You Are My Sunshine

 You Are My Sunshine is the Louisiana State song.  It was recorded February 5, 1940 by  Governor Jimmy Davis who served as Governor of Louisiana for 2 terms in the mid 1930s.  In fact I was lucky enough to attend his 100th Birthday party in Baton Rouge in 1999.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNeAxOz2AsE

So that was my first thoughts when a fellow blogger Chubby Chatterbox http://thechubbychatterbox.blogspot.com/2012/04/sunshine-on-rainy-day.html sent me an email saying he had nominated me for the Sunshine Award.  He writes a blog that never fails to be interesting and likely make you laugh quite hard.  It's one of those you look forward to reading each day.

The rules of the Sunshine Blog Award are simple…

#1 Thank the person who nominated you with a link back to their blog.

#2 Answer a few questions about yourself.

Favorite color: Yellow

Favorite animal: Goats, but I'm sure if I could have a pet panda it would be be panda.

Favorite number: 7

Favorite non-alcoholic drink: Lemonade

Facebook or Twitter: Facebook.  I have a Twitter account, but never twitter--why do that?

My passion: Family, education, urban farming

Favorite flower:  Star Gazer Lily

Favorite Book:  Atlas Shrugged

Favorite painting: The Voyage of Life paintings by Thomas Cole

Voyage of Childhood

Voyage of Youth

Voyage of Manhood

Voyage of Old Age

And finally, nominate a few other blogs and include links to them:

 Here are my nominees:

#1. Gardening with Juanita  gardeningwithjuanita.blogspot.com

#2. Sprout N Wings  http://sproutnwings.blogspot.com/

 

#3. Debbie's Knowledge Train  http://debbiesknowledgetrain.blogspot.com

#4. Hiawatha House  http://hiawathahouse.blogspot.com             

Feel free to paste this pretty award on your blogs to show that you’re held in high esteem. I hope I get more awards because there are other great bloggers I’d like to nominate.