My good friend Dr. Rex  has nominated me for this lovely award

The Seed of Light Award 

“ALL YOU NEED IS ONE TO START A FOREST”
An Award for blogs that inspire creativity, nature, connection,
communication and beauty … Pass it On!”

~~What is a seed?~~

A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. It is the product of the ripened ovule which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant. The formation of the seed completes the process of reproduction in seed plants (started with the development of flowers and pollination), with the embryo developed from the zygote and the seed coat from the integuments of the ovule.

All seeds are different size, shape and colors.

A seed is the beginning. It has promise of creation, growth and impending greatness. 

A seed has a great responsibility. It carries the weight of a plant, a tree and forest on it’s shoulders. 

“Seed can have many definitions. When I think of seed being used any other way than as the reproductive structures in plants, I think of a new beginning. Many different types of seeds can be planted or “sown”. They can be planted in the ground to produce food, they can be used to impregnate a woman to produce babies, or seeds can be planted in an individual or a group as an idea.

Seeds represent the very beginning of all life. I think that seeds are one of the most amazing things that happen in this world. It is hard to imagine that something as tiny as they are, can produce something as large as they do. 

When we think of the word seed, we usually think of those little things that we stick in our garden, with great hopes that in time that seed will transform into some kind of fruit, vegetable, or beautiful flower. A seed  can be used as a metaphor for spiritual birth or spiritual growth.

“The seed will grow well (people will continue to grow), the vine will yield its fruit (people will blossom and grow spiritually), the ground will produce its crops (the people will multiply), and the heavens will drop their dew (the heavens will provide the nourishment that the people will need to keep growing and prosper). I will give all these things as an inheritance to the remnant of this people.”

~~SOURCE~~

http://www.angelfire.com/va2/fruitfn/

~~”Shaping the future”~~

The very same way that a “real” seed has these many responsibilities, so do we. 

As bloggers and presenters of information, news, topics, points of view, we are somehow shaping/educating/influencing the minds of readers and followers. We are in a privileged position.

~~RULES~~

Thank the person who nominated you.

Nominate at least 5 blogs and provide links to their blogs.

Notify the nominees of their nominations.

1. Crowing Crone Joss
2. Dani Lynn
3. Al
4. MirrorObscura
5. Brenda

I want to thank Eric at Hunt4Truth for nominating me for this award, which I created some time ago to celebrate the love and kindness in the world.  I am so pleased that he enjoyed the award so much, and took it to heart.  It warms me that he felt that the Award is worthwhile and that he thinks enough of me to send it back to me.  Eric is one of the bloggers who has shown me kindness, with his loving words of support and friendship and I appreciate him — and his blog — very much. As I said when I created this award: “It is important for us to remember that we are One Family living in One World; we are Sisters and Brothers, no matter how we look, what culture we live in, what religion we practice or who we love.  In many ways, blogging removes some of the obvious barriers between us, and helps bring those of us from all walks of life, ethnicity, creed, colors and ideals together as One Family,” said Barbara. The Rules:

1. Share an act of kindness another blogger has done for you.
2. Thank the person who nominated you for the award, and link back to  their blog
3. Nominate those bloggers whom you feel practice Kindness and Love — you choose how many!

My Nominees for The Award for Love and Kindness are:

1. NadineMikhael
2. Petrel41
3. Belsbror
4. PaulMillitaru (portofoliu)
5. IIthinks
6. bunnyslippers

Moorbey nominated me for this award, and I appreciate his thoughtfulness, and his friendship, more than I can say.

Risty  has also  kindly nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award.  I thank Risty very much for the kind nomination, and for sharing such an interesting an eclectic blog with us!

The Versatile Blogger Award is given to blogs considered to have good quality of writing, good photography, and for the uniqueness of their posts, and I feel extraordinarily honored to be a recipient.

In order to accept this award, you have to:

1. Thank the person who nominated you
2. Link to the person’s blog
3. Nominate 15 people for the award and tell them
4. Write 7 facts about yourself

Thank you so much for the nomination!

Nominations:

1. HeavenHappens
2. Chess
3. jmsabbagh
4. PurpleRaysBlog
5. Cassidy Frazee
6. The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap
7. TheEye-Dancers
8. costel Onofras
9. SoupToNuts
10. ShaunyNews
11. Kyangel17
12. Scottishmomus
13. Cindy Knoke
14. ivonprefontaine
15. Inavukic
16. MichelleMarie
17. IForLife
18. Eurobrat
19. Addison’s Waves of Green
20. HerLadyPinkRose

7 Facts about Myself

1. I like milk chocolate and white chocolate
2. Baseball is my favorite sport
3. I love going to Cleveland Indians games
4. Irises are my favorite flower
5. My favorite color is red
6. I love to read non-fiction
7. I hate winter

Thank you to Addison Byrne, The BardSeeker, for nominating me for the Liebster Award!

