Arte Y Pico Award
My friend Lofter, over at Life at the Foot of the Stairs has honored me with the Arte y Pico Award, “given to those who are creative and have a penchant for art.” I am truly honored, Lofter, and I thank you.
There are responsiblities that go with this award:
1. Pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing to the blogging community, no matter what language.
2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog.
3. Each award winner (upon acceptance) should show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award.
4. Show the link of Arte y Pico blog , so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5. Show these rules.
So here are my selections:
1. Suresh Gundappa and Meditation Photography. I don’t know how I found this blog, but I find myself returning to it often. We don’t share the same religion, but we share similar values. His photos knock my socks off.
2. In a move of flagrant nepotism, I choose my niece, Little Diamond, at A Diamond in Sunlight because she also has lots of photos, describes daily life in the turbulence of Beirut living, and did I mention she is my niece?
3. Because they are also here, there and everywhere, writing about any and every interesting thing from technology to food to sky photography, and because they have only been blogging since October and have had amazing response, I choose Some Contrast, with bloggers Yousef and Mishary.
4. The Queen of all Kuwait Bloggers, Jewaira because her Jewaira’s Boutique delicately manages to introduce controversial topics without setting the blog-world aflame, because she has the most amazing headers and because she is smart and savvy and a great writer.
5. This last one is a stretch, but I select Purgatory because, like VanGogh, he is an original, people don’t always “get” him, I don’t always get him, but he does original works of art, he thinks way outside the box, and he lets Jacqui give him a new, and usually very artistic look from time to time.
Again, thank you, Lofter, for selecting me for this award.
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Oh what fun! 🙂
You were a blogger at heart and the best thing you did was to start this blog.
Thank you for your kind compliments IntlXpatr; it means so much coming from you although I’m blushing at the queen of Kuwaiti bloggers bit lol
You’re on to me, Lady J. I blog because I was born to blog. 😉 Takes one to know one!
Wow! Great choices, my friend! My blogging experience continues to grow! Thanks! 😀
Congrats 🙂
Enjoy, Lofter!
Thanks, 3baid!
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hmm, I keep thinking of mexican food when I read this title.
I see myself more like Dali, without the Lama.
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Purg! LOOLLLL! Dali . . . . hmmmm.
Congratulations dear Intlxpatr :* There is no one who deserves as fine a compliment for their blog more than you. To me, you are one of the genuine peripatetic sophisticates of this world, for whom travel, art, culture, literature and language are innately natural elements of who they are as human beings. It’s part of what I love about you.
Hehehe on Purg’s Dali without the Lama. Suits him perfectly. All he needs is the pencil thin twirly moustache.
And YOU Ms. Baker, you see me through the kindest lens. Honestly, you are so kind. And LOL, you see Purg as a Dali – I see him as a half-mad, one-eared, Van Gogh type genius. Such a hoot!
Yup, I am a Genius, they will say that one day, that Purg, he was ahead of his time.
Aww I got a mention throughout Purg’s part hehe Thanks alot 🙂
You forgot me, I know my blog is dedicated to nonsense, but sometimes it is good nonsense.
LLOOLLL, Purg, it might have been the half-sawn-off ear that gave you away!
Jacqui – I think you are the artistic genius part!
Don Veto, actually I didn’t forget you, but I didn’t want to burden you too soon with another tag, and in essence this was a kind of tag. What I love about your blog is that it is funny, insightful, gentle and uplifting.
Oh wow! Thank YOU, intlxpatr! thats sooo nice! 😀
I’m gonna have to choose 5 blogs now! Can I choose you? or is it against the rules? lol We can play this game forever!
Thanks again 🙂
No, Yousef, you have to pass it along and choose 5 blogs you thing deserve the award, not including HT&E!
Thanks for getting in touch with me. Am now enjoying your blog as well. MMH from fleeting stories.
Thanks for dropping by, Tab’ lo! 🙂