ABC of Me
Having commented on what a fun post Sheelagh of An Irish Village Pantry had done on receiving the Awesome Blog Content Award, she kindly passed it on to me! Now I have to think of 26 words that are meaningful to me – whatever am I going to put for X?
A – Arabic, the language of my father.
B – Bodmin Moor, where I grew up.
C – now I have a bit of a quandary here, is it Cornwall or Cake or Chocolate or CT?
D – Dartington – I was fortunate enough to attend school here for a few years and they were some of the best years of my life. It is still one of my favourite places and I visit as often as I can.
E – Egypt, the land of my father.
F – Friends in far flung places (ie out of Cornwall) who I miss and rarely get to see.
G – Gardens and Gardening and Growing our own food.
H – Hedges, just love love love Cornish hedges. So pretty, so much diversity and forever changing.
I – iPhone. From no mobile phone to a most amazing one. How did I get by without it?
J – July, the month I was born in.
K – Klout – give me more, especially for Chocolate & Cornwall please 🙂
L – Librarian – that is my day job!
M – Moors – much as I love the sea, I love the moors more. Whenever I’ve lived away from them, I started to pine.
N – Names, secret and otherwise.
O – Online, this is where I seem to spend much of my life these days and it’s all down to this blog.
P – Primroses, my favourite flower ever.
Q – Quilt – I have a beautiful quilt made by my quilting aunt which I treasure greatly.
R – Reading, although I find precious little time for reading print these days.
S – Spring, my favourite season.
T – Trains, I catch them most days to and from work. The journey is beautiful and quite breathtaking in some places especially when the tides and weather are right.
U – Ukulele, I do sometimes wish CT would stop playing it!
V – Vegetarian, is what I am.
W – Walking, the best form of transport ever.
X – Xinmei, a blogger whose name immediately sprang to mind for her amazing bento boxes which sometimes feature on her blog Pudding Pie Lane.
Y – Yellow, one of my favourite colours and so reminiscent of spring and sunshine & hope.
Z – Zebra, not so much the zebra itself, but as a representation of our fascinating and diverse wildlife which we ought to do a much better job of preserving for future generations.
The idea is to nominate as many bloggers as I wish, but being a bit of a maverick, I’m going to let you choose. If you think you’d like to have a go at doing a post like this, let me know and I’ll add your blog and link onto the bottom of this post.
Hooray for the following:
Green Gourmet Giraffe
Allotment 2 Kitchen
Farmersgirl Kitchen
A Little Bit of Heaven on a Plate
Dom at Belleau Kitchen
22nd May 2012 at 12:35 pmI love this post… so great to know a little bit more about you C…i’ll Klout away for you dear!
Choclette
22nd May 2012 at 7:48 pmOh Dom, you are a love 😉
Johanna GGG
22nd May 2012 at 12:56 pmGreat post! You have given so much interesting information about yourself in so few words. Your comment on CT and his Uke made me laugh. I don’t mind E playing the uke so much as having to listen to tiny tim warble along with his uke! Put me down for the challenge – it is just the sort of list I love!
Choclette
22nd May 2012 at 7:57 pmHa ha, at least I don’t have tiny tim. You know I thought of you when I was going to nominate some blogs, then at the last minute decided not to put anyone under pressure. Glad I got that one right 🙂
Johanna GGG
26th May 2012 at 1:35 pmYou are lucky – a little bit of tiny tim goes a long way – and E’s tiny tim collection goes a very long way! I’ve posted my ABC at http://gggiraffe.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/abc-of-ggg.html – had a lot of fun doing it – thanks for the inspiration!
Choclette
27th May 2012 at 9:52 amGood news Johanna -I’m coming over for a look now.
laura@howtocookgoodfood
22nd May 2012 at 4:21 pmWhat a good post to read! I also love Dartington and primroses and think you must live in one of the best parts of the country. So many interesting facts Choclette 🙂
Choclette
22nd May 2012 at 8:00 pmThanks Laura. I’d forgotten you know the environs of Totnes well too – aren’t the Hall Gardens wonderful? I know I’m very lucky to live where I do.
Kit @ i-lostinausten
22nd May 2012 at 5:25 pmLovely post & it’s great to know more about you, Choclette! Have a nice day! 🙂
Choclette
22nd May 2012 at 8:10 pmThank you Kit
Shaheen
22nd May 2012 at 5:23 pmFab post, enjoyed reading and learning much more about you in so little words. I don’t often do tags, but I am liking the sound of this challenge. Yeah go on put me down for it.
Choclette
22nd May 2012 at 8:03 pmThanks Shaheen and glad you are up for it. It appealed to me because it captures quite a bit in just a few words.
Janice
22nd May 2012 at 8:24 pmGosh another librarian, I seem to collect them 😉 Great post. If I have time at the weekend I’ll have a go at this, great to read your ABC.
Choclette
22nd May 2012 at 8:34 pmThanks Janice – how many other librarians do you know?
Javelin Warrior
22nd May 2012 at 9:58 pmWow, that looks time-consuming 😉 But congrats on the award and love all the little tidbits of info. It’s like getting to know you, one letter at a time…
Choclette
24th May 2012 at 8:20 pmJW, sometimes it’s good to have a break from chocolate!
Lynds
22nd May 2012 at 10:38 pmFantastic! So much info about you in so few words!! Great job and thanks for sharing : )
Choclette
24th May 2012 at 8:32 pmThanks Lynds, this was a fun one to do.
celia
22nd May 2012 at 11:06 pmYou are, of course, Xtraordinary.. 😀
Choclette
24th May 2012 at 8:33 pmHe he Celia – now why didn’t I think of that? 😉
thelittleloaf
23rd May 2012 at 12:07 pmI love discovering stories behind blogs and a little more about the bloggers themselves. Yellow is my favourite colour too – the perfect pick me up!
Choclette
24th May 2012 at 8:34 pmThanks Little Loaf – you’re very welcome to join in if you’d like!!!
All That I'm Eating
23rd May 2012 at 12:25 pmIt’s always nice to find out a little more about the person behind the blog.
Choclette
24th May 2012 at 8:36 pmThanks, this one is a good one, because it forces you to think of a few things you might not otherwise reveal 🙂
cakeboule
23rd May 2012 at 9:31 pmLove this post! I quite agree with the zebras!
Choclette
24th May 2012 at 8:36 pmExcellent Cakeboule – united we stand!
Susan's blog
24th May 2012 at 8:59 pmLovely to learn more about you…but now I want to swap a lot of things! xxx
Choclette
27th May 2012 at 8:49 amOh good Susan, look forward to the swap 🙂
Baking Addict
24th May 2012 at 9:41 pmGreat post! Lovely to know more about you and in such a creative way. I’m not sure I could get through the whole alphabet!
Choclette
27th May 2012 at 8:50 amShocking news Ros – and you the Alpha Bakes queen too!
Janice
25th May 2012 at 9:37 pmI’ve done mine now.
Choclette
27th May 2012 at 8:51 amGreat Janice, I’ll be over later to see how you fared.
avillagepantry
26th May 2012 at 4:09 amFirstly I am possibly the only being who is in complete envy of your day job! Secondly could I email you about visiting my godson in Dubai and any info on culture?
Choclette
27th May 2012 at 8:56 amYou know what, I very much doubt you would be if you knew what it entailed! Yes indeed, do e-mail me, but I don’t know a lot about Dubai and haven’t visited Egypt since 1985. You might fare better with Sally My Custard Pie. She has been living in Dubai for a number of years and has an excellent blog about foodie life in Dubai – http://mycustardpie.com/