Bella Sinclair Award

My dear friend Marie gave me this award.
Since I seem to be taking a vacation from blogging this summer, I was truly surprised, but oh so honored to receive it!
Thanks Marie! I can't seem to leave a comment on your blog ;-(
Did things change since I was last here?

This is what Marie has to say about this wonderful award:

This is a very special award and the person it was made for is a very special woman. She is a sister-friend, a talented artist, A great mom, a poet, a mental ninja, a muse, beautiful, a genius, and her friend-sister Ces created it for her.

This is what Ces says about the award...

Read the whole post here.

http://cesandherdishes.blogspot.com/2009/07/bella-sinclair-award.html

"Ces created the Bella Sinclair Award in honor of Bella Sinclair exceptional woman and brilliant artist who epitomizes the concept of the artist as inspiration, of sisterhood, caring and sharing. It is symbolized by the Quercus lobata or Valley Oak, a handsome and graceful tree with a sturdy trunk, up to 5 ft in diameter and 120 feet tall, the largest western deciduous oak."

She also said
"I designed this award to celebrate art in the blogs and to honor the value of friendship, sisterhood, sharing and caring. It is to be awarded to the gifted, accomplished, eloquent and talented blogger whose friendship and influence inspire us to do our best. That I named it after Bella Sinclair is because she epitomizes all of these things. She is an inspiration to many of us.

I have chosen to symbolize this award with the Quercus lobata or Valley Oak. It is a simple and unadorned award but heavy on meaning. The Valley Oak is a large handsome tree with a stout and sturdy trunk and widely spreading branches that form a broad open crown. It can reach up to a height of 100 feet and a diameter of 4 feet, sometimes much greater. It is the largest of the western deciduous oaks and is a handsome and graceful shade tree.

I hope that when Bella returns, this award would have already circulated in the blogs. It is my honor to give this award to the first recipients who I hope will find the same pleasure as I have in spreading its crown, giving shade and the comfort of friendship and caring and of sisterhood by sharing this award with their blog-friends and sisters!

Now here are my friends, go out and pick other sister friends, spread the crown, give shade and comfort and caring to your blog and sister friends.

This is a lovely award!
If you already have it...you are doubly blessed! :-)
Linda
At Linda Smith Originals

Joanna
at Joanna Thomas Art Dolls

Heidi
at Eebee Diaries

Mo'a
at Mo'a Roamig-Boyles

Sue
at Barton Originals

These women are bloggers that I follow and am always inspired by. I hope they are as honored to receive the Bella award as I am.
Thank you so much Marie for thinking of me and for being such an inspiration yourself! XO