A Tuesday Thank You

My friend Abbey at indulge*laugh*create presented me with this lovely Arte y Pico award recently.

I have to say that it's such a pleasure to know Abbey. We met at the Shutter Sisters photo walk last month, and we hit it off immediately. I'm looking forward to having her come up for another visit to San Francisco, where we plan to spend the day exploring the city and taking lots of photos (we soon realized that our photo walk was not nearly long enough, and she is just as curious a cat as I am!).

In keeping with my normal procrastination mode, I did not pick up my little award right away...not because I wasn't pleased as punch, but because it's so hard to pick just five blogs to award it to (last time I cheated and picked seven).

So thank you, merci millefois, sweet Abbey, and here are my blog crushes of late, to whom this Arte y Pico is lovingly bestowed:

The beautiful photography and loving wisdom of robin bird at bird tweets.
The eclectic musings and life of julochka at Moments of Perfect Clarity.
The heartful writing and inspired images of Christina at Soul Aperture.
The sass, class and imagery I can't live without: P at what possessed me.
My muse of daydreams and talented artisan, Lala at My castle in Spain.
The impassioned writing and world perspective of Tara at Paris Parfait.
The soul-searching poetry and fresh Alaskan air from Sarah at and the ott says...

See, I did it again. I just can't do five.

ps. For my recipients, you know what to do...link to me, pick your recipients, la de da, la de da. xoxo