Everyone is in a different time zone. I was writing this on Saturday, I will be finishing it on Sunday and some of you will be reading it on Monday when I publish it on Sunday! I just discovered that there is a state in America, I cannot remember which one, that has two different time zones in the Same State! In NZ we have one time zone in the whole country! This place is huge! 
First the introductions. These first blogs are for you to pop in to and have a wee read. (Do not panic I am not awarding you anything because from what I can gather you have all the awards you can handle already.)
Katherine Martinelli is a food writer. Actually she is a published food writer and photographer. Although from New York she lives in Israel. This adds so much interest and diversity to her work. She work is always a pleasure to read and her food is certainly a pleasure to eat.
The Tattered Thread He has three blogs that you can access on his site. This is the writing one. His photography is startling and indicative of his wry sense of humour and his writing has wonderful clarity echoing his searching personality. The third one I have yet to explore..
So far From Heaven is controversial, provocative and powerful. A show not to be missed. His pieces are well researched and he does not pull his punches at all!
Kate Shrewsbury writes beautifully. She writes with the intent to teach, so every time I dip into her work I am lead through her thoughts, into well crafted and expanded ideas and always come away with relevant information.
Rufus Food and Spirit Guide You probably all know Greg and Katherine but if you do not pop in if you have time, these two will supply you with daily feeds and drinks of a consistently high standard that you can make in your own kitchen. They are marvellously accessible, clever, witty and I am sure that their home is full of pots and pans, dogs and laughter. 
Now for the tiny awards list. Remember – you can choose to just smile and do NOTHING MORE about these awards. They are supposed to be fun. Not a bother. The only award rule I follow is to try and nominate blogs with under 200 readers, often I can only guess this, so do correct me if I am wrong!! The first half of the award post was presented here.
And now for the The ABC award. Please go to the above page to capture your award.
Idiosyncratic Eye I popped in to grab her link for you and found her discussing vomit, which is kind of amusing not to mention blog brave. But she does not always talk about vomit, so rest assured visiting her will be worth your while.
Lover of the Rad and Fab. That girl whit is beautiful, funny and always so positive. Everyone needs a friends like this.
Ted at Gazelle Financial Counselling. Ted you are one of the few I will actually challenge with this hefty award. I would love to see the A-Z of your financial advice. A good read for those of us who wish to take up the reins of our financial wagon. Ted -no pressure now. I know how busy you are so you have a year to take up this challenge (laughter!)
And the Kreativ Blogger Award, Please pop into the A-Z page (above) to capture your award. Evidently this award (should you choose to take it on) has a suggestion that you might like to share 10 things with us. So if you choose to take up the reins we would all love to read. Once again I know we are all busy and if you have the slowest internet connection on the planet like I have, then please do not feel compelled to do anything other than smile and say thank you. Because you are all very welcome..
A Life in the Country. We get to walk around a beautiful ever changing garden in Ireland, with a charming and delightfully outspoken hostess.
Mimo is a superb photographer and watcher of life. She is presently introducing us to her childhood home of Lebanon. I learn from her posts, she has a lovely way of describing the history of this region. And her images are frankly breathtaking.
bits and breadcrumbs with Betsy is a lovely blog run by a lovely woman. We can tell that she loves food and life, as well as caring about the quality of the food she eats and cooks. Plus she lets us see her wry quirky sense of humour. This fills her work with light. 
The doorman has a cold foot!
Well the sun is rising on this cold clear Sunday morning. Time for me to go outside. It was so cold yesterday that all the water barrels were frozen over again 5 minutes after I broke the ice on top, so I had to plug all the water heaters back in again. The Cold snap yesterday was called the Saschatchewan Screamer and it hurled freezing Canadian/Arctic style weather at us for about eight hours and then was just as suddenly gone. I just love that it was a piece of weather that had a name!!
As it warmed up a half a degree we took the trailer for a ride in the afternoon and bought some more hay, in fact I paid for some of the bales with eggs which pleased me immensely! My hay supply is getting low. Won’t it be fantastic when we can make our own hay and not be dependent on local supplies (and prices). This hay was Four Dollars a bale, so I am telling Daisy to savor every mouthful, no throwing it about!
I saw a Robin yesterday, the true harbinger of Spring!