For this blog, I was awarded by Sunshine, from A Victim’s Journal.

Addison Byrne is a new follower, and I am touched and amazed that she is so impressed with my work!  Thanks to her for the lovely thoughts.  Welcome to the Blog-o-Sphere and the WordPress Family.

Rules for accepting this Liebster:

1. Thank the blogger that nominated you.
2. Write a small poem – less than 30 words – describing your blog and/or you.
3. Nominate 3 worthy fellow bloggers and post a comment on their blog informing them they are nominated/awarded.

I am not a poet.  I have not illusions of ever BEING a poet.  I love to read poetry, but I don’t  write it.  I blog to  for peace, for women’s issues, for creativity and for spirituality.

While I am not a poet, I am a photographer and a painter.  I think this painting of mine, entitled Mystique is, as they say, worth a 1000 words — certainly worth 30!

My nominations for this award are:

1. Dr. Rex — my wonderful friend, who is so supportive of me and all her friends on WordPress, and whose creativity and good heart shines through on her blog
2. HuntForTruth — whose blog is exceptionally well designed, and whose writing is wonderful.  He always searches for the Truth and never stops until he finds it.
3. Sue Dreamwalker — my good friend from England, who is an inspiration.  She is a woman who walks her talk, who inspires everyone around her, and who promotes the concept of taking care of Mother Earth in the ways of indigenous peoples.
4. Moorbey — A good man, who promotes understanding and open dialogue.  He is a wonderful man who, as a Black Panther who is quite a bit younger than I, is always willing to have a good conversation, and explains his point of view you to me (and the world) eloquently and with patience.  When we don’t agree  he still respects my point of view as I do his.  That kind of “radical acceptance” is rare in the world, and should be celebrated.

I am creating this new award to recognize those bloggers at WordPress who are working to make a difference in the world.

Recipients of the Working to Change the World Award work hard and sincerely to make the world a better place, using their compassion, love, and understanding, and promoting open minds, free communication of ideas and, above all, peace.

There are people who do not accept awards who are deserving, and I just want you to know that I appreciate all of the work that you do on your Blog here at WordPress, and I am proud to be part of the WordPress Family with you.

The Rules:

1. Post the award on your blog
2. Link back to the person you nominated you
3. List one thing — however small — that you think would make the world better if everyone did it
4. Nominate bloggers whom you feel help to Change the World — there’s no minumum or maximum, just a list of those you feel are deserving

The very first nominees for the Working to Change the World Award are:

1. CravesAdventure
2. Crowing Crone Joss
3. Booknvolume
4. Siggiofmaine
5. KindnessBlog
6. RogersWriting
7. WillowDot21
8. Toemailer
9. http://themirrorobscura.com/
10. Lilmisspoutine
11. Inavukic
12. Dr Rex
13. Shaun Gibson
14. Petite Magique
15. Brenda
16. DearKitty
17. StoriesbyWilliams
18. TheFifthColumn
19. Central Oregon Coast NOW
20. CarolinaMountainBlue
21. Sue Dreamwalker
22. Hunt4Truth
23. Scottishmomus
24. moorbey
25. poesy plus polemics
26. we the people
27. owls and orchids

Again, I am blessed by the nomination from the lovely Dr. Rex, who has nominated me for the Cracking Chrispmous Bloggywog Award, created by the ever-inventive petitemagique.  These two wonderful women are a potent combination who always light up my life!

~~In the words of Patty (Petite Magique) herself:~~

The “Cracking Chrispmouse Bloggywog Award” is given to someone who “spreads one or more of joy, peace, hope and love” with their blog! The receiver of this award can pass it on if you wish to ANYONE who satisfies the above rule of spreading one or more of those lovely things. There’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs you can pass it on.

Based on that criterion, here’s my list — it may be long, but these are wonderful, joyful, peaceful, hopeful, loving people, one and all!

1. the mirror obscura
2. AshiaAkira
3. Totsymae 1011
4. Crowing Crone Joss
5. Petite Magique
6. Dr. Rex
7. Sherayx
8. Jackie Saulmon-Rameriz
9. Morgan
10. Karen Wan
11. Toemailer
12. DearKitty1.wordpress.com
13. Hortus Closus
14. FriendlyFairytales
15. RoSy
16. Hunt4Truth
17. Omtatjuan
18. Bumba
19. Al
20. Mungai and the Goa