Thunderbolts And Lightning!!!

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Woah there! A new one on my shelf!!!

Well, first off, I have to give HUGE thanks to the gorgeously cute Rob, of The V-Pub blog, for this generous nomination!

The Rules:

Post it on your blog.  

Grant other bloggers the award. 

What you cannot do:

Abuse or misuse the logo.

Claim that it is your own handmade logo. 

What you should do after receiving the Encouraging Thunder Award:

Enjoy the award! 

At least give thanks via comments, likes and/or mentioning the blog that you received the award from.

Mention your purpose in blogging .
Who to pass Thunder onto…….?

I truly love certain blogs and there are a few which stick out in my mind, as they have been there since my humble beginnings, through to my humble-still, now!

Cats At The Bar
The Happy Lifeaholic
10 Years A Single Mom
HaRsH ReAlItY
Chris, The Story Reading Ape

My Purpose In Blogging
What is my purpose in blogging?
Well, I love words, for a start. Reading them, writing them, and learning about them. It was an ambition for me to write a book … Any book. I started a novel, I’ve written some poetry based children’s stories… But it hasn’t gone any further, and in my life, there was not much place for my literary dreams to go anywhere.
Then I discovered blogging, quite by accident!
A friend started a blog to air some issues in her past, and clear her mind, and in order for me to comment, it tempted me to sign in, or sign up…. And so I did!
All of a sudden this blog was born. What I wanted it for I had no idea!
Slowly, I wrote different things, from my life, to creative, to opinions, humour, and not forgetting Sonu Singh!
The encouragement I received over the last 6 months, from the blogs above, and so many others, made my pen (read fingers!) flow, and so But I Smile Any way was born.
My blog has allowed me to reminisce, make you laugh, think, go ‘Awww!’ and given me the opportunity to meet and build relationships with fellow blog-pals around the world!
I thank you all for giving me the inspiration to continue to write, and maybe that lifelong dream of mine, to be published… Might even come true too!

But I Smile Anyway...

Guess what finally arrived??!!

Now, I’ve been blessed in the past few months, to have been awarded many blogger awards, but today… finally, a real life, solid prize arrived in the list from the lovely Tom at Cats At The Bar!
It’s taken a few months to meander here to the UK from Canada! But hey, its here now!
I always said to Tom I’d post as soon as it arrived! And I like to keep my word, so here it is!

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My poetry prize, and if you want, check out my winning poem here!

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The tea sure tasted good!
Cheers Tom and all the Cats At The Bar team, including those gorgeous kitties… Whose hair I think I also got in the parcel too lol!!!!!

But I Smile Anyway...

Friday Feelings

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Hold those special people close to your hearts peeps.
They are few and far between…

But I Smile Anyway...

Leeds Castle

What a lovely day for a school trip!

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Leeds Castle

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The Moat

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The drawbridge

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Loved this Knocker!

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The Queen's bathroom!

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Busts of King Henry the Eighth and his 3 children

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Black swans!

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Duckies!

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Can you spot it?

Our mode of transport… A yellow double decker bus!!
Shattered but satisfied!

But I Smile Anyway...

THAT Day…

I really thought I wouldn’t bother writing about today.

You know, that day.

Election Day.

Yup it’s here, well, it’s almost been and gone! 

40 minutes left to vote folks!

Whatever you decide, whoever you vote for, please, just make sure you vote!

Last election 35% of voters didn’t even bother! Then we ended up with a coalition government, that hasn’t done too bad, but it’s not performed the best either!

I’m no politician, heck I don’t even understand half of what they whitter on about! 

But one thing I always do, is use my vote.

Whatever the outcome, at least I know I exercised my right! 

Roll on tomorrow, and we’ll which circus is going to run the country this time!

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