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
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Dom at Belleau Kitchen
22nd May 2012
I 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
Oh Dom, you are a love 😉
Johanna GGG
22nd May 2012
Great 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
Ha 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
You 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
Good news Johanna -I’m coming over for a look now.
laura@howtocookgoodfood
22nd May 2012
What 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
Thanks 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.
Shaheen
22nd May 2012
Fab 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
Thanks Shaheen and glad you are up for it. It appealed to me because it captures quite a bit in just a few words.
Kit @ i-lostinausten
22nd May 2012
Lovely post & it’s great to know more about you, Choclette! Have a nice day! 🙂
Choclette
22nd May 2012
Thank you Kit
Janice
22nd May 2012
Gosh 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
Thanks Janice – how many other librarians do you know?
Javelin Warrior
22nd May 2012
Wow, 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
JW, sometimes it’s good to have a break from chocolate!
Lynds
22nd May 2012
Fantastic! So much info about you in so few words!! Great job and thanks for sharing : )
Choclette
24th May 2012
Thanks Lynds, this was a fun one to do.
celia
22nd May 2012
You are, of course, Xtraordinary.. 😀
Choclette
24th May 2012
He he Celia – now why didn’t I think of that? 😉
thelittleloaf
23rd May 2012
I 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
Thanks Little Loaf – you’re very welcome to join in if you’d like!!!
All That I'm Eating
23rd May 2012
It’s always nice to find out a little more about the person behind the blog.
Choclette
24th May 2012
Thanks, 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
Love this post! I quite agree with the zebras!
Choclette
24th May 2012
Excellent Cakeboule – united we stand!
Susan's blog
24th May 2012
Lovely to learn more about you…but now I want to swap a lot of things! xxx
Choclette
27th May 2012
Oh good Susan, look forward to the swap 🙂
Baking Addict
24th May 2012
Great 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
Shocking news Ros – and you the Alpha Bakes queen too!
Janice
25th May 2012
I’ve done mine now.
Choclette
27th May 2012
Great Janice, I’ll be over later to see how you fared.
avillagepantry
26th May 2012
Firstly 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
You 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/