Insight-er Trading

The gorgeous Sal of Already Pretty gave me this very pretty award this week;

For which I feel truly blessed and honored. Thankyou Gorgeous.

Of course, by the time I sat down tonight to read my daily blogs a lot of the people I was planning to pass this on to had either just received it; or already had it displayed in the awards cabinet of their margins.

So I had a little think, and decided that these awards have to start somewhere,

Why not with me?

Why not create my own little Blogies?

(to rhyme with Logies or, if you are from anywhere other than Australia - Yogies)

to hand out As and when I felt like it; with no particular rules.

And to honor the lady, the missionary of self esteem and soldier of making the most of your good fortune; who actually inspired me to take this picture a few Sundays ago;

I have created...

For Beautiful thoughts, Beautiful words, beautiful pictures. Making the most of your own beauty, whatever your "day job" or background. Finding beauty in the world. Making beauty for the world. Talking about beauty in all its permutations. Telling us about Beautiful shoes, Beautiful clothes, beautiful ways to wear those clothes; and wear them again.
For being a beautiful and tough friend, for taking the time to look at what you have and share it's beauty. For making me laugh, big beautiful belly laughs that push away my worry lines and make me more beautiful.

Step up Sal, this first award is dedicated to you.

May it be shared around the world!

Thanks for the inspiration and encouragement.

Thanks for helping me to see my own beauty; one post at a time. *Applause*

My next nomination for this award is for the Worldly Seeker .

The Seeker is Searching the "Inner Me" somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic, and she always shows her outer self to her beautiful best with her well planned and creative wardrobe.

However, her greatest gift to me is always when she comments on my posts and makes me think even harder about what I have tried to say.

You see Seeker blogs in English as a second language, so her words are always true to meaning; Truer in the absence of cliché or platitude. A true Insight-er Trader.

And that is all from the podium tonight.

I will leave you all to toast the two winners, and drink up all the left over champagne from the other tables while everyone else is up on the dance floor, trying to do "Nutbush" while falling out of a strapless dress.

'til next time.

xx