I not the kind of person that like to showcase awards, medals, etc. but don’t have the option to hide this blog award Vlam has passed on to me, which I really appreciate. Her motivation for the award was: she sees me as a busy boddy and never depressed. [borrellend besig en nooit bedruk – in Afrikaans] I think she’s hit the nail on its head with both, but honestly, must say that with what was going on in my home country the past week, had me quite upset and depressed and it was hard to stay positive about South Africa when getting news about pasients dying in hospitals due to the strike of medical staff! Then, on the positive side, I do read Annie’s blog for quite a time now and have found a lady of great inspiration. Annie is an American living in Pretoria and it’s amazing what she’s always doing. I do salute Annie 70×70 for the work she’s been doing and also in the past week she volunteered at a hospital and cheered pasients up with her humorous personality. I need to pass this award on to 5 other amazing people and Annie is definitely on the top of my list. Next is Kyker for his beautiful photos of places around the world. The scenes and places are always thoughtfully selected and you will enjoy his photograpy when visiting his neatly laid out blog. I think he’s an example of perfection. He’s also writing his own poems and if you can read Afrikaans, you will definitely enjoy his poetry too. Thirdly I would like to award Madele for always being positive in her views and always taking other people into consideration. Madele only started blogging quite recently and has already shown she’s a person of great inspiration too, an open person who’s truly honest and someone you can trust. Recently, Roer has started blogging again – after silence of almost a year – and I appreciate her determination in her decisions and pushing through with ideas when she’s decided to do things in life, despite of what other people are saying/thinking. Lastly, but not the least, I would like to pass this award on to Connie for his great blog he’s started recently about Chess in his area/province, which is the Northern Cape – in South Africa. He’s always uploading some great pics of children taking part in tournaments across the country/province. He also keeps his followers/readers informed about tournaments and always has details at hand. I got to know Connie through the chess.com-site and he’s a great Chess player too – as his twin-girls! Keep up the good work, Connie.
Part of receiving the award is naming three things I like. Well, that is quite difficult as there are many things I really do like. I like it when people are honest/fair and have an open mind about things in life, thinking logical about things that make sense to us all. I appreciate the beauty of nature, the wild and would love to be on a farm for the rest of my life. Lastly, I like reading and poetry and would love to have all the time in the world just to read. When I was little, I even read every single advertisement in the newspaper or every single label on bottels etc. I always thought I was going to miss something…silly billy me…lol…Now, the last part of my task – as part of the award. I need to upload a photo of a place/something I like. Well, it wasn’t difficult to decide as my first choice will always be the Drakensberg Mountains – this mountain range stretches from the north of the country to the far south and in this photo you can see Mt Aux Sources – the highest peak in South Africa – which is about 4300 m. The actual highest peak – Thaba Ntlenyana – is in Lesotho – an enclaved country in South Africa. -an enclaved country is a country within [surrounded by] another country. Thaba Ntlenyana means beautiful little mountain. I was 15 when I was on top of Mount Aux Sources with a school trip. There are two chainladders to go up before you reach the summit. A great experience if you like hiking or the outdoors!
Dankie, Vlam vir die toekenning! Ek waardeer dit, komende van jou – net so borrellend besig en bedruk? Nee, nie van wat ek weet nie! Jy’t my ook voorgespring met Skoor natuurlik – hehe… sjoe, hoe lus het ek vir cupcakes as ek so na hierdie pienk prentjie kyk – lekker eetbare prentjie. lol
Dankie, Nikita, nou het ek ‘n paar ekstra blogs waar ek kan gaan lees! En jou foto is stunning! 😉
hi Vlam! Dankie en geniet die lesery. Lekker dag vir jou daar! 🙂
Dankie Nikita. Dis ‘n lekker verassing so op ‘n Maandag oggend.
hi Roer, dis my plesier! Ek’s bly ek kon jou verras so op ‘n Maandagmore 🙂
Baie baie dankie! Ek voel regtig ge-eerd dat ek onder diegene is wie jy noem. Ek sou nie in my WILDSTE drome so iets verwag nie!! Daar is sekere goed wat ek BAIE DIEP in my hart bêre en hierdie kompliment wat ek vandag van jou af gekry het, kry ook daar sy plekkie. Baie baie dankie!
hi Madele!
Dit was ‘n plesier! Jy verdien dit!
Dankie Nikita! Dit was ‘n groot verrassing en altyd lekker om te weet iemand deel my liefde vir die spel!
hi Connie! Dis ‘n plesier, jy werk hard aan die blog en ek hoop meer ouens waardeer dit nou al!
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Dankie Nikita. Dis sommer ‘n lekker komplement om van jou te kry. Ek sal my huiswerk moet gaan doen!
Hi Kyker!
Dit was ‘n groot plesier en ek het elke woord bedoel. Ek sien uit na jou huiswerk 🙂
Congratulations!
Hi Toortsie
Welkom op my blog en dankie vir die besoekie/boodskappie.
hi Vlam! Dankie en geniet die lesery. Lekker dag vir jou daar! 🙂
hi Chess, welkom hier, maar e…er.. jou boodskap maak nie duidelik sin vir my nie…dalk meer vir Vlam? 😕