It is still very cold and windy again this morning 22F (-5C) though the weather man tells me that it will get as high as 51F today. Fancy it going up thirty degrees in a day! This happens on the plains. And especially on the tail of a Screaming Saschatchewan!
Good morning!
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
69 responses to “Saturday that was Sunday, could be Monday – Reads and Awards”
Thank you dear Cecila! What an honor to receive this from you! You are lovely and I am so glad about our web friendship 🙂
Your work is beautiful Mimo! I learn every time I study one of your images.! c
Celi, thank you for those extremely kind word and the link; I love round ups such as these: nice to meet more people as absorbing as you 🙂
There is a personal side to blogging that works against the impersonal .. it is a wonderful place to share ideas. And when you write Kate, you decant an idea into a capsule of knowledge that I can swallow easily with my coffee (or a glass of wine depending on the time of day.. or not)! good morning! c
so pleased you two have met!
I’ve not read you for very long, but must thank you for your Sunday shares. I’ve ventured to blogs I’d miss (as I’m not a foodie) but love excellent content. Kate (her blog is how I found you) IS such a wonderous writer. Learning is painless in her hands. Cheers ~
Good Morning, I enjoy sharing a few of the people I read too, in fact it kind of drives me to learn more about the people behind the pages!! have a great sunday! c
Love bits and breadcrumbs (blog)! Great choice!
I agree.. Morning Yummy! c
We never laugh around here! Seriously, thanks for the kind mention. We also love the B&B and some others you listed. Some are new to us. How nice to wake up to this and a picture of TonTon!
OhIi am sure you cook in complete silence, I mean this is serious stuff! And I am so used to having you drop in every day that I forget that other people may not have discovered you yet! c
Of course I enjoyed the whole post immensely, as always, but I confess I adore that little phrase the “Saskatchewan Screamer”–which, for me, conjures up a really scary hockey mom! 😉
It does doesn’t it! Kathryn. We will have to remember it when we meet someone like this rather terrifying moniker! c
And to echo Katherine with the “Screaming Saschatchewan” , it sounds like some kind of banshee or a weird reptile that makes a screaminng sound when angry, maybe that does make it sound like a hockey mom 🙂
Off to do some Sunday afternoon reading now, I appreciate your passing these great blogs around, it means I get to see more of the world. C
I am going to pop over and see where you are at the moment, are you home yet? tending to your garden.. c
I’m currently doing my bit to ruin the planet even more by flying back and forth between the UK and France (someone still needs to earn some pennies) and trying to split my time productively is a challenge to say the least!
Whaaa…4 dollars a bale. I will be right over! I just paid 40 for a modest round bale! I am off to explore a few of these blogs you mentioned. Have a blessed Sunday!
Jess
these are 50- 60 pound square bales of alfalfa, I think $40 is OK for a round bale? but i am so looking forward to making my own, feeding hay i have to buy in is like sitting on a thorn! c
Good Morning! I always enjoy your photographs. Love the one with the rooster watching over his hens. 🙂
Now I am off to explore all the lovely blogs you have mentioned and awarded.
Have a wonderful day!
Good morning, in fact i shall see you in a sec as i am popping over! c
Thanks for bringing so many great blogs together “under one roof”. Definitely some Sunday reading for ahead…which will allow me to continue procrastinating…as I suddenly have way too much snow to plow today!
ah yes the procrastinating.. very important! Me Too! c
I love that you were able to barter the hay for the eggs! I hope spring is finally coming – we had some snow and bitter winds yesterday, but it’s much more pleasant today.
We seem to be at the upping and downing stage!! Morning ksenia! c
thank you for getting to this! it is now a weekend thing for me to read your blog, then then read the blogs you post about. however if i don’t stop this endless linking and reading i’m going to miss my yoga class. then i will have to tell my family it’s all your fault that I’m such a you-know-what today! 🙂
Run!! Run!! No missing The Yoga! c
Our weather has a name today – Dreich, a good Scottish word for downright miserable!
Christine
Dreich.. sounds like the perfect word for miserable! c
c,
i am so very flattered by your kinds words and my blog mention. blogging is definitely something that brightens my days…i feel like i have developed a bond with great new friends such as yourself! thank you.
…i love your doorman!! ha! what a great capture!
love, whit
Thank you Whitney, have fun!! c
Oh how I love those chookies, and it’s all down to the skill of the photographer!
Morning Viv! c