Pony Girl Rides Again

Twinville over the Laughing Orca Ranch blogspot presented me with this lovely award. I am truly honored! I always enjoy stopping by the Laughing Orca Ranch. They have a variety of chickens, goats, llamas, and more, including a beautiful Paint mare named Baby Doll, all in beautiful New Mexico.

It is difficult for me to limit myself to passing this on to just five bloggers. I have not updated my blogroll in a while, so it only features a teeny tiny sprinkling of the blogs I have bookmarked onto my laptop. If I listed them all on my blog, I would probably get an email from blogger telling me I've gone over my limit!

Here are five blogs that I have come to love as of late. I am thrilled to pass this creatively designed award on to them.

1. Cowboys, Kids, and Sunsets

The cowgirl author calls herself "Train Wreck," named after her horse. She is a true cowgirl in every sense of the word. She is an amazing photographer and artist, and has the cutest dogs you'll ever see. She makes me want to find my cowboy, have some kids, and ride off into the sunset!

2. Old Red Barn Co.

Dana has that amazing ability to follow the "less is more" approach to blogging. Her amazing photography and wit make her posts interesting and addictive, whether she is writing about family or homemade cleaning solutions.

3. Dreams of a Country Girl

Country Girl is one of the most energetic and fun-loving bloggers I know. She tells it like it is. She has great taste in music and movies and makes me want to buy Dr. Pepper lip gloss and call my kids twerps (well, when I have kids.)

4. Galloping Grace Youth Ranch

I have a soft spot in my heart for any place that helps children feel a sense of self-worth AND involves horses. The Wades at Galloping Grace are caring, busy, and lively folks who not only run this special place, but a family ranch, as well. They always have something fun and interesting going on. Oh- and not to forget, they have the cutest Golden Retriever puppy ever- Hank!

5. The Painted Creek.

This is my sister's blog and it is a private blog for family members, only. She has toyed with the idea of going "public" but has a lot of personal information on her blog and decided she was more comfortable in her current domain. I completely respect this, blogging is your world and how you want to be in it. However, I wanted to recognize my sister's hard work at keeping a blog and I think she is doing a great job documenting the stories of all her farm critters (14 of them, to be exact.) I'm sure our family enjoys her adventurous tales! Keep up the great work, Paint Girl!

The designer of this award has asked that the following be passed along with it:

The origin of the Arte y Pico Award
"This prize has arisen from the daily visits that I dedicate to many blogs which nourish me and enrich me with creativity. In them, I see dedication, creativity, care, comradeship, but mainly, ART, much art. I want to share this prize with all those bloggers that entertain me day to day and to share this prize with those who enrich me every day. Doubtlessly, there are many and it will be hard to pick just a few. The people I will name today deserve this prize, as do the very long serious list of bloggers I also enjoy to read. But I will name the first 10 and leave the rest of the work to all the bloggers that visit other's blogs and are nourished by them."

Here are the rules, if you decide to pass the award further to remarkable blogs in blogosphere worth to mention.

The rules:

1. You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award through creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributes to the blogger community, no matter of language.

2. Each award should have the name of the author with a link to their blog.

3. Award winners have to post the award with the name and link to the blog of the person who gave them the award.

4. Please include a link to the “Arte Y Pico” blog so that everyone will know where the award came from.

5. Show these rules.

Thank you!!