Sunsets Honour Special Bloggers

Today, I am nominating 11 people for the special Liebster Award.

I have posted 11 sunsets, one for each of them.  

They can pick their own.

Details are at the end of this post and others bloggers might be interested in knowing a little bit more about myself.

All Sunsets Taken At My 'Old Caravan'.

I have not been blogging long, just over 4 months and I follow many more blogs than the ones mentioned below, however many of them have over 200 followers and don't qualify for this award.   I am very grateful to them all, because ALL of them have been extremely helpful in some way in my blogging experience.    There may be one of the below just over 200 by the time I have got round to doing this.  I love the humour, information and fantastic photography that ALL bloggers bring into my life. 

 Many thanks for all who share and leave comments  as I cannot leave replies on blogger still!!!

Here goes.

Liebster Award Nomination

Lynn from ‘Lynn Says Hello From France’ - http://oudoire-mortensen.blogspot.co.uk/ has nominated my blog as one of her Liebster award choices.   Many thank to Lynn. 

The Rules are as follows:

   1. You must thank the person who nominated you for the award.

   2. You must write 11 facts/things about yourself.

   3. You must answer 11 questions from your nominator.

   4. You must nominate 11 others bloggers who have 200 or less followers

       and tag them in your acceptance post.

   5. You must create 11 new questions for your nominees to answer in their

       acceptance post.

   6. You must notify your 11 nominees on their blog, so they can accept their

       award and hopefully carry on the process.

   7. You must not nominate the person who nominated you.

   8. After this is all done you may add the Liebster Award button to your blog.

My 11 random facts about myself are:

1.            I have put my hand in a large Kangaroos’ pooch with her joey standing by!

2.            I flew over the Victoria Falls in a Helicopter.

3.            I smoked a pipe for 3 months when I was 22 years old!

4.            I worked on a hospital ship in Sierra Leone.

5.            I have seen the Barrier Reef by diving around it and flying in a Helicopter over it.

6.            I owned a Basset Hound dog once.

7.            I am a born again Christian.

8.            I hate eating liver or kidney.

9.            I play badminton and walk to keep ‘fit’.

10.          I am retired from Nursing, being a B&B proprietor and teaching a City & Guilds Course.

11.          I have 2 daughter and 4 grandchildren.

11 questions from Lynn are:

    1. Did you follow a favourite sport as an adolescent? 

 I played hockey at school and badminton at a youth club.

    2. Do you sing in a Choir or the shower?

 I have sung in a choir from the age of 8.

    3. Is it easier to remember important facts or trivial? 

Not sure, if it’s something very important, then I make more of an effort of remember the facts.

    4. Do you dance the Tango? 

Yes. (Well in the past, now only sequence Tango)  Always looking for a dancing partner!!

    5. Have you realized a lifelong dream, if so which one? 

Yes, I dreamt of working in Africa and I have done that.

    6. Do you own a bicycle with an attachment for children or pets? 

No.  No children at home and no pets now.

    7. Have you been up to the top of the Statue of Liberty? 

No, just to the bottom of it in a boat.

    8. Who taught you to drive? 

My father.

    9. Do you listen for the sounds of the sea in a seashell?   

Yes, I have done that many times.

    10. Do you keep a journal?  

No, but at least since starting blogging, I will know some of the things and places I go and see.

    11. Do you still build sandcastles?   

Yes, when I am with my grandchildren on the beach.

The 11 nominee blogs that I follow and I have put them in alphabetical order:

1.       Cheryl: The Farmer’s Daughter - http://thefarmersdaughter2.blogspot.co.uk/

2.       CT: Countryside Tales - http://countrysidetales.blogspot.co.uk/

3.       Em:  Dartmoor Ramblings - http://dartmoorramblings.blogspot.co.uk/

4.       Gunilla:  Gbkoru - http://gbkoru.blogspot.co.uk/

5.       Irma: Irma’s Nature Experience - http://irmasnatuurbeleving.blogspot.co.uk/

6.       Karen: Away For The Weekend - http://awayfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/

7.       Keith: Caldecotte Lake - http://caldecottelake.blogspot.co.uk/

8.       Pete: Pete’s Flap - http://petesflap.blogspot.co.uk/

9.       Peter:  Forest Snapper - http://fsnapper.blogspot.co.uk/

10.   Roy:  Roy’s Nature Logbook - http://roysnaturelogbook.blogspot.co.uk/

11.   Trevor:  Three Counties Herald - http://threecountiesherald.blogspot.co.uk/

11 Questions for my nominees to answer.

1. What do you consider the most important thing in your life?
2. Who had the most influential in your life?
3. What was your favourite country that you have travelled to and why?
4. If you could only choose 1 song, what would it be and why?
5. What animal or insect are you most like and why?
6. What piece of electrical equipment would you NOT like to be without?
7. What is your worst fault?
8. What is your funniest experience?
9. If you could live life over again, would you change anything?
10. Is there any other century you would have liked to live in, if you weren’t poor and why?
11. What is your pet hate?

This has been fun putting this together and ALL nominees have been informed on their blog.

Thanks again Lynn and I pass the ball on to the above nominees.

I hope you may wish to participate however if not, I will understand.