-07T11:31:47.215+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='This Side of Town'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lovely Blog Award'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cherie'/><title type='text'>Another Lovely Blog Award from Cherie</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpEUZaOGbRI/AAAAAAAADow/cYzODvnsubg/s1600-h/cheriethissideoftown.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpEUZaOGbRI/AAAAAAAADow/cYzODvnsubg/s200/cheriethissideoftown.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373098257197460754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cheriedecastro.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cherie&lt;/a&gt; has cheerily passed this &lt;a href="http://cheriedecastro.blogspot.com/2009/08/these-awards-go-to.html"&gt;Award &lt;/a&gt;to me. I feel so honoured by this thoughtful token. Many thanks Cherie. I'll pass this around in no time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpPnM8U3GbI/AAAAAAAADp4/EwnXDr6i4hE/s1600-h/chain.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 14px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpPnM8U3GbI/AAAAAAAADp4/EwnXDr6i4hE/s200/chain.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373892989921204658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/?action=view&amp;current=blog-lovelyawardfromCherie-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/blog-lovelyawardfromCherie-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to pass this award to the following cheery bloggers:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://nostalgiatodayandyesterday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://betsyfromtennessee.blogspot.com/"&gt;Betsy of Tennessee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://bilogangbuwanniluna.blogspot.com/"&gt;Luna Miranda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://photoblog.fickleminded.net"&gt;Willa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://twigley.blogspot.com/"&gt;Louise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://annkschin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Ann&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://slchome.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sandy &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://burntricerepublic.blogspot.com/"&gt;AL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-8571702174605086037?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/8571702174605086037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/another-lovely-blog-award-from-cherie.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/8571702174605086037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/8571702174605086037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/another-lovely-blog-award-from-cherie.html' title='Another Lovely Blog Award from Cherie'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpEUZaOGbRI/AAAAAAAADow/cYzODvnsubg/s72-c/cheriethissideoftown.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-5387473322237897675</id><published>2009-08-23T19:30:00.008+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T23:32:35.521+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deer Award'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cherie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog roll'/><title type='text'>A Cupcake for a Deer Award from Cherie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpEUZaOGbRI/AAAAAAAADow/cYzODvnsubg/s1600-h/cheriethissideoftown.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpEUZaOGbRI/AAAAAAAADow/cYzODvnsubg/s200/cheriethissideoftown.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373098257197460754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpPnM8U3GbI/AAAAAAAADp4/EwnXDr6i4hE/s1600-h/chain.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 14px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpPnM8U3GbI/AAAAAAAADp4/EwnXDr6i4hE/s200/chain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373892989921204658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/?action=view&amp;amp;current=deercupcakefromCherie-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/deercupcakefromCherie-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;An Award being a member of the Blog Roll. How sweet - the cupcake. The deer is surely tempted. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you Cherie Pie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br&gt;,br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-5387473322237897675?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/5387473322237897675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/cupcake-for-deer-award-from-cherie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/5387473322237897675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/5387473322237897675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/cupcake-for-deer-award-from-cherie.html' title='A Cupcake for a Deer Award from Cherie'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SpEUZaOGbRI/AAAAAAAADow/cYzODvnsubg/s72-c/cheriethissideoftown.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-6845194244363547312</id><published>2009-08-05T22:24:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T22:32:40.217+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Spread the Love Award</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Snl6MEc02tI/AAAAAAAADE0/aI7oM4TiGSM/s1600-h/Spread+the+Love+Awards.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Snl6MEc02tI/AAAAAAAADE0/aI7oM4TiGSM/s400/Spread+the+Love+Awards.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366454778760321746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In the same token, I would like to spread Love to Everybody too! Please friends, have one from Me. Thank You.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Snl7ajeGrkI/AAAAAAAADE8/MqzHNUyd4o0/s1600-h/VKmahalkaayo.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 141px; height: 143px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Snl7ajeGrkI/AAAAAAAADE8/MqzHNUyd4o0/s200/VKmahalkaayo.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366456127116979778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A new award I picked up from &lt;a href="http://mahalkaayo.blogspot.com/2009/08/spread-love.html"&gt;VK-Mahal Kaayo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In our language, Mahal Kaayo means "very expensive."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VK has a very interesting blog. She posts lots of pictures from Germany with interesting stories to go by. Very amusing and entertaining lady. I'll never get bored by her antics.&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-6845194244363547312?