Six pack of refreshment

(Delayed due to a trip abroad etc, but here is the official..)
Thank you to Simon for the very, very kind words and award!

Much appreciated. :-)

The best part about getting one of these is that I get to pass one on to five bloggers that I find inspirational. And thanks to two of them teaming up not so long ago, I get to include 6 of my favourites.

(although I could very easily have allocated another batch. Or two!)

Trée

Justin

Evenstar&Mau

Oliviah

Tiffany



Trée has created a very special corner in the blogesphere that consists of mainly two blogs. Trebuchet is an awesome gallery of images that he has personally created, there are sketches and paintings amongst but the vast majority are fractal art. Decadent Tranquility his main blog is an ongoing sci-fi story that has currently been running for over 1.5 years. Each chapter is a work in itself, comprising an image and prose, but I highly recommend going back and reading from the beginning. I know when you have, you will come back here and thank me. Two amazing blogs that I cannot imagine not having had the opportunity of being able to follow, but more than that, Trée is quite simply one of the warmest, kindest people one could ever hope to meet. The matters he writes about, the beauty with which he writes about them, the welcoming manner in which he receives those who visit his blogs, the genuine/supportive/humorous comments that he leaves in other people's boxes. Trée inspires me to be better, to think farther, to do more.

Justin's blog, a new beginning, is a personal journal first and foremost, but his blog personifies the meaning of inspiration. He is a man who was once losing himself in a well of darkness and who through sheer determination and a belief that it was possible turned everything around. Everything he writes has a message of hope, of encouragement, of positivity. One cannot help but feel (even) better after visiting. J has become one of the friends I treasure most. Warm heart, wide arms, a deep well of understanding, to have J as a friend is to be wholly blessed.

Evenstar and Mau recently entwined their lives and simultaneously combined their talents for writing and photography. The Dreaming Track spent it's first few weeks of life in Australia and this pair of adventurous souls are now traveling across Asia. Their experiences told through words and the most astounding images so rich and vibrant, the tropics, the excitement, the sounds, the sights emanate off the pages. Two beautiful people inside and out and once again I thank goodness that I stumbled upon them here amongst the millions.

Oliviah has an ethereal beauty which shines through in every word she writes, whether it be in her posts or comments, and every image she creates. Her fractals are awe-inspiring, melodies in the form of colours and shapes, her sweet nature and eternal goodness equally so.

Tiffany embodies so many admirable qualities, her honesty being the most endearing thing about her. She is incredibly intelligent and has such a wonderful sense of curiosity about the world, one just knows that wherever she goes in life, wherever she stays, she will do so with all that she is and has. She has an aura about her, visible even through the printed word, a sense of destiny. She will touch with those qualities others just as she does the people she has met here, just as she has me.