THANK YOU, BEV

I was delighted to receive this award from Bev of Romancing Italy last week. Do take a look at Bev's blog - she always has fascinating stories to tell and she takes great photos.

A condition of the award is that I have to tell you 7 things you may not know about me. As I've done this kind of post before and am fairly open about myself on my blog, that's not easy to do but let's see....

1. I was scared of dogs till I was 9, when my Dad bought me one.
2. I got medals for tap-dancing as a child.
3. I never learnt to skip. My coordination just wouldn't let me!
4. I can't sew to save my life.
5. I can't remember my natural hair colour - mousy-blond I think - as I've been "helping" it since I was 14. And I'm sure not going to look at what colour it is now!
6. One of my favourite films is La Dentellière because I can identify with the main character.
7. I hate money, am scared of it and am hopeless at managing it.

OK, now I have to pass the award on to 7 bloggers and I thought you'd like to meet some new friends of mine:

Carmen's Chronicles - Carmen's poetry will cheer you up.

A Welshie in Italy - read about Nerys's adventures.

Keeping Time - raising 2 girls in Italy.

Holly Berry's World - great photos of Sicily and of food!

Blografando - this is where I get those pretty Italian widgets in the sidebar.

The Garden Cat Cottage - a very creative lady.

Rochambeau - for the sheer beauty of her blog.