A - Z Road Trip - Day 5 - 8/9/16

 

After a hiatus during August (filled with weddings and holiday) today is day 5 of my A-Z Road trip, visiting those bloggers who also signed up.  You can check out the complete list here


I'm trying to visit at least 5 blogs on the list per week and post my thoughts here on my blog.  These are my thoughts and while I hope not to be less than constructively critical I definitely don't want to cause anyone offence.

I'm working through the even numbers first so today I'm continuing at:

#34 Happiness and Food  This was a very interesting blog.  The writer, Parul, is based in Bangalore and the theme of her A-Z posts was Women. Posts were interesting and thought provoking.  Parul is an active blogger and worth checking out.

#36 Livin' La Vida Dog is a blog that seems to exist almost exclusively for the A-Z challenge.  It follows the adventures of Dixie and Dillon, 2 Australian Shepherd dogs.  Lovely pictures of the dogs but if you're a cat person or not an animal person you could easily skip this one.  The dogs owner also blogs at California Dreamin' Squirrel.

#38 is Livre it to me   which is a blog centred around books and book reviews.  The A-Z posts tailed off a bit towards the end but there were some good topics and the writer is consistent in the way she reviews books.

Now the trouble with the Road Trip is that it's easy to get sidetracked.  My next stop:

#40 is Forty C'est Fantastique
 has done just that. I've visited this site occasionally when taking part in the SoCS challenge but missed the A-Z posts.  The writer is American but a lover of all things French and this year's posts are all tips on how to learn French.  Something that interests me as we have french relatives.  The posts are now bookmarked to read properly.

Having been sidetracked it's time to catch up on the mundane chores around the house that won't do themselves.  Although a lady of leisure I do like to lounge in clean sheets and clothes and they don't wash themselves.  Wouldn't it be great if they did?  Although I think my hubby suspects they do!

A-Z Road Trip, Day 2 14/7/16

 
Today I’m doing another leg of my A-Z Road trip, visiting those bloggers who also signed up.  You can check out the list here

I'm hoping to visit at least 5 blogs on the list per week and post my thoughts here on my blog.  These are my thoughts and while I hope not to be less than constructively critical I definitely don't want to cause anyone offence.

I’m starting at #12 this week – The Write Game This is the blog of writer C.Lee McKenzie a published author.  It’s a very professional looking blog that’s regularly updated.  The A-Z posts followed the theme of Cuba with lots of interesting facts and well worth a visit.

#14 is New England Momma and this is the blog for you if you’re a mum in New England or if you like camping, the theme used for the A-Z challenge.  The challenge was almost completed but there have only been a few posts since.  But I didn’t have time for blogging when my kids were young either.

#16 is Penguin’s Wanderlust who is a follower of The Burning Man which apparently is an art festival that takes place in the Black Rock Desert.  Another professional looking blog but, and I may be wrong, there didn’t seem to be any A-Z posts!  Enough said.   
There was mention of taking part in a video blog a day challenge in April but I find watching video blogs can quickly take huge chunks of time and I tend to skip them unless the subject matter really catches my attention.   

So after this short detour I moved on to #18 - Thoughts and Opionions There haven’t been a great number of posts on this blog since the challenge but the challenge posts were very detailed and had lots of photos and were all about places in India where the blogger is from.  Definitely worth a look if you’re thinking of visiting India any time soon.

 #20 was another detour!  The link is Silence is Poetic and the blog is silent in that it seems to consist entirely of pictures (quite often beautiful landscapes) with quotes superimposed on them.  But none of them followed the A-Z challenge.  The whole blog was pretty anonymous too but hey we all have our own reasons for blogging.

Having had two detours I decided to plod on in the hope of finding a current blog with an A-Z challenge successfully completed.

 #22 Daily Musings on a bed of fresh snark didn’t disappoint.  The blogger, Debra Strege, tells it how it is.  The challenge was completed and Debra posts regularly.  She describes herself as “ an authentic, enthusiastic, passionate communicator. I have a natural curiosity that translates to knowledgeable, relevant, witty and, where needed, snarky communications! It is because I take the quality of my product seriously that playfulness and humor are essential.”
This comes through in her writing.
 
I decided to take a rest while I felt ahead.  More next time.