It’s Friday, it’s time and I have a happy brain buzzing with so much after a wonderful evening yesterday. A visit to a friend made on the blogs, ostensibly to meet another foodie blogger who turned out to be delightful. To also meet a Facebook person with some real-life connections. And then when I got there – the surprise! Someone whose blog I used to love, well researched and put together, with a twinkle behind the comments. She’s always been shy of meeting other bloggers, but as this was a gathering of Facebook friends she came. We chatted and chatted, we laughed, we drank lovely red wine, we nibbled on edibles, then we chatted some more, punctuating the chat with the laughter. Indeed some were venturesome enough to sing. House of the Rising Sun will never be the same again!
Of course there were others, well loved friends, all made through blogging and now real-life friends.
Two of us ‘came out’. When things on one blogging platform became nasty we created two blog characters and lightened the atmosphere somewhat with their antics.
I have been doing some thinking about awards that are handed out to bloggers (I even won a few in the past). But when they become spam mail they don’t mean too much. That doesn’t stop me thinking that awards can be very pleasant things.
So this weekend it’s NOT a theme, it’s a CHALLENGE to CREATE an award specifically for ONE blogger. For something you think of as a blogging achievement. An exclusive award, given only once to one person.
Post it, obviously with a link to their blog, leave a message here with a link to your post, so we can all go along, read and enjoy.
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Oo, good one!
I do hope so
What a lovely challenge. I’ve kind of been out of the loop on the challenges for a while (for numerous reasons) but I am going to ponder this one and see if I can come up with something.
Its the limit of one that will pose the difficulty
In light of the peculiar events of this week . . . my award goes to A Nightengale’s Blog for creating the best fictional character and cyber tapestry:
http://nrhatch.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/when-a-cyber-friend-dies/
And your evening with The Only Cin, et al, sounds AWESOME!
the first!
And the evening was just wonderful!
How very interesting. We don’t aklways know what is real here. The clues are usually visible in impossible lives, excessive dramatics, no sense of self-humour, too much ego.
Sounds really lovely, Sidey….wnderful challenge too. Off to work, then.
the evening was great, the challenge will be to limit oneself to one award to one blogger
well done, it was lovely
http://paulatohlinecalhoun1951.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/the-award-is_________-and-it-goes-to__________/
You’ll have to read it to know how I fill in the blanks. . .
wonderful, that should get people rushing to see what award and to who 😉
Okey dokey, a tough one this!
and you just couldn’t do it!
Job done, predictable, not difficult, Sidey.
lovely one John, she is a wonderful writer, warm, witty and informative
and there I thought you were up to doing something difficult 😉
Extra! Extra! https://viewfromtheside.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/weekend-challenge/
All right. Got a bit carried away there, gave you you own link. I now have to cross my fingers and hope that doesn’t make you implode. Here is my link http://wp.me/pX1we-16b
i did get confused. But as confusing me is so easy you didn’t earn any points for achieving that
I just popped in to award you this.
http://icecreamaward.wordpress.com/
No obligation to pass it on – but display it with pride.
Thanks, this week it’s a single award to a single blogger – once
I created the Hidden Gem Award. http://lkramer14.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/giving-out-an-award-weekend-challenge/
Thanks for the challenge, it was fun.
Lisa
wonderful. This is such fun, and so difficult to choose ONLY ONE!
Hi Sidey. My entry:
http://andrawatkins.com/2011/10/09/lighting-up-my-fall/
Honoring Kate Shrewsday: http://kateshrewsday.com/
Kate should be the regular recipient of awards
I’m here, I’m late, and I cheated…
http://tinman18.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/first-among-equals/
a brilliant cheat, though, if I may be so bold, like Captain Kirk
Tinman! sit in the corner and say “I shall not cheat” 3 times
but what a brilliant cheat. just because he doesn’t blog here doesn’t disqualify him, I’m sure
Sounds like Count Czardas should have been there.
he should have, but alas he seems to have been of in Turkmenenstan of late
What a wonderful idea! I’ll have to think about it.
please do, one weekend theme ends when the next weekend starts
So far I have failed to reciprocate, so although the weekend is over I may be back, to fill in a gap!
come back and play, it’s always accepted
What a worthy cause, Sidey – way to go! Great to hear about your awesome evening & that it even included House of the Rising Sun! 😀