A blog award

So, I have been given a blog award, troubled poet that I am (I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not – I’m feeling a little insecure – hah! – about the portrayal of my emotional stability around here lately) which as far as I can recall might be my first. Thanks Ally! Go and look at Ally’s cool up-cycled things, and her four little cuties.

I’m supposed to tell you seven interesting things about me. We might have to take poetic license (since I’m claiming that title) on the meaning of interesting, but here are some “things” anyhow:

1. I used to scavenge through the pouches of road kills looking for live pouch young, which I then dutifully rescued.

2. Once upon a time I was reasonable at playing the flute. I’ve had to be Kenny Gee at weddings and do my best at slow, romantic sax impersonations – and if you’ve ever looked at Kenny Gee sheet music, you’d understand this even further. I used to say ‘you’re going to have to give this to me on tape’ (it’s just weird and irregular). I don’t even play the flute anymore, but I’d like to learn the cello.

3. I’m in that class of people that likes licorice – dark-chocolate-coated licorice especially.

4. I have a large box full of pencils, pastels, oil paints, watercolours, inks etc, which don’t come out very often these days. I’ve just been looking at them sadly and I’d like to change that.

5. My Mum used to be always telling me to stop whistling, because I whistled rather incessantly. I don’t seem to whistle anymore, and I feel like I have lost something.

6. I wish I was really good at riding horses (and actually rode horses). Galloping through the country on a horse is so fun (and it's always rather romantic in period dramas).

7. I have a secret little thing for fancy, pretty china. I don’t buy it (anymore), because, well, I don’t know exactly what to do with it, but I do like it.

I’m supposed to award seven other people, which like Soph I find a little awkward (ah the pressure! - and I am sensing the rising angst out there against memesy things) and the reality is I couldn’t come up with seven other girls I know who blog (I just have a hunch that guys wouldn’t be so chuffed with the beautiful blogger award, and wouldn’t pass it on anyhow). But if you just read this all the way to the end, well I think you deserve the award! You are beautiful! And also if you read this far, please comment and tell me interesting things about yourself. Please.