I’ve Been Tagged!

Susanne, of Sue’s Daily Photography, tagged me! I’m a little new to the “tagging” game and am a little unsure of how to respond.

The rules, as “lifted” from her blog, are as follows:

“Let’s play:
The rules in this game are: You get tagged and you will tag (5) others – it’s that easy! Or maybe not that easy….O.k. then… the exact rules of this meme are:

1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write 6 (or more) random things about yourself.
4. Tag 5 people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

But in between you also have to write something about yourself, something most people think, they don’t know about you. If you don’t want to expose your darkest sides – show only the sunny side of you, maybe they ever find out the other stuff.”

OK, being a good sport, here goes –

1. Link to the person who tagged you. That one is easy! Sue’s Daily Photography

2. Post the rules on your blog. Check. Did that.

3. Write 6 (or more) random things about yourself. Oh dear. Now it’s starting to get a little more challenging. I’ll try.

• Retired. Hmmm. I think you probably already knew that. If you read “About Sue Henry” I’ve shared the basic information about me. Music Educator. Professional Accompanist. Organist. Choral director. Handbell director. Following retirement from teaching, I worked with a couple of non-profits, to include serving as Assistant Director of The Salvation Army Youth Center and serving as Executive Director of The American Red Cross, Paducah Area Chapter.
• Family. Married. One married son. Two grandsons (with a granddaughter due the first of December.) Through reading my blog, you’ve seen photos of the grandsons and you know that I devote a lot of time to my elderly father.
• Passionate. When I do something, I become passionate and nearly obsessed about that activity. It consumes my life. Type “A” personality perhaps?
• Photography. Upon retirement, I decided that I wanted to take watercolor classes, but alas, no classes were available at the time in our area. So, I bought a camera instead. The rest is history. (Remember the passionate comment?)
• Future. We have plans to move closer to our son. We thought we would be moving literally within a week or so, but the downturn in the economy has affected our plans. (We have buyers for our condo, but the buyers of our condo can’t close until the buyers of their home closes……..well, you get the idea.)
• Blessed. I consider myself very blessed with family, friends, and health. Also, I am blessed with time — time to read, explore, learn, and discover all that I choose, especially relating to the beautiful world that surrounds us. I love to continue to learn.
• Favorite Place. Outdoors, surrounded by the beauty of nature. OR….in my office with my computer. Or….anyplace my grandchildren are!

4. Tag 5 people at the end of your post and link to them. Now this little game is getting really tricky. Some of my blog readers have already been tagged by others – I’ve read about them on their blogs. Other readers of my blog are really, really busy with work and family and responding to the tagging game does take some time. Some of you I don’t know well enough to know if you would be willing to join in the game! So, here are some of the folks I would really, really like to learn more about. Maybe, just maybe, they will volunteer to accept a tag and join in this little game. (I won’t make a formal invitation…..just a little tug on your shirttail.)

• Toma Moisii — I love the quote this young photographer has on his home page. “If you try you may fail. If you don’t try you’re guaranteed to fail.” (You know how I am with quotes!) I wish I could remember where he lives — Poland, I think. Tom, would you like to join this game and help us learn more about you?
• Collin Butterworth — Col is from Australia and has some wonderful, wonderful landscape images. Wouldn’t it be fun to have Col join this game so we can learn more about his life “down under!” Let me know if you accept the game!
• Brian Walter — Now talk about interesting work. Brian’s blog is a wonderful combination of prose and photography. Brian, now that you’re back from your “vacation” you should have some interesting things to share in the game. Wanna play?
• Julie Lawson – I’ll bet Julie will be the first to accept the “invitation” to play the game. She’s fun loving; lots of stories to tell, I’ll bet! Her portrait photography business is growing by leaps and bounds. It’s exciting to read of her progress. I’m so happy for her!
• Heather McCullah — When I think of “glam,” I think of Heather. Do they just make people “prettier” in sunny California? You’ll see what I mean when you visit her blog. Heather’s another good sport that I think will join in the game with us. (edit: AND….when you visit Heather’s blog, make sure you check out her FIRST FREE GIVE AWAY! How cool is that! This is the start of something good, I can tell.)

5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog. Here’s where I’m going to take a few liberties with the rules. The five people I’ve listed are regular blog readers of mine. I also visit their blogs regularly and frequently comment on their work. I’m choosing to operate on the honor system — If they choose to play, they’ll play. They don’t need me to bug them to play! And, if any of my other regular readers want to jump in and play the game…..go for it. I’d be happy to “tag” you too!

6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up. Hey Susanne! My blog entry is posted!

Alrighty then…..that was fun!

Tag. You’re it!