I got a thing from a blogger who got a thing

Earlier this month I was honored with this blog award by The Watercats in a post that V titled I Got a Thing! 
I could not top her post about receiving the award. Nope. But I can send out my immeasurable thank yous for passing it on to me. It is funny how it worked out...my doing other posts ahead of this one, because tonight when I read The Watercats' post again and looked at the award it meant even more to me than it did at first. I'm glad I saved it because I was in need of an award today.

Now, I guess the deal is that I must make a list of some things about myself that "will never be heard anywhere else" and then to bestow it upon some other blogs of my choosing. What I really like about this particular award is that the instructions seem to live up to the award itself: they are versatile, in that they are non-specific. It seems I can make the list about myself as short or as long as I wish, and the same is true with regard to the number of blogs to whom I pass along the award (get that formal grammar...I'm being versatile).


Things about me that will never be heard anywhere else:

1. I hope time travel becomes a reality in my lifetime.
2. Wind excites me.
3. I saw the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi speak live in a small, crowded room at Squaw Valley, California, in the late 1960s. His laugh was unforgettable.
4. I am trying to remember my dreams so keep a tablet and pen in my night stand to make notes. 
5. I saw a ghost when I was 12 years old.
6. Each of my older brothers had five children and all of them now have kids so I am an aunt and great aunt many times over.
7. I still love I Like Turtles!

And to the versatile bloggers at the following blogs, it is now your turn. If you have received this same award in the past or choose not to accept it then okay, no pressure. Just know I appreciate you and your blogs!

Shay's Word Garden

Poems and their Music

Dreamweaver

Earth to Holly



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"I like turtles"

You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.
-Paul Giamatti, actor

It's OK to do cute little things like kissing a turtle, but you can't kiss another person because he's a different color? Give me a break. And you have to remember, I'm from Dallas, Texas.
-Aaron Spelling, director

And the turtles, of course...All the turtles are free- As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.
-Dr. Seuss, author


My favorite turtle quote was spoken during the 2007 Rose Festival in Portland, Oregon, by 10-year-old Jonathan Ware. He had just left a face-painting booth at Waterfront Village when KGW-news reporter, Nancy Francis, stopped him for a quick 17-second interview about his new zombie look. In response to her question Jonathan said: "I like turtles!"

Someone stuck the news clip out on YouTube and the rest is history. Jonathan became an overnight sensation, a national media hit, and his fame spawned I like turtles t-shirts and gifts. The original video has been viewed over 5 million times, and there are now dozens of remixes and take-off videos on YouTube.

The 2008 Rose Festival is now upon us, with the Grand Floral Parade coming on Saturday, June 7 that will be broadcast locally and in various syndicated markets in the United States (check your local listings). A new Rose Queen will be crowned, thousands of people will line the parade route to be wowed once again by floats composed of only plant/floral materials, and there will be tours of Navy ships in town for the festival.

Waterfront Village is again bursting with color, flavor, sound, and energy. It has already rained on the Village and may even rain on the parade this year. No matter; nothing can top Rose Festival for joy-making in Portland, and nothing at Rose Festival can top this:

(P.S. I just realized that after viewing the video, a video strip appears at the bottom. It shows some remixes of I like turtles that others have done, +plus+ that clip of South Carolina's 2007 Miss Teen USA contestant with her now-famous map theory.)