Thanks for your vote!
Wow, I am a little embarrassed and overwhelmed—not to mention flattered—to realize that Digging is a finalist in 6 categories for the 2007 Mouse & Trowel Awards. Nursing my vanity, I’d hoped I might be nominated in the Best Photography category, since readers sometimes compliment me on my photos. But Best Writing? Best Design? Best North American Garden Blog? Garden Blog of the Year??! And, most touchingly, Garden Blogger You’d Most Like to Have as a Neighbor. Whoever nominated me for this last one, I offer a big, warm, online hug. You made my day.
I’m grateful to everyone who nominated Digging. I really appreciate the recognition. And, modesty be damned, I’d love to have your vote. Voting on the three finalists in each category starts today and ends on May 11. There are wonderful and deserving blogs and websites on the list. Vote early for your favorites, and have fun discovering great blogs you didn’t already know about.
(And thanks, Colleen, for putting on the 1st Annual Mouse & Trowel Awards!)
Congratulations on everything! You deserve all the nominations, Pam, and I’d love to have you as my neighbor!
Austin should be proud of you, girl!
Annie
Likewise, Annie. I was happy to see Transplantable Rose on the list for Best Writing. You definitely deserve it. And I’d love to have you for a neighbor too; both of us being in Austin, we sort of are already, aren’t we? 😉 —Pam
Pam — What Annie said goes for me. I do have to admit that my immediate reaction on seeing the nominations was to post a comment saying, Whoa! Austin garden bloggers really do rule but I thought better of it since most people would would be reading it on the May Dreams site haven’t been in on our recent bout of self-congratulation.
You — and Annie — are absolutely deserving, in all categories. Congratulations again from me.
Thanks so much, Susan. Speaking of Austin blogs ruling, did you notice that Austinite Tom Spencer’s website, Soul of the Garden, also made the finalists list? —Pam
Pam, congratulations! Your site was my very first taste of garden blogging, and after seeing it I was hooked. You
do a wonderful job.
Thank you, Robin! I’m glad to have found your blog too. —Pam
I nominated you for photography. Your posts/photos especially on the Garden Conservancy tour and the local nurseries have been superb. I’m glad you made it into the finals.
Thanks, MSS. Those posts—photo tours, really—are some of the ones I’m most happy with. —Pam
Pam, congratulations! I can’t remember who I nominated for photography right at the moment, but I will say that you were on my list of the 3 bloggers I would most like to have as a neighbor.
Kim, I’d be happy to have you as a neighbor too. Congratulations on your nomination—it is well-deserved! —Pam
Congrats back at ‘ya, Pam. You’ve already won for Best Blogging Achievement by an Individual Blogger.
Congratulations, Pam!! I only wish you could have seen the way the nominations were pouring in for you—there are lots of people out there who appreciate what you do, and you deserve it.
Good luck, and congrats again!
Wow, thanks, Colleen. I didn’t know that many folks even read Digging. Thanks, lurkers! —Pam
Indeed. Congrats
Hey Pam,
Congratulations! I can’t remember which category I voted for you in, but I will indeed vote again. I absolutely love your blog and you were my inspiration to attempt blogging. Congratulations, again!
Thank you! And thanks for commenting so I could find your blog too. I enjoyed your Gruene-thumb Bloom Day post. —Pam
Well done Pam, so many nominations!!!!! I was not surprised to see your blog there. 😉 But I’m still recovering from the shock that my blog has been nominated too. I never expected anything of the sort, as I’ve been blogging for just a few months now and am still very new to this blogging thing.
Thank you, Y.E. But you shouldn’t be shocked about being a finalist. Bliss is a wonderful blog with a huge reach. I always notice how many comments you receive. Good luck! —Pam
Pam,
Congratulations on ALL of your nominations! And best of luck in the final voting!
Thank you, Christa! —Pam
Congrats! You deserved ALL the nominations. And good luck!
Many thanks, Renee! —Pam
Congratulations, Pam. Much deserved. Best of luck in the final voting!
Andrea
Thank you, Andrea. And the same to you! —Pam
Well done! The awards have introduced me to some really great blogs that I had never visited. I found out through the Wiggly Wigglers site.
Thanks for dropping by, Frankie. I’m always happy to discover new blogs like yours too. Here’s to a smaller world through blogging! —Pam
Congratulations. It is well-deserved.
And so is yours, Kathy. Thanks and congrats to you too. —Pam