I was tagged a few weeks ago. I always want to play these games but never get around to it. You can see by the date when I started this post and am now just answering the questions, a little slack if I do say so myself. I always feel honored to be thought of so here goes a little about me, maybe more than you want to know :) .What is your current obsession?
Permaculture, Passive Solar, Sustainable Living, and Green Construction Methods.
What is your weirdest obsession?
Maybe my fascination with how all things are interconnected and dependent on one another down to the smallest microorganism. I imagine touching the ground and being able to feel the heartbeat of the planet resonate through my entire being.
Or some may say it's my donkey :) .
What are you wearing today?
White jeans, sage green and white top and sandals.
What's for dinner?
Spinach salad with lots of veggies from the garden
What would you eat for your last meal?
Since it's summer it would have to include fresh melons and berries of all kinds. My favorite meal, however, is not about a certain food but having a hodgepodge of things like a lot of appetizers and sharing it with a group. Oh, and finger foods, I think everything taste better eaten with your fingers. Doesn't the image of me sticking my fingers in everything and passing to you sound so appetizing :)
What's the last thing you bought?
Fresh blueberries and roasted peanuts at the roadside produce stand, my favorite place to shop.
What are you listening to right now?
I have a classic rock station on from the internet and right now 38 Special is playing.
What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Hands down Breyers Rocky Road.
What do you think of the person that tagged you?
Amazing incredible soul. Her talent with words is beyond what I can hope to describe, she moves me, she pulls me in. Her talent for being in the moment and describing it is magical. Her photographic style is so unique and so Sheila. It's like she is truly touching life with her soul and then expressing it back to you in way so you can feel it also.
If you could have a house today totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
Well, I live on a small farm on which I have horses, in a small coastal town in NC .... that's hard to beat. If I did move it would be to a warmer climate, no lows lower than high 40's in the winter and have lots of acreage with a comfortable cottage overlooking the ocean (for hubby) and contain a large lake or river running through it for me.
Which language do you want to learn?
Spanish
Who do you want to meet right now?
Goldie Hawn, I love how she is always smiling and so comfortable in her skin. She is also the founder of a great educational mindfulness program that I would love to learn more about.
What is your favorite color?
That changes as I do but I always seem to come back to blue. My favorite shade of blue would be somewhere between teal and turquoise.
What is your favorite piece of clothing in your wardrobe?
Light weight jogging pants and a tank top (really they are undershirts, shhhh)
What is your favorite quote?
It's not the destination, it's the journey
What is your dream job?
Having an educational site for permaculture, passive solar and sustainable living and teaching workshops and seminars. On that site having a market where I could sell my own organic compost, fertilizers etc. along with handmade nature oriented crafts such as bird houses from scrap material (repurposing).
What is your favorite magazine?
The only magazines I get now are Home Builder magazines, like it when they have a good green article. I used to like Better Home and Garden.
If you had $100 dollars now what would you spend it on?
Right now, fruit or pecan trees once I decide exactly where I want to put them.
Who is your favorite designer?
Anyone who can make me a pair a jeans that really fit me, currently that is Levi 550 Relaxed Boot Cut (does that count as a designer)
Describe your personal style?
Comfortable! I would love to be bohemian chic, but mostly I'm just plane jane blue jeans (and barefoot, my signature would be dirty bare feet)
(Dawn I want to count the picture for this post as self portrait #1 & it may be the only one)
What are you going to do after this?
Give the horses hay then catch up on your blogs
What are your favorite movies?
Pirates of the Caribbean
What's your favorite fruit?
All of them, loooove fruit. I guess if I have to pick it's blueberries or watermelon.
What inspires you?
Stories of everyday people doing great things (even if they seem like small accomplishments)
Nature and its amazing ability to take care of itself and us if we only let it
My family
Your blogs, many have warmed my heart, made me smile or laugh, motivated me to do more
What music do you like this week?
Almost always classic rock, my favorite is Credence
What is something you know with every fiber of your being?
The love of family, me for them, them for me
The rules:
1. Respond & rework; answer the question on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your invention, add one more question of your own.
(OK, I only changed the currency on one, it was 100 pounds)
2. Tag five other people, I'm tagging the following people:
Again I want to break the rule because I honestly want all who come here to do this (this includes you guys especially). I follow all your blogs and would love to learn more about you.
That being said, it is kind of fun to see yourself actually mentioned on someone else's blog so I will pick five, but again others please play.
This is a great post with a different twist from others I have read! Will noodle on the questions and come up with some answers. I find these things really make me think about what I am doing. Gratitude is everything.
ReplyDeletegreat answers - I really love that quote and try to live my life with that in mind.
ReplyDeleteI learned so much more about you through this. Thanks for tagging me...I'll do it soon (I'm laughing at how long it took between you starting and finishing this...speaks to the busy-ness of life outside the house, away from the computer...and that's a good thing!!).
ReplyDeleteMaria you are too, too kind. Thank you, for your kind words, and for playing. I had so much fun reading this!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for tagging me, too! I'll have the weekend to contemplate interesting answers!
ReplyDeleteand oh, I loved your answers!
What a joy to take a peak into your world!
ReplyDeleteWow!! I'm so flattered that you picked me. I absolutely loved your answers, they're great and very insightful. I feel like I know the real you a whole lot more now. I will definitely try doing this one - great questions. I do have trouble describing myself sometimes, but it's always educational in the trying, and I love learning even if it is just about myself! Way cool...
ReplyDeleteThanks for your lovely comment on my blog. I really appreciate your thoughts. I feel like I'm a part of a special little community with the people I've met through blogging. This is fun!
Done! I finally did the meme, it is up and running on my blog. Thanks for the tag, it was pretty cool to see my name in "lights".
ReplyDeleteThat is my kind of self portrait by the way. Bare feet on a summer day, what could be finer?
This was a wonderful peek into your closet, so to speak. :o)
ReplyDeleteBTW...I haven't been getting update notifications on my blogroll for you for some time...that's why I haven't been over to visit for a while. Technology...the bane of my existence.