Much to my surprise, I am a recipient of The Beautiful Blogger Award, nominated by Bygone Knits – thank’ee, ma’am! ‘Twas most kind of you to do so! Please take a look at her wonderful blog - the link is on the left of this post.
In return, I must change the usual theme of my posts and list seven random facts about myself, and then choose seven blogs for nomination.
Part I
1. I like good, plain cooking – and Indian, Thai and Chinese cuisine.
2. I love black and white films from the late 1920’s-early1950’s, especially anything with Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis or Kay Francis. I also like late 20th/early 21st century literary and historical films and series with fabulous and not too fanciful period clothing.
3. I love art, theatre, ballet, opera, early and classical music as well as traditional fiddle melodies, and have studied ballet and five instruments.
4. I have a large book collection made up of history and biographies (both mostly 16th- early 20th century), naval (more history, biographies, novels), 17th-20th century plays and novels, historic clothing, knitting and quilting, Golden Age mysteries, ghost stories, 19th and 20th century books of fiction about dolls and dolls’ houses, and quite a few of the recent various series of future children’s classics. I also like the works of Barbara Pym, Muriel Spark and Anita Brookner, and one of my absolute favourite novels is The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier – time travellers, take note.
5. Although my intellectual home is firmly fixed in the Long 18th Century, I also enjoy studying the Tudor/early Stuart and Edwardian/World War I periods, and the 1930’s as well as the clothes from those eras.
6. In spite of my passion for the past, I am an avid Stargater (SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis) and dream of introducing knitting to other galaxies far, far away.
7. I really do go outdoors sometimes, and I like swimming, kayaking and taking long walks, even outside of museums!
Part II
Nominating just seven blogs was very difficult as there are so many wonderful ones out there. Here are some of the ones I read on a regular basis (and apologies to my internet friends I did not include on the list – I was told only seven!!!)
Travels in Time
http://bauhausfrau.livejournal.com/
18th century blog
http://18thcenturyblog.com/
A Homely Heroine
http://ahomelyheroine.blogspot.com/
Lost Arts studio
http://lost-arts.blogspot.com/
In The Past Lane
http://inthepastlane.blogspot.com/
Joyful Molly
http://joyfulmolly.wordpress.com/
The Duchess of Devonshire’s Gossip Guide to the 18th Century
http://georgianaduchessofdevonshire.blogspot.com/
4 comments:
Thank you so much for including me in your seven! I am truly honored!
After 2-5, I found your 6th random fact extremely funny!
Thank you thank you for my award, my first ever! It means a lot to think my blog is worthy. As Heather says, I am honoured by your choice.
It's great to find out a little more about you too, and to have 6 recommended blogs.
Thanks so much for the award! You made my week; there are so many fantastic blogs out there who'd deserve this award as well.
Now I'll have to think of six facts to share as well. 18th century aside, we share a love for SG-1, which was a fun thing to learn. :)
Off to spread the love now.
hope you had a nice weekend, pick up a little award over on my blog : ) this one has no strings attached!
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