What a surprise!!! Misty Shores Chesapeakes at http://mistyshoreschesapeakes.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/more-awards-to-share/#comment-1029
has kindly awarded us the One Lovely Blog Award!!!! Thank you so much to Misty Shores Chessies for this wonderful honor. If you have not been to their blog please check it out for they have beautiful Chessies name Cheyenne, Maia, Riva, Titan and two wonderful Kitties named KC and BW. It is a fantastic blog that we enjoy immensely and to be honored by them is a wonderful and very humbling experience… 😉
The Rules include having to give seven facts about yourself and passing it on to 5 other blogs. 🙂
So, here goes..
1. Every litter our collie family has been involved with has had 9 puppies!
2. Our oldest collie ever was Sadie who lived to 16 years old.
3. Our youngest collie lost was McKenzie who died at 4.5 years old from a seizure.
4. Our collie family has always had at least half of the family being Tri-Colors.
5. Dad’s other passions in life includes Allis Chalmers tractors, Buicks, Chevrolets and Baseball as well as history.
6. The Collies get up every day at 5:30 Am…. which oddly is the time the old guy starts work in the morning, no not leaves or gets up for work.. but is at work beginning his day…..
7. Dad’s favorite writer as you know is Albert Payson Terhune…. his next favorite writer is .. Mark Twain…
WE AWARD THIS AWARD TO THE FOLLOWING FIVE BLOGS-This is hard for I do not want to duplicate awards, so if you are not mentioned it may be because you already have won…. that includes our dear friends Bassa and her family! 🙂
1. Bumpy Road To Bubba- This beautifully written blog by a wonderful woman with two great dogs and the most beautiful little girl you ever seen in your life deserves every award possible for this blog covers the wonderfully deep insights, thoughts, moving moments, hilarious times and the heart breaking times of being a parent, especially a loving and caring mother who is doing the hardest job of all time, being a mother in today’s world. We love this blog so we give them The One Lovely Blog Award .
To read this fabulous blog go to:
2. Bongodogblog-This blog is great!!! Bongo has some of the most interesting insights to the everyday world and he and his arch-nemesis Scratcy spend their time trying to outsmart each other. Each Day is a wonderful adventure! Bongomania runs rampant in our household and we proudly claim we are Bongo fans! We love this blog and you will too…
go to; http://bongodogblog.com/
3. WhatIMeant2Say-How does one describe this wildly funny blog that has a dog named wonderbutt,another named Mrs.PIB (pain in the butt) the Firepants Family with the Dictator and the Globetrotters. This blog has us rolling on the floor laughing everyday and Mrs. Firepants should be a comedienne or a comedy writer for this is by far the funniest blog on the net! You can read about how Mrs. Firepants works hard to get Wonderbutt not to poo on their walk only to have it backfire in a hilarious and wild manner. Warning, this blog is addicting!!!
Go to: http://whatimeant2say.wordpress.com/
4. ForTheLoveOfMyDogs- By Deanna and Crew this blog has it all, political issues about animals, how to make your own treats, the adventures of the crew, product reviews and much, much more. This blog is written by a true animal lover who walks her talk and lives by example. Very well written it is full of love with a occasional rant that makes you want to rant too! A great blog so be sure to visit and say hello!
Go to; http://loveofmydogs.com/
5. The (Mis)adventures of Sage- A lovely girl whose daily adventures involve beauty, fun, naughtiness, great insights and lots of water and mud!!!! This blog is one of the best and we love it dearly and the wonderful Sage! Don’t miss it! Go To;
http://sagechronicles.wordpress.com/
6. Bones Diary-We had to include Bones who has a lot of fun daily and loves to tease his collie family members whom he says are ugly! LOL… its all good natured fun as Bones takes sibling rivalry to a new level! Don’t miss this beautiful blog which you will love and to which we also award the COLLIES CHOICE AWARD!!!!!!
Go To;
http://bonesdiary.wordpress.com/
Congratulations Bones Diary!!!!
Collies Of The Meadow 
Congratulations and you and the Collie’s are very deserving of this award.
Thank You! Your blog is wonderful and deserves many awards!
Your friends,
The Collies and Chuck 🙂
Wow, thank you! I love that our fellow Lovely Blog Award recipients are my favourite bloggers too. The only one I don’t follow is Bones Diary – so I’ll be sure to start. We feel very lucky to have such wonderful blogging friends all around the world and love sharing your stories and lives as much as you seem to love sharing ours. Give all of the Collies extra special cuddles of thanks from the 4 of us – with an extra kiss on the top of his beautiful head for Trevor!
Hi!
Thank you! Bones is a great one, hope you enjoy!
THank you from Trevor and the Collies!
Your friends,
The Collies and Chuck 🙂
Congratulations. Well deserved. – DogDaz
Thank You!
Your friends,
The Collies and Chuck 🙂
Congrats on your award!
Thank You!
God Bless You!
The Collies and Chuck 🙂
Congratulations on your award and thanks for passing it on to me. I’m honored because the collies are some of my favorite blogging friends. You also passed it on to some other great blogs. I follow most of them as well.
Thank You BOngo!
We love your blog and reading your adventures!
Your friends,
The Collies and Chuck 🙂
Congratulations Chuck and the Collies! I follow all of the blogs that you have nominated so I am thrilled that they too have this lovely award.
Thank You Bassa!
We were going to give this one to you also, but we saw you already have the award which you deserve for your wonderful blog!
God Bless You!
The Collies and Chuck 🙂
Yippee! Congratulations. You well deserve it! This is one of the loveliest blogs I read!
And, thank you so much for your fabulous compliments. I am going to print them out and frame them!
Hi!
Thank you so much and your kind compliments brought a huge smile! Perhaps you can put a picture of your compliments on your blog? LOL
Your friends,
The Collies and Chuck 🙂
Aww thanks, I’m so proud and happy that you mentioned me in the same list as these other great bloggers. I’m a huge fan of your blog so I can’t describe the honour of being listed here. Thankyou soooooo much.
Hi!
You deserve this and many other awards! 🙂 Thank you for being a huge fan and to let you know we are huge fans of yours! 🙂 Keep up the great blogging! 🙂
Your friends!
The Collies and Chuck 🙂
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Congratulations, Collies! I like your choices, and Mom and I already follow a few of them. I think 9 puppies are a lot! I had 3 puppies once, when I was in a shelter. They were adopted and then I was rescued.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Congrats, Chuck and the Collies on your wonderful award!!!! We are so honored to be on the receiving end– thank you for your kind words about our blog!
We look forward to displaying this proudly on our blog 🙂
Have a great weekend!
-Deanna and the Crew
Hi!
Thank you and glad you liked your awards! 🙂 Your blog is fantastic and one of our regular places to visit each day! How is everyone there?
God Bless You Our FRiends!
The Collies and CHuck 🙂