The Lobster Award

Last week Erin from over at Seven Little Australians gifted me with smiles when she awarded me the Lobster Award. When I read her email I must confess my interest was immediately piqued. What is The Lobster Award ??

The Lobster Award is an award with a difference, it is not an award for blogging but an award of acknowledgement and gratitude to our readers and in particular our commentators.
The Award was created by Victor in February 2012. I encourage you to visit Victor’s blog and read all about Lobster Awards for yourself. (You will smile.) I will just give you a taste:

This magnificent and rarely presented Award is only given to those tireless and hard-working Bloggers who, despite the many vicissitudes which life may throw in their way, despite the magnitude of the task ahead in their daily grind that is this vale of tears, despite every obstacle, every hardship, and every discouragements and temptations to just click and move on to another Blog; they still find time to visit your personal offering and to regularly leave a message there in the Comments Box. ....

In today's world of 'chatter' it is indeed too easy to read and 'move on' to the next 'offering'. For those of my readers who take the time to leave a comment you have no idea how you brighten my day. I am excited to receive your comments, I read each and every one and treasure them all. My PC is sure to ring throughout the day to share, "you have a comment!" Be assured I follow links back to your blog to meet you. When commenter's leave regular comments, we converse, we get to know one another, we become friends. Thank you for bringing me smiles and enriching my life.

Rules: Proudly copy the Lobster Award logo above on your Blogs and in turn feel inspired and encouraged to nominate others who visit and leave regular messages in your Comments Box.
The rules for nominations are simple:
1) Nominate someone who regularly visits your Blog and leaves a message in the Comments Box.
2) Tell them about their nomination.

Meet my commentating friends

• Vicky from Creating with Wisdom
• Chelle from Last in Line
• Our Side of the Mountain.
• Jenn at Little Homeschool on the Prairie
• Nikki at Walking around with my heart on the Outside.
• Jo at Princess Warrior Lessons.
• Mama Bird at All My Baby Birds.
• Linda at Pillars of Pine
• Susan from Learning ALL the time.

There were so many more I wanted to gift the award to !  I think I might just need to revisit this post and add you to it :o)

Blessings
Chareen

TT - The Decorated Journal

 Welcome to Tuesdays Treasures.  I started these posts as a way of sharing great books in honour of my friend in New Zealand who would arrive with the treasures she had unearthed at her weekly trip to the library!

There are so many wonderful books out there hiding on shelves so I invite you to blog about a book on your shelf, one you're reading or one you found at the library and add your post to Learning All the Time Favourite Resource Link Up. 



This week ...

The Decorated Journal - Gwen Diehn

• Format: Hardback
• Number of Pages: 128 
• Vendor:  Lark Books, USA
• Publication Date: 01 February 2007
• ISBN: 1579909566
• Author Gwen Diehn
  
• Illustrator: 

While not strictly a book devoted to Nature Journaling Gwen's book is well worth investing in for anyone interrested in any form of journaling. There is more I would like to say about this journal but will need to update this post when I return from South Africa :o)

I love this book and it's one of my favourites at the moment.  It has inspired me to Nature Journal with Sir N and make a travel journal while in South Africa for the next two months.  

Book Description Amazon: This follow-up to the highly popular Decorated Page offers even more great ideas for beautifying a journal, more breathtaking photos to inspire, and more smart (and simple) ways to endow even the artistically timid with confidence. It simply brims with suggestions and instructions. Find out about the wealth of contemporary supplies, from papers and adhesives to paints, pens, and pastels. See how to create the actual journal from scratch, including a quick-to-do Three Minute Pamphlet. Use the tips for customizing a store-bought book that could use a little flair, such as adding pockets, inserting tabs, or adorning the cover. Build layered pages, take advantage of the creative potential of transparencies, and more. Sidebars and images of actual journals add to the fun.

Available from: Book Depository and Amazon. For a more in depth review pop on over to A Penchant for Paper.
Blessings

Today we arrive in ...

Thought I would share some photo's of what we will be seeing while we are in South Africa.

Paul took these photographs five years ago when he went as a tour guide to Africa.

Blessings
Chareen