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/6845194244363547312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/spread-love-award.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/6845194244363547312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/6845194244363547312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/spread-love-award.html' title='Spread the Love Award'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Snl6MEc02tI/AAAAAAAADE0/aI7oM4TiGSM/s72-c/Spread+the+Love+Awards.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-1056405728428820985</id><published>2009-08-02T17:47:00.022+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:18:58.140+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Silver'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lovely Blog Award'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rosidah'/><title type='text'>Lovely Blog Award From Rosidah and Silver</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnVEwl0_gyI/AAAAAAAAC6c/vL1yNciXOnk/s1600-h/blog+awardlovelyquoteorinspirationfromRosidah.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnVEwl0_gyI/AAAAAAAAC6c/vL1yNciXOnk/s400/blog+awardlovelyquoteorinspirationfromRosidah.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365270132660601634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnVG1eFnRGI/AAAAAAAAC6o/sNufr_qQOTA/s1600-h/Rosidah.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnVG1eFnRGI/AAAAAAAAC6o/sNufr_qQOTA/s200/Rosidah.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365272415505433698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First from &lt;a href="http://rosidah-abidin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Rosidah&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I voluntarily picked this up from Rosidah, &lt;a href="http://rosidah-abidin.blogspot.com/2009/05/story-behind-one-lovely-blog-award.html"&gt;Music of My Life&lt;/a&gt;.. I know she meant well with her personal policy and philosophy as she is a well-meaning person. If you read her blog, you will understand why.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Here are the rules that MUST be followed:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Add the logo to your blog.&lt;br /&gt;2. Link to the person from whom you received this award&lt;br /&gt;3. Nominate 7 or more blogs&lt;br /&gt;4. Leave a message on their blog,letting them know they are "One Lovely Blog"!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;So here are 7 ingredients, which I love to see in a blog:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. A lovely host or in other words a good friend&lt;br /&gt;2. Lovely art (candles or other crafts)&lt;br /&gt;3. Lovely communities offering lovely friendship&lt;br /&gt;4. Lovely memes&lt;br /&gt;5. Lovely photography&lt;br /&gt;6. Lovely quizzes or tips&lt;br /&gt;7. Lovely quotes or inspirational thoughts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second from &lt;a href="http://dreamymoonlight.blogspot.com/"&gt;Silver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnVIQ3NNctI/AAAAAAAAC6w/9Ec9NBPbSrE/s1600-h/silver.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnVIQ3NNctI/AAAAAAAAC6w/9Ec9NBPbSrE/s200/silver.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365273985616278226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my second Award from Silver, being she also conferred me the &lt;a href="http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/bella-sinclair-award.html"&gt;Bella Sinclair Award&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks for your sweet kindness &lt;a href="http://dreamymoonlight.blogspot.com/2009/08/awards.html"&gt;Silver.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank You Rosidah and Silver from the bottom of my heart. This is truly a magnificent honour for me. My appreciation to you both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now it's time to pass the Bucket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ready People!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://smallreflections.blogspot.com/"&gt;Small Reflections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://sylviafromoverthehill.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sylvia From Over The Hill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://sydney-city.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sydney - City and Suburbs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://betsyfromtennessee.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joyful Reflections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://somethingsighted.blogspot.com/"&gt;Something Sighted&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mysouthernjourneys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Southern Journeys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://thenewsixty.blogspot.com/"&gt;The New Sixty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://pilskalns.blogspot.com/"&gt;garden delights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://zmorenaq.blogspot.com/2009/07/children-on-street.html"&gt;Rambling Soul&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/237/63A19D23A32B3C68CDB814D9F5B9BF5B.png" style="border: 0pt none  ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-1056405728428820985?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/1056405728428820985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/lovely-blog-award-from-rosidah.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/1056405728428820985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/1056405728428820985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/lovely-blog-award-from-rosidah.html' title='Lovely Blog Award From Rosidah and Silver'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnVEwl0_gyI/AAAAAAAAC6c/vL1yNciXOnk/s72-c/blog+awardlovelyquoteorinspirationfromRosidah.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-3886924921160030316</id><published>2009-07-31T10:58:00.007+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T11:23:50.158+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring Awards'/><title type='text'>From Blog Rolls, Blings and Blurbs</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://storytellersblogrollblog.blogspot.com/"&gt;Blog Rolls, Blings and Blurbs&lt;/a&gt; is owned by a Happily Retired Gal who also authors the Sacred Ruminations and Small Reflections blogs, created this Appreciation Awards as her Spring Gifts to all who visit and comment on her blog.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnJEDvu2x-I/AAAAAAAACzA/ZdrdDbIJKUI/s1600-h/happilyretiredgal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 75px; height: 95px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnJEDvu2x-I/AAAAAAAACzA/ZdrdDbIJKUI/s200/happilyretiredgal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364424937294972898" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took the opportunity to accept them as a token of her friendship and thoughtfulness. Please feel free to grab as this is for everyone to share. Isn't she sweet and kind?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spring Gifts For All&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnJDMU2lAxI/AAAAAAAACy4/9rfBDn7u57A/s1600-h/SmellTheRoses-reminderSmallReflectionBlogRoll.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnJDMU2lAxI/AAAAAAAACy4/9rfBDn7u57A/s400/SmellTheRoses-reminderSmallReflectionBlogRoll.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364423985186800402" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnJDL4S6eDI/AAAAAAAACyw/pvgB21O6Qe8/s1600-h/SpringRose-SmallReflections2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnJDL4S6eDI/AAAAAAAACyw/pvgB21O6Qe8/s400/SpringRose-SmallReflections2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364423977521018930" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnJDLRQvcNI/AAAAAAAACyo/szsPWhkfHVs/s1600-h/Spring2009-SmallReflections3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnJDLRQvcNI/AAAAAAAACyo/szsPWhkfHVs/s400/Spring2009-SmallReflections3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364423967042924754" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I would like to share these with you to spruce up your Springtime. Looking at these happy flowers, I feel spring in my heart though we are in the opposite season. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My heartfelt appreciation to you Ma'am!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/237/63A19D23A32B3C68CDB814D9F5B9BF5B.png" style="border: 0pt none  ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-3886924921160030316?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/3886924921160030316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/from-blog-rolls-blings-and-blurbs.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/3886924921160030316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/3886924921160030316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/from-blog-rolls-blings-and-blurbs.html' title='From Blog Rolls, Blings and Blurbs'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SnJEDvu2x-I/AAAAAAAACzA/ZdrdDbIJKUI/s72-c/happilyretiredgal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-8331694325336924371</id><published>2009-07-23T16:52:00.011+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:10:13.691+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='One Big Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tallahassee Daily Photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='REFLECTIONS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music of My Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DAILY LIVING'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vagabond Journeys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NOSTALGIA: Today and Yesterday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Neno Award'/><title type='text'>Nemo's Award from Lois and Pam</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;Fostering Friendship Through Blogging&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;u&gt;Neno Award: Story&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Neno Award is given to those who love blogging, love to encourage friendships through blogging, and who help others seek the reasons why we all love blogging.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/?action=view&amp;amp;current=nenos-awardfromLois-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/nenos-awardfromLois-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois of &lt;a href="http://tallydailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/neno-award.html"&gt;Tallahassee Daily Photo&lt;/a&gt; has passed down this cute award to me. Lois' photographic blog is always up to date with daily fresh pictures of different interesting subjects. A big Thank You to you Lois.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Here are the rules:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Upload the image in your post&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mention the person who gave you the award with his/her blog link&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nominate 5 blogs of choice with blog name and link&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Leave comment on the recipients' posts to let them know &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following nominees to receive this blog are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://regina-myfavorite.blogspot.com/"&gt;Regina&lt;/a&gt; of DAILY LIVING&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;DB of &lt;a href="http://vagabondjourneys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vagabond Journeys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rikkij of &lt;a href="http://allstrayswelcome.blogspot.com/"&gt;One Big Love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rosidah of &lt;a href="http://rosidah-abidin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Music of My Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Silver of &lt;a href="http://dreamymoonlight.blogspot.com/"&gt;REFLECTIONS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These friends are among the many who inspire me to keep going with my blogging. In the beginning, I thought my blogging was just my outlet for loneliness when there's nothing else to do. So I tried playing charade in the blogworld. That has changed after getting some encouragement from them through their earnest comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To show my appreciation, I therefore confer to them this Neno Award as originated from Cheryl of &lt;a href="http://nostalgiatodayandyesterday.blogspot.com.%20/"&gt;NOSTALGIA:Today and Yesterday.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grateful thanks to you &lt;a href="http://tallydailyphoto.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another kind blog host also conferred me this &lt;a href="http://mysouthernjourneys.blogspot.com/2009/07/award_21.html"&gt;Award&lt;/a&gt; in the person of &lt;a href="http://mysouthernjourneys.blogspot.com"&gt;Pam who owns Southern Journeys,&lt;/a&gt; and posted her notice in my &lt;a href="http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/08/lovely-blog-award-from-rosidah.html#comments"&gt;Appreciation Award&lt;/a&gt; blog. So sweet of you Ma'am. Thank You very much.:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/237/63A19D23A32B3C68CDB814D9F5B9BF5B.png" style="border: 0pt none  ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-8331694325336924371?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/8331694325336924371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/nenos-award-from-lois.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/8331694325336924371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/8331694325336924371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/nenos-award-from-lois.html' title='Nemo&apos;s Award from Lois and Pam'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/th_nenos-awardfromLois-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-5678420142236998264</id><published>2009-07-09T11:41:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T23:20:46.852+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Sisterhood Award From Rosidah</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlVLURaqCwI/AAAAAAAACRI/RaEI2O03s5o/s1600-h/Rosidah.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlVLURaqCwI/AAAAAAAACRI/RaEI2O03s5o/s200/Rosidah.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356270143471749890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My friend &lt;a href="http://rosidah-abidin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Rosidah&lt;/a&gt; bestowed this Sisterhood Award to me a long time ago. I decided to move it here to give way to all the Awards I am getting surprisingly. Surprised, humbled and honoured.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This blog is made as a token of my appreciation to You my dear &lt;a href="http://rosidah-abidin.blogspot.com/2009/07/story-behind-humane-award.html"&gt;Friend&lt;/a&gt; who showed the world the beautiful side of Humanity, Friendship and Fellowship in harmony.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/sisterhoodaward-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 150px;" src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/sisterhoodaward-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will love what Rosidah has to say about awarding other fellow bloggers. I am re-posting this here in BOLD QUOTE: Mind Rosidah?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"Now, for passing on this award.  According to &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;rules&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt; whoever has been nominated must now nominate 10 bloggers they feel deserves the Humane Award&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;I think some of you know by now, that I'm always having a hard time to choose. &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;There are so many kindhearted Bloggers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;in this Blogosphere!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;If you regularly take part on my blog and I am a visitor of your blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;, then this award is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;dedicated to you from the bottom of my heart. I would love you to accept my deeply appreciation by grabbing this button and place it on your blog. Still there are no strings attached, I know that some of you might not be too fancy about buttons. The most important part is that you know I am very thankful to you and look forward to our growing friendships through the blog world."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-5678420142236998264?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/5678420142236998264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/sisterhood-award-from-rosidah.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/5678420142236998264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/5678420142236998264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/sisterhood-award-from-rosidah.html' title='Sisterhood Award From Rosidah'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlVLURaqCwI/AAAAAAAACRI/RaEI2O03s5o/s72-c/Rosidah.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-1836997047200081155</id><published>2009-07-08T03:34:00.009+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-02T18:07:39.642+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gold Blog Award'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Something Sighted'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='James'/><title type='text'>Golden Blog Award</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlOH4fABphI/AAAAAAAACO4/XS8q8C9SUOQ/s1600-h/Jamesgoldenblogawardsomethingsighted.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 153px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlOH4fABphI/AAAAAAAACO4/XS8q8C9SUOQ/s200/Jamesgoldenblogawardsomethingsighted.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355773786337682962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I am greatly honoured to be conferred with this Golden Blog Award by &lt;a href="http://somethingsighted.blogspot.com/2009/07/golden-blog-award.html"&gt;James&lt;/a&gt;. James is specializing a photographic blog. You are invited to please view his complete profile and you will know why.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/blogdeourofromSomethingSightedby-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 217px;" src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/blogdeourofromSomethingSightedby-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rules for this Award:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Show the award in your blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Link back to the blog that tagged you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Pass on the award to 8 blogs that you love.&lt;br /&gt;  (Since this award has been around for a while feel free to pass it to as many or as few as you want.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Inform the bloggers that they have been awarded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Take your time there's no pressure, but try to check out the other awarded blogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I am passing the award to the following blogs:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://brosreview.blogspot.com/"&gt;Brosreview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://themain-ingredient.info/"&gt;Ebie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://filipinoliterature.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jm Benavidez Estoque&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://stuffcouldalwaysbeworse.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kim Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://diane-otherstuff.blogspot.com/"&gt;Diane&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://readerwil.blogspot.com/"&gt;Reader Wil&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://sylviafromoverthehill.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://awalkthroughauckland.blogspot.com/"&gt;Baruch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://calrat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Photo Cache&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-1836997047200081155?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/1836997047200081155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/golden-blog-award.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/1836997047200081155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/1836997047200081155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/golden-blog-award.html' title='Golden Blog Award'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlOH4fABphI/AAAAAAAACO4/XS8q8C9SUOQ/s72-c/Jamesgoldenblogawardsomethingsighted.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-7028156920482467605</id><published>2009-07-07T14:34:00.009+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-07T14:48:21.933+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Humane Award'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rosidah'/><title type='text'>The Humane Award</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlLRe0-AFhI/AAAAAAAACNQ/q6QAB3fePq4/s1600-h/rosidahprofilepic.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 165px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlLRe0-AFhI/AAAAAAAACNQ/q6QAB3fePq4/s320/rosidahprofilepic.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355573234441917970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;One that &lt;a href="http://rosidah-abidin.blogspot.com/2009/07/story-behind-humane-award.html"&gt;Rosidah&lt;/a&gt; passes on as she cannot nominate individually which is fair for her to do so. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/humanity-award1fromRosidah-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 149px;" src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/humanity-award1fromRosidah-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kindly take this Award as a token of my Appreciation to your Accomplishment in making a big difference to someone's life in the blogworld.&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-7028156920482467605?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/7028156920482467605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/humane-award.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/7028156920482467605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/7028156920482467605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/humane-award.html' title='The Humane Award'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlLRe0-AFhI/AAAAAAAACNQ/q6QAB3fePq4/s72-c/rosidahprofilepic.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-5143569197234191866</id><published>2009-07-07T08:24:00.015+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T09:55:18.866+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Silver'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deborah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ces'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bella Sinclair Award'/><title type='text'>Bella Sinclair Award</title><content type='html'>I am honoured to pass this award to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/BellaSinclairAward4-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 278px;" src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/BellaSinclairAward4-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://parchedlandcomments.blogspot.com/2009/06/big-meadows-skyline-by-denise.html"&gt;Denise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://titania-yesterdaytodayandtomorrow.blogspot.com/2009/07/colours-spice-of-life.html"&gt;Titania&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://isharethese.blogspot.com/"&gt;Indrani&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://uthappytrails.blogspot.com/"&gt;Janie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://greyscaleterritory.blogspot.com/"&gt;Gemma&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlppwWvWbRI/AAAAAAAACcY/vyC0HExsyhU/s1600-h/blflwribbonbar.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 18px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlppwWvWbRI/AAAAAAAACcY/vyC0HExsyhU/s200/blflwribbonbar.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357710986169445650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlJ9vO-qgWI/AAAAAAAACJg/CcB4mMQM1KA/s1600-h/SilverReflections.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/SlJ9vO-qgWI/AAAAAAAACJg/CcB4mMQM1KA/s200/SilverReflections.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355481157325193570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Early today, I decided to check my blogs...and have been gobsmacked to find Silver's &lt;a href="http://dreamymoonlight.blogspot.com/2009/07/bella-sinclair-award.html"&gt;Bella Sinclair Award&lt;/a&gt; passed on to me and few other fellow bloggers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/BellaSinclairAward4-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 278px;" src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/BellaSinclairAward4-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know what made me deserve to be conferred with this Award. But I am truly honoured and humbled by such warm and sweet token from this very sweet Lady named &lt;a href="http://1dayatatime-silver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Silver&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will certainly circulate this Award to whom it is due. Actually, there are many countless of them out there. It's nice to create this fantastic kind of encouragement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dreamymoonlight.blogspot.com/"&gt;Silver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://midlifepoet.blogspot.com/"&gt;Deborah&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cesandherdishes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Ces&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-5143569197234191866?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/5143569197234191866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/bella-sinclair-award.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/5143569197234191866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/5143569197234191866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/bella-sinclair-award.html' title='Bella Sinclair Award'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/th_BellaSinclairAward4-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-8784308032084453465</id><published>2009-07-03T17:27:00.011+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T22:20:45.152+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff could be worse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Best Follower Award'/><title type='text'>Best Follower Award from Kim</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Sjd-kwcPD4I/AAAAAAAAB7Y/Jcn48-e5F98/s1600-h/Kimstuffcouldalwaysbeworse2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Sjd-kwcPD4I/AAAAAAAAB7Y/Jcn48-e5F98/s200/Kimstuffcouldalwaysbeworse2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347882252469473154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stuffcouldalwaysbeworse.blogspot.com/2009/06/thanks-to-carleen-at-life-liberty-and.html"&gt;stuff could always be worse&lt;/a&gt; passed this award to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/best-follower-awardfromkim-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 261px;" src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/best-follower-awardfromkim-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is long time in coming. By no means, I would like to honour the following bloggers, a token of my appreciation for their kind following of my blogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://tallydailyphoto.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tallahassee Daily Photo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mytodaysblah.blogspot.com/"&gt;Today's Blah&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://haavekuvia.vuodatus.net/blog"&gt;Haavekuvia luonnosta ja elamasta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mahalkaayo.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mahal Kaayo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-8784308032084453465?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/8784308032084453465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/best-follower-award-from-kim.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/8784308032084453465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/8784308032084453465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/07/best-follower-award-from-kim.html' title='Best Follower Award from Kim'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Sjd-kwcPD4I/AAAAAAAAB7Y/Jcn48-e5F98/s72-c/Kimstuffcouldalwaysbeworse2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-3659027576209931116</id><published>2009-06-16T21:12:00.015+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-03T18:00:57.285+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff could be worse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lemonade Stand Award'/><title type='text'>stuff could always be worse</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Sjd-kwcPD4I/AAAAAAAAB7Y/Jcn48-e5F98/s1600-h/Kimstuffcouldalwaysbeworse2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Sjd-kwcPD4I/AAAAAAAAB7Y/Jcn48-e5F98/s200/Kimstuffcouldalwaysbeworse2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347882252469473154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Tara also passed me the &lt;a href="http://stuffcouldalwaysbeworse.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lemonade Stand award,&lt;/a&gt; for an attitude of gratitude."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will pass it on to some of great blogs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rosidah, &lt;a href="http://rosidah-abidin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Music of My Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sallysmusings-deandean.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sally's Musings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://starksinspain.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pilar, The Stark Family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://boondockbabble.blogspot.com/"&gt;Boondock Babble&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quadratinfocus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Australia:quadrat in focus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/lemonaidawardfromKim-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 95px; height: 150px;" src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/lemonaidawardfromKim-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-3659027576209931116?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/3659027576209931116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/06/lemonade-stand-award.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/3659027576209931116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/3659027576209931116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/06/lemonade-stand-award.html' title='stuff could always be worse'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Sjd-kwcPD4I/AAAAAAAAB7Y/Jcn48-e5F98/s72-c/Kimstuffcouldalwaysbeworse2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198333403129100273.post-1544689000269082963</id><published>2009-06-16T18:58:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T19:16:28.425+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Small Reflections Award</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;"&gt;"&lt;a href="http://smallreflections.blogspot.com/"&gt;As my gift to all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Sjdf0n8o3pI/AAAAAAAAB7I/-cl4samrEQs/s1600-h/happilyretiredgal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 75px; height: 95px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Sjdf0n8o3pI/AAAAAAAAB7I/-cl4samrEQs/s200/happilyretiredgal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347848440206909074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... who visit &amp;amp; leave me comments, please accept this Rainbow Award to enjoy yourselves &amp;amp; pass it along to others who practice gratitude in their lives on a daily basis."&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/RainbowAwardfromSmallReflections-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 139px; height: 211px;" src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/Beaulah_2008/Awards/RainbowAwardfromSmallReflections-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3198333403129100273-1544689000269082963?l=parchedlandaward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/feeds/1544689000269082963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/06/small-reflections-award.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/1544689000269082963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3198333403129100273/posts/default/1544689000269082963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parchedlandaward.blogspot.com/2009/06/small-reflections-award.html' title='Small Reflections Award'/><author><name>Inday</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0aMcnAZF4aY/TY5BJL0HiZI/AAAAAAAAF6I/5YqlnWkFo80/s220/littlebonbon2010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v5Oj_EmwGyg/Sjdf0n8o3pI/AAAAAAAAB7I/-cl4samrEQs/s72-c/happilyretiredgal